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The Carey Act and conservation in Colorado /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Morton, Gerald C. (Gerald Charles) (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Denver : University Press of Colorado, [2024]
Subjects:
Carey, Joseph M. > (Joseph Maull), > 1845-1924 > Political and social views.
Irrigation projects > Colorado > History.
Reclamation of land > Colorado > History.
Agricultural development projects > Colorado > History.
Environmental protection > Colorado > History.
Wildlife conservation > Colorado > History.
Irrigation laws > Colorado > History.
Arid regions > Colorado > History.
Public lands > Colorado.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Experiment or swindle
  • Carey Act beginnings in the Centennial State
  • The colony at Two Buttes Mountain
  • The birth of the Muddy Creek Carey Act project
  • "Land board, make them fish or cut bait"
  • Perhaps nobody is to blame
  • George E. O'Brien and the disastrous Muddy Creek Colony
  • Defeated and buried in dust
  • The making of wildlife areas
  • Sustaining a conservation purpose.