Western Slope Energy Research Center 1980 Annual Report (1980)
In some ways 1980 has been a rather discouraging year. Colorado- Ute and ARCGo both disclosed plans for growth which would have considerable impact on Delta County. O11 Shale in the northwestern part of the state is rushing ahead. and the election results do not look promising for environmental causes. However, there is also a brighter side. Our WSERC office, originally started on nothing but good intentions,has remained open. Our library has grown and so have our services to the community. It would appear that our patient efforts toward educating the community are bearing some fruit. Fortunately we have been granted another CETA worker for this coming year. An appeal for financial help, though falling short of what we had hoped for, will at least assure us another year of operation. Our sincere thanks go to Carolyn Landes, our office worker sponsored by the Colorado Migrant Council work-experience program, who has done a super jobe Perhaps one of our main achievements has been a steady growth in friends and members. In the long run the success of our program depends on the active support of people like you. An exciting and challenging year lies ahead. Please stick with us and get as involved as your time, energy and money permit.

Western Slope Energy Research Center Newsletter

Western Slope Energy Research Center Newsletter (1979)
News article (1979). Covers Hotchkiss, Delta County, Somerset. Topics: coal mining, wilderness inventory, hydroelectric project, uranium mining. Agencies: Delta County Commissioners, Gunnison County Planning Commission, Department of Development and Coordination. Cites 3 external works.

Western Slope Energy Research Center, Inc. Annual Report (1980)
Document (1977-1978). Covers Western Slope, Hotchkiss, Colorado. Topics: energy development, alternative energy, energy conservation, coal development. Agencies: Western Slope Energy Research Center, BLM, Air Pollution Control Commission. Cites 4 external works.

Western State College of Colorado Spring Environmental Symposium
Join Theodore Roosevelt at Western's 9th Spring Environmental Symposium: Gunnison National Forest at 100 Years April 20-21, 2005, in Gunnison, Colorado CONFERENCE INFORMATION: 9th Spring Environmental Symposium: Western’s Spring Environmental Symposia are organized and presented by the students and faculty Gunnison National Forest of the college’s Environmental Studies Program. : at 10g {eae The programs are part of the college's service to the people and communities of Colorado’s mountain region, put on with funding from the Ralph E. Clark Jr. Fund for Environmental Studies, the college, the Forest Service this year, and other contributors. There is no charge for attending the presentations that are part of the Spring Environmental Symposia, but con- tributions in the boxes provided help keep the program going. For more information about this Symposium, the presen- ters, Western’s Environmental Studies program, or the college in general, please visit the college website at

Western Water Flow
Technical report (1988-1999). Covers Montana, Colorado, Gunnison. Topics: water leasing, instream flow, instream flows, water accounting. Agencies: Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Board of Natural Resources and Conservation, Department of Natural Resources and Conservation. Cites 53 external works.

West’s Cities Should Trump Agriculture on Water
Hal Rothman. Writers on the Range.

Wetlands Program Update: The Wetlands Conservation Efforts of the Colorado Division of Wildlife (1997)
Technical report (1997-2005). Covers Colorado. Topics: wetlands conservation, wetland restoration, wetland enhancement, wetland creation. Agencies: Colorado Division of Wildlife, Colorado Wildlife Commission, The Nature Conservancy. Cites 8 external works.

Wetlands and Wildlife Management in Colorado: Past Accomplishments and a Model for the Future (1996)
Technical report (1990-1996). Covers Colorado, western Colorado, southeastern Colorado. Topics: wetlands management, habitat enhancement, waterfowl hunting, wetland management. Agencies: Colorado Wildlife Commission, Colorado Division of Wildlife, CDOW. Cites 7 external works.

Wetlands of the Crested Butte Region (1997)
Environmental assessment (1992). Covers Crested Butte, Gunnison County, Colorado. Topics: wetland mapping, functional evaluation, hydrologic regime, water quality. Agencies: Town of Crested Butte, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA Region 8. Cites 17 external works.

