California Delta 1930's to 1980's

A Look at the Delta through the years and the latest attempt to mess with Nature or Revise the Delta!

California Delta plans from 1850's through the 1980's
On this page you will find links to pdfs or maps produced by the agencies as noted . These are the ones we found easily online. There are many other studies, as indicated by the table references and bibliographies of the reports. From the reports it seems the state and Federal agencies only got involved with protecting Delta levees starting in the 1930's, for the purpose of directing fresh water to canals to send to Southern California.
1925_report_to_congress_Delta_river_navigation.pdf.pdf 1965-66_canal_land.cdr 1965-66_canal_proposal (2).pdf 1965-66_canal_proposal.pdf 1988salmon.pdf 1981_ndwa_contract.pdf 1977SacDelta_report.pdf 1938_WRD426.pdf 1925_D-029495.pdf 1871salmon_steamboat_slough_hutching.pdf 1894SteamboatSloughChannel.pdf 1894SteamboatSlough-YoloBypass.pdf 1909-ryer-flood.pdf 1913_delta_floods.cdr 1913_delta_floods_summary.pdf 1925_rpt_congress_Delta_navigation.pdf.pdf 1925D-029495.pdf 1938WRD426.pdf 1948-ryer-sac-river-unit-14.pdf 1953_sac_river_flood_MOU.pdf 1965-66_canal_land.cdr 1965-66_canal_proposal (2).pdf 1965-66_canal_proposal.pdf 1977SacDelta_report.pdf 1981ndwa_contract.pdf 1988salmon.pdf dwr_1949_port_channel_hydro_analysis.pdf KjelsonGreeneBrandes.pdf Minis_1875_1877.pdf Pacific Historian1959_delta_history.pdf sac_river_deep_water_ship_channel_project_1949_07.pdf SAIN resources about Ecological Recovery sport-fish-facts-online-ca.pdf		We found many maps for this time period available online, so we suggest you look at the Historic Maps section of the this website. 1848-1989_docs/FCA1946.pdf 1848-1989_docs/sac_levee_history.pdf 1848-1989_docs/mining_hagwood_1981_cdcahistory_prj.pdf 1848-1989_docs/38_47HH_historybook.pdf 1848-1989_docs/Turrentine-Jackson-1977.pdf 1848-1989_docs/rand1975.pdf 1848-1989_docs/sldm-exh-03j.pdf 1848-1989_docs/The Pacific Historian Volume 3_ 08-1959.pdf Soil Servey 1936 Issued 07-1941.pdf Physical environment and agriculture of Sacramento. PDF 1848-1989_docs/trd78-19.pdf 1848-1989_docs/1975-2.pdf 1848-1989_docs/1975-5.pdf 1848-1989_docs/sacramento_shipwrecks1.pdf 1848-1989_docs/tf558003nm.pdf 1848-1989_docs/1981_NDWA Contract.pdf 1848-1989_docs/DOI-EXH-46M.pdf 1848-1989_docs/IEPNewsletterDecember1989.pdf 1848-1989_docs/Delta Wetlands Project.docx 1848-1989_docs/1966fish-136.docx 1848-1989_docs/610.F2d.1494.html 1848-1989_docs/wro81-07.pdf 1848-1989_docs/wro88-18.pdf 1848-1989_docs/Higley_1861.pdf 1848-1989_docs/irr_ratesetting_rpt_1988.pdf 1848-1989_docs/corps_oma_manual_for_fremont_weir_to_sac_weir.pdf 1848-1989_docs/corps_oma_manual_for_fremont_weir.pdf 1848-1989_docs/corps_oma_manual_for_east_bypass_levee_to_miner_slough.pdf 1848-1989_docs/historical_geography_of_the_yolo_bypass_l_stutler_masters_thesis.pdf 1848-1989_docs/dwr_1949_port_channel_hydro_analysis2.pdf 1848-1989_docs/1986-tyler_island_flood.pdf 1848-1989_docs/1982_dwr_delta_flood_history.pdf 1848-1989_docs/steamboat_slough_old.pdf

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