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Vizzard, James L. “The Water Poachers.” America, February 13, 1965.
“The War over the Peripheral Canal.” San Francisco Chronicle, June 26, 1980.
“Water Crisis in Year 2000?” Sacramento Bee, June 9, 1977.
“The Water Miners” (three-part series). San Francisco Examiner, March 26-28, 1979.
“Water Plan Leaks.” Sacramento Bee, June 29, 1977.
“Westlands Hit in UC Report.” Fresno Bee, June 12, 1980.
Westlands Water District, A Study of the Proposed Contract with the Bureau of Reclamation. Department of Water Resources, Sacramento, September 17, 1975.
Will the Family Farm Survive in America? (Federal Reclamation Policy: Westlands Water District). Joint Hearings Before the Select Committee on Small Business and the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, United States Senate, July 17 and July 22, 1975.
Willey, W. R. Z. Economic and Environmental Aspects of Alternative Investments in California’s Water System. Environmental Defense Fund, Berkeley, California (undated).
LETTERS, MEMORANDA, MISCELLANEOUS
Dugan, H. P. Blue envelope letter to Commissioner of Reclamation, November 23, 1960.
—. Blue envelope letter to Commissioner of Reclamation, January 30, 1962.
—. Blue envelope memorandum to Commissioner of Reclamation, “Discussion of Region 2 Activities under Secretary Carr,” May 4, 1961.
Frandsen, L., of Southern Pacific Company. Letter to Harvey O. Banks, California Department of Water Resources, and Clyde Spencer, Regional Director of Bureau of Reclamation, October 1, 1956.
Harris, Ellen Stern. Memorandum to Carl Kymla, Metropolitan Water District, “MWD’s Proposed 1979—80 Budget,” June 4, 1979.
Interview between Lawrence W. Swenson and Donald Sandison, Department of Water Resources, and Patrick Porgans, Red Tape Abatement, Inc., August 4, 1981.
Lineweaver, Goodrich W., Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Letter to William E. Warne, Commissioner of Agriculture, State of California, January 20, 1960.
McDiarmid, John M. Letter to Ronald Robie, May 30, 1980.
Pafford, Robert. Blue envelope memorandum to Commissioner of Reclamation, “Eel River Basin Planning and Interagency Coordination on Route Selection,” January 19, 1968.
—. Blue envelope memorandum to Commissioner of Reclamation, “Proposed Alternative to Kellogg Unit, Central Valley Project,” December 24, 1968.
—. Blue envelope memorandum to Commissioner of Reclamation, “Subsidence in the Westlands Water District” (undated).
Regional Director, Sacramento. Memorandum to Commissioner of Reclamation, “Westlands Water District—Ground water pumping and excess lands.” March 16, 1964.
Robie, Ronald, Department of Water Resources. Letter to Thomas Graff, Environmental Defense Fund, July 19, 1977.
Robie, Ronald B. Letter to Michael Storper (undated; circa May 1979).
Staats, Elmer. Letter to Lee C. White, The White House, “The Westlands Distribution System,” September 19, 1964.
Stamm, Gilbert. Memorandum to Commissioner of Reclamation, “Excess Land Problem of the Imperial Irrigation District,” October 1, 1965.
West, Arleigh. Blue envelope memorandum to Commissioner of Reclamation, “Excess Lands—Imperial Irrigation District—Boulder Canyon Project, California,” April 15, 1965.
—. CONFIDENTIAL. Blue envelope memorandum to Commissioner Dominy, Bureau of Reclamation, “Excess land survey in areas served by Metropolitan Water District, Southern California,” December 30, 1964.
CHAPTER ELEVEN: Those Who Refuse to Learn ...
The main sources for the Fontenelle story were H. P. Dugan, Barney Bellport, Floyd Dominy, and a series of blue envelope memoranda discussing the near-disaster.
The chronicle of the Teton disaster was put together largely from excellent reporting by the Idaho Statesman. Coverage in the Los Angeles Times was also exceptionally good. John Erlichman, Pete van Gytenbeek, and Nathaniel Reed provided much of the political background.
Major sources for the Colorado and Narrows Dam section of the chapter were