What Mining Means to the United States (1972)
Technical report (1776-2000). Covers United States, Alaska, Hawaii. Topics: mining, mineral extraction, domestic mineral production, coal mining. Agencies: U.S. Bureau of Mines, Medusa Portland Cement Co., U.S. Geological Survey. Cites 9 external works.

What Really is the Blue Mesa Subordination?
News article (early 1960s-1991). Covers Blue Mesa Reservoir, Upper Gunnison Basin, Crystal. Topics: subordination, water rights. Agencies: United States, Upper Gunnison River Water Conservancy District, Department of the Interior. Cites 1 external work.

What are the major costs in building and operating a plasma gasification plant?
Document. Covers Tees Valley, Northern London, Toronto. Topics: plasma gasification, waste treatment, capital costs, operating costs. Agencies: AlterNRG.

What is Healthy Forest Economy
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What is a Ranch Conservation Plan (1964)
Technical report. Covers United States, western United States, Valley range site. Topics: ranch conservation plan, soil conservation, water conservation, range management. Agencies: Soil Conservation Service, soil conservation districts, U.S. Government Printing Office. Cites 1 external work.

What is a Ranch Conservation Plan? (1964)
Technical report. Covers United States, western United States, Northeast pasture. Topics: ranch conservation plan, soil conservation, water conservation, range management. Agencies: Soil Conservation Service, U.S. Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents. Cites 1 external work.

What is the Meaning of Balanced Community: Ltr to Editor by Butch Clark (1979)
What ig the meaning of a balanced community? In the short-run a com- munity never really seems to be in balance. Some parts or sectors of the community's economy are growing bigger, or faster, or changing, or declining more rapidly than the others. In turn and as a result, other aspects of the community’s economy will be growing, changing, and de- clining as well. Balance for a community is found in the keeping of the community's capacity for making reasonably easy local adjustments to these changes over time. Communities dominated by one industry are vulnerable to the inevitable changes in the fortunes and technologies of the industry. The Gunnison Basin has maintained a relative balance among the four industries com- prising its basic economy - agriculture, education, mining, and recreatior The growth and size of any one of these has never greatly overshadowed the others. More importantly, the growth of one has not foreclosed the future existence of the others. When what has grown has subsequently, declined, community balance was retained as the other industries per- mitted a reasonably easy lecal adjustment. In an economic sense this is possible when the growth of one economic sector or another does not impose too great a burden of costs upon the others. It means that one industry does not pull wages so high that

What you should know about the hazards of nuclear power
Document (1969-1975). Covers United States, Virginia, Nagasaki. Topics: nuclear power, nuclear reactor safety. Agencies: Union of Concerned Scientists, MITRE Corporation, Atomic Energy Commission. Cites 2 external works.

Where the Bombs and Nukes Begin
Document. Covers Gunnison National Forest, Indian Creek, Gunnison River drainage basin. Topics: uranium mining, Pitch Project, open pit uranium mines, uranium mill. Agencies: Homestake Mining Company, Colorado Department of Health, Committee to Oppose Uranium Mines. Cites 1 external work.

Why Colorado? (1985)
Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, Colorado Department of Natural Resources, Colorado Parks and Recreation Association, Center for Public-Private Sector Cooperation, Thorne Ecological Institute. 1985, 1986.

Wilderness Inventory Mandated by Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (1976)
Correspondence (1976-1979). Covers Colorado, Kremmling, Craig. Topics: wilderness inventory, wilderness designation, wilderness study areas. Agencies: Bureau of Land Management, BLM, Congress. Cites 1 external work.

Wilderness Newsletter (1975)
News article (1968-1975). Covers Hermosa Area, Colorado, Hermosa drainage. Topics: wilderness study, backcountry management, wilderness classification. Agencies: Forest Service, CUWSG, National Forest Service. Cites 3 external works.

