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6 unusual facts about United States Bureau of Reclamation


Boise River

The dams that form the mountain reservoirs were constructed as part of the Bureau of Reclamation's "Boise Project" to provide agricultural irrigation, hydroelectricity, drinking water, and flood control to Boise and the Treasure Valley.

Donald H. Magnuson

He also served on the Public Works Committee with oversight over the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers, Bureau of Reclamation, and the Atomic Energy Commission.

Eucumbene Dam

The dam was constructed by a consortium comprising the Department of Public Works and Kaiser-Walsh-Perini-Raymond based on engineering plans developed by the United States Bureau of Reclamation and the Department of Public Works, under contract from the Snowy Mountains Hydroelectric Authority.

Frank Crowe

Crowe became interested in the American west during a lecture from Frank Weymouth, a guest speaker from the United States Bureau of Reclamation.

Louis R. Douglass

In 1933, Douglass was hired as a design engineer by the Denver office of the United States Bureau of Reclamation, he was assigned to the civil engineering office.

Sun River

The water of the river is used extensively for irrigation, through the Sun River Project of the United States Bureau of Reclamation.


Central Utah Project Completion Act

The Central Utah Project Completion Act (CUPCA) (P.L. 102-575), enacted on October 30, 1992, removed responsibility for completing the Central Utah Project (CUP), a federal water project, from the United States Bureau of Reclamation.

Dry Falls Dam

Located in Grant County near Coulee City, it was built as part of the Bureau of Reclamation's Columbia Basin Project.

Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014

The bill would make appropriations for FY2014 to the United States Department of the Interior for: (1) the Central Utah Project Completion Account; (2) the United States Bureau of Reclamation, including for water and related natural resources; (3) the Central Valley Project Restoration Fund; (4) California Bay-Delta Restoration; (5) administrative expenses in the Office of the Commissioner (the Denver office); and (6) offices in the five regions of the Bureau of Reclamation.

Magat Dam

Implementation of this multipurpose project was based on the preliminary study conducted in 1973 by the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) with the assistance of the United States Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development

It is also responsible for the multi-billion dollar budget of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Interior Department's U.S. Bureau of Reclamation.

William Glenn Sloan

After the war he was a private consultant on irrigation engineering until 1936 when he joined United States Bureau of Reclamation first in the Rio Grande Valley.


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Ballantine, Montana

Ballantine, along with the communities of Pompey's Pillar, Worden, and Huntley, is part of the Huntley Project, an irrigation district created by the United States Bureau of Reclamation.