Chapter 9 Federal WaterResource Agencies

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Chapter 9Federal Water-Resource Agencies

• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
• Bureau of Reclamation
• Tennessee Valley Authority

• Soil Conservation Service
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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Water Resources

• Jensen Guthrie suggest
• that most of the planets fresh water is polar
  glacial ice.
• By 2025 we will need 60 more freshwater than we
  are currently using

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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

• General Information
• Manages over 12 million acres of land and water
• Beginnings 1775 fortified a position at Battle of
  Bunker Hill
• Most projects are in the eastern part of United
  States
• 2nd largest provider of outdoor recreation with
  about 385 billion visitors annually

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Reasons for Visitor Numbers

• People like water areas for recreation
• Eighty percent of projects are within 50 miles of
  metropolitan areas
• Well developed recreation areas

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Army Corps Projects

• Hydroelectric power projects
• Flood control
• Irrigation
• River, inland waters and harbor projects
• Shore line protection
• Water supply projects

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Recreation Involvement

• Flood Control Act 1944
• authorized corps involvement in development and
  maintenance of recreation areas
• authorized corps to assist agencies with
  development of recreation areas
• Most recreation areas are multi-purpose usage

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USACE www.usace.army.mil/recreation/
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Bureau of Reclamation

• Purpose to claim arid semiarid lands for
  farming by providing secure water resources for
  irrigation
• Water Projects provide much of the inland water
  recreation areas in western part of the US

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Projects in 1903

• Salt water AZ
• Truckee NV
• Gunnison CO
• Sweetwater WY and NE

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Benefits to Wildlife

• National wildlife refuges
• Water projects to help support migrating birds
  and water fowl

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Bureau of Reclamation
Locations of Hydroelectric Facilities
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Cruising Lake Powell Via Houseboat
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Neat Nooks in Lake Powell
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Bureau of Reclamation
Fish and Wildlife Improvement through B of
R Projects
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Tennessee Valley Authority

• Brief history
• Recreation involvement
• Recreation policy
• Land Between the Lakes

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TVA Reservoirs and Power Plant Locations
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TVA Land Between the Lakes
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TVA Parksville Reservoir Impounds Ocoee River
(One of Top 10 WW Rivers in US)
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Tennessee Valley AuthorityRecreation
Opportunities along the Ocoee River
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Soil Conservation Service

• Purpose - to conserve and rehabilitate surface
  soil to enhance productivity
• Watershed protection
• Improvements to wetlands, grasslands, croplands,
  buffer zones for wildlife

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Dead Zone in the Gulf of Mexico
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SCS Buffer Zones
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

• National Marine Sanctuary Program
• Protect nationally significant marine
  environments
• Aquatic counterparts of national parks
• Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
• Channel Islands NMS
• National Marine Fisheries Service
• manages between 3-200 off US Coast
• Assures biological and economic fishing
  limitations

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National Marine Sanctuary Map
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Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
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Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
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Channel Islands Marine Sanctuary
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Channel Island National Marine Sanctuary
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Channel Island National Marine Sanctuary