Wilderness Reserved Water Rights (1994)
Correspondence (1964-1994). Covers Colorado, Denver, Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Monument. Topics: wilderness reserved water rights, federal reserved water rights, wilderness designation. Agencies: Colorado Water Conservation Board, Department of Law, Office of the Attorney General. Cites 6 external works.

Wildlife 2000 Review (2000)
News article (1972). Covers Craig, Colorado, Denver. Topics: wildlife habitat, game management, hunting, wilderness areas. Agencies: WILDLIFE-2000, Colorado Guides and Outfitters Association, Colorado Division of Game, Fish and Parks. Cites 4 external works.

Wildlife Commission Minutes (1990)
Correspondence (November 14-16, 1990). Covers Denver, Colorado, Norwood. Topics: hunting licenses, wildlife exchange, aquaculture licenses, damage claims. Agencies: Wildlife Commission, Division of Wildlife, Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks. Cites 30 external works.

Wildlife Impacts
Technical report. Covers small watersheds, beaver ponds, southern states. Topics: Best Management Practices, water quality protection, non-point source pollution, wildlife impacts. Agencies: USEPA, Fish and Wildlife Service, US Environmental Protection Agency. Cites 27 external works.

Will drought force harsh restrictions on water use? We need courageous leaders to overcome resistance
News article. Covers Washington, D.C., Pueblo Mall, North Carolina. Topics: drought, water restrictions, global warming, hydrologic cycle. Agencies: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Ozone Action.

Wilson Gravel Pit, Gunnison County Resolution No. 91-32 (1996)
Correspondence (1991-1997). Covers Wilson Gravel Pit, Gunnison County, Grand Junction. Topics: gravel pit operations, daily round haul trips. Agencies: Gunnison County Planning Department, United Companies, Colorado Department of Transportation. Cites 3 external works.

WinXSPRO, A Channel Cross Section Analyzer, User's Manual, Version 3.0.
Technical report. Covers Fort Collins, Colorado, Logan. Topics: stream channel cross section analysis, hydraulic analysis, sediment transport, channel cross section analysis. Agencies: USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Utah Water Research Laboratory. Cites 25 external works.

Wind Energy
News article (2004-2005). Covers Washington, Flagstaff, Arizona. Topics: wind energy, small wind systems, residential wind turbines, wind power development. Agencies: American Wind Energy Association, Colorado Division of Wildlife, Western Ecosystems Technology Inc.. Cites 2 external works.

Winter Recreation Safety Guide (1976)
Recreation study. Covers National Forests, New Hampshire, Montana. Topics: winter recreation safety, magnetic declination, compass navigation, loose snow avalanches. Agencies: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, U.S. Ski Association. Cites 24 external works.

Wise Water Stewardship Through Partnership (1997)
A speech given at the 22nd annual Colorado Water Workshop, in Gunnison, 1997. ?As well as an article addressing water as a scarce resource.

Woodsy Owl on Hiking and Backpacking
Before your hike, study maps of the area, get permits if necessary, and learn the terrain. Be familiar with all options-- time, alternative routes, and weather. Keep in mind the shorter daylight hours of fall and winter. LIMIT THE SIZE OF YOUR GROUP Limit your group to a size a leader can safely handle and that won't damage backcountry sites. One leader for eight hikers is recommended. HELP PRESERVE NATURE’S GROUND COVER Bring tent poles and ground pad. Help keep the natural beauty by not cutting boughs and poles. Pick a camping site where you won't need to clear vegetation or ditch around your tent. Remember even minor use can damage a boggy meadow. PACK IT IN — PACK IT OUT If you can carry it in, you can carry it out. Go one step fur- ther and carry out trash that less thoughtful people have left behind. USE A PORTABLE STOVE Many popular areas do not have enough wood for every

Worksheet II Suggested Additions or Deletions to the Forest Service Roadless and Undeveloped Area Inventory My Recommendations
Correspondence. Covers Gunnison National Forest. Topics: Roadless and Undeveloped Area Inventory, roadless area designation. Agencies: Forest Service.

Workspaces – A Look at Where People Work (2005)
News article. Covers Japan, Lake Buena Vista, Wellesley. Topics: real estate investment, workspace organization. Agencies: STB Research Institute, Sumitomo Trust Bank, Babson College.

Wyo. Rancher Plans March To Protest BLM Actions
Management to-build' a road into Paint Rock Canyon near Hyattville. -Mills is president of the Independent Stockgrowers of . America. He said the group has. about "400 members, mainly in 'yoming and South Dakota. THE FEDERAL Bureau of Land Man- agement and ‘the. U.S. Forest’ Service have proposed a ‘25 percent increase in grazing’ fees each year until ‘the level reaches - what the agencies regard as: “fair market value.” °° : Mills said. hie ‘thinks the agencies are proposing fee levéls higher than. grazing - privileges on the land are worth. “We think they’re just as high now as they should ever’go,” Mills said. ~ ‘ Mills opposes: - the proposed road because of the environmental Gamage he said it would cauise.

Wyoming Subdivision Ordinance and Minimun Standards for Teton County, Idaho (1970)
County plan (1970). Covers Teton County, Wyoming, Idaho. Topics: subdivision platting, land division, subdivision ordinance, preliminary plat. Agencies: Teton County Planning Commission, Teton County Commission, Teton County Clerk. Cites 8 external works.

Wyoming and Jackson
~ view western water policy , ', "" and recommen<J.ways'to re- ~ solve· water conflicts. ' - ~ Tom Sansonetti, mo~t re-: . · ~ cently the Interior Depart- ~ ment's 'top lawyer, will serve . .~ without pay, Wyoming~s con- ~ gressional delegation an- ~ noimced yesterday~ . ·· 1'li.Z The 22-member conimis-· ~ ~~on, auth<!rized by tlte Omni- .;ous Water Bill of 1992; is to. , ~pend. three years reViewmg~ . ~ ~,l: ~e~SJ. activities·in 19.w~st- ~.-:: • rn sta~ .that affeet -tlie .aJio- ~~'j ~t~on .an'd us~ otw~ter~ Jhen ·:~ ~ t(! report b.acl(lP:Congr~~- , ~ ~ November_ l~95, ·, <· ·~ ,,. Lcuotl · · ·.J ;., ·~"' . . ~~-·• .~ :·~ I • •

Zero Base Budgeting Organizational Impact and Effects_1977 (1977)
Technical report (1977). Covers Salt Lake City, Utah, Washington, D.C.. Topics: Zero-Base Budgeting, organizational impact, resource allocation, decision making. Agencies: American Management Associations, Federal Home Loan Bank Board, University of Utah. Cites 20 external works.

conservation (1993)
Correspondence. Covers Crested Butte, this valley, this watershed. Topics: growth management strategies, bio-diversity. Agencies: Town of Crested Butte, County Commissioners, Gunnison Community Forum. Cites 2 external works.

national news report capital summary a weekly summary of news concerning the nation's environment (1976)
News article (September 1, 1976). Covers San Francisco, California, Dothan. Topics: strip mining, surface mine reclamation, forest management, uranium enrichment. Agencies: House Interior Committee, House Rules Committee, Senate. Cites 31 external works.

spongiform encephalopathy (2000)
Correspondence (October 31, 2000). Covers Colorado, Northeastern Colorado, Larimer County. Topics: chronic wasting disease, spongiform encephalopathy. Agencies: Division of Wildlife, Colorado Division of Wildlife, CDOW. Cites 2 external works.

the Board of Directors of Delta Montrose Electric Association (DMEA) unanimously decided to not sign the extended wholesale powder contract with Tri-State. (2006)
Correspondence (2030-2040). Covers Colorado, Denver, Montrose. Topics: wholesale power contract, renewable energy, energy efficiency, coal-fired power plants. Agencies: Delta Montrose Electric Association, DMEA, Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association. Cites 2 external works.

“2,7000 Acres of Public Land Near Las Vegas Up For Sale” – Denver Post (1998) (1998)
News article. Covers Las Vegas, Nevada, Carson City. Topics: public land auction, development. Agencies: Bureau of Land Management, Interior Department, Congress.

“Arizona Grows to Edge of Water Crisis
The Denver Post Shaun Mckinnon The Arizona Republic ?

“Colorado River Water, an Endless Resource?” (1994)
News article (1922-1994). Covers Colorado River, Upper Basin, Lower Basin. Topics: water conservation, consumptive use. Agencies: Bureau of Reclamation, Colorado Water Conservation Board, Colorado River Water Conservation District. Cites 3 external works.

“Colorado Water Should Be Returned to the State” (1995)
Article written under the name of “Taylor Trout” Associated with POWER (People Opposing Water Export Raids) February 28th 1995

“Corn Belt Wilts as Drought Persists”- 2000 (2000)
News article (2000). Covers Winterset, Iowa, Tilden. Topics: drought, irrigation, farming, water conservation. Agencies: The Associated Press.

“Deal Assures Area of Water Rights Protected in Basin” (2001)
News article (1959-1999). Covers Gunnison River, Upper Gunnison River Basin, Gunnison Basin. Topics: water subordination agreement, water rights. Agencies: Upper Gunnison River Basin Water Conservancy District, Colorado Attorney General, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation.

“Enviros Weigh in on Black Canyon” (2001) (2001)
News article (1933-2001). Covers Black Canyon of the Gunnison, Gunnison River, Colorado. Topics: water rights quantification, water flow regulation, environmental impact. Agencies: High Country Citizens' Alliance, Western Colorado Congress, Western Slope Environmental Resource Council.

“Evaporation Emptying Great Lakes”-2000 (2000)
News article (2000). Covers Great Lakes, New York, Minnesota. Topics: evaporation, precipitation, water levels. Agencies: National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration.

“Historic Settlement Agreement Reached on Black Canyon of the Gunnison Water Rights” (2003)
News article. Covers Black Canyon of the Gunnison, Gunnison River, Colorado. Topics: water rights, reserved water right, instream flow, settlement agreement. Agencies: State of Colorado, U.S. Department of Interior, Colorado Department of Natural Resources. Cites 1 external work.

“Owens Backs Water for Agriculture” (2000)
News article (January 31, 2000). Covers Colorado, Denver, Aurora. Topics: water rights, irrigated agriculture, water storage projects, water conservation. Agencies: Colorado Water Conservation Board, Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District, Bureau of Reclamation. Cites 1 external work.

“POWER Forum Addresses Water Shortfalls’ (2003)
Gunnison Country Times Alan Wartes May 1st, 2003 Document may require zoom function for clearer text.

“Report: Tapping Gunnison ill-advised” (2003) (2003)
News article. Covers Gunnison River Basin, Blue Mesa Reservoir, Front Range. Topics: water diversion, water rights, drought, urban development. Agencies: Land and Water Fund of the Rockies, Colorado Supreme Court, Department of the Interior. Cites 1 external work.

“Scientists Fear Onset of Dust Bowl” -The Denver Post (1998) (1998)
News article (1998). Covers Great Plains, West Coast, Texas. Topics: Dust Bowl, megadroughts, drought cycles. Agencies: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA, University of Colorado.

“The Speculation is Reprehensible” (2000)
Correspondence (late 1940s-early 1950s). Covers Gunnison Basin, Upper Gunnison Basin, Blue Mesa. Topics: water rights, subordination agreement, call protection. Agencies: Upper Gunnison River Water Conservancy District, UGRWCD, People Opposed to Water Export Raids. Cites 3 external works.

“West Slope Water Interests” (2000)
News article (2000-2020). Covers Western Slope, Front Range, Glenwood Springs. Topics: transmountain diversions, water rights, endangered fish recovery program, water conservation. Agencies: Colorado Water Partnership, Colorado River Water Conservation District, Denver Water Department.