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  2. Newlands Reclamation Act - Wikipedia

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    After several years of effort, the resulting act passed on June 17, 1902. [12] The 1902 act was later amended by the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 (Pub. L. 97–293, Title II) to limit the corporate use of water and speculation on land that would benefit from reclamation projects. [7]

  3. Reclamation fund - Wikipedia

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    The reclamation fund is a special fund established by the United States Congress under the Reclamation Act of 1902, as amended, for receipts from the sale of public lands and timber, proceeds from the Mineral Leasing Act, and certain other revenues.

  4. Derby Dam - Wikipedia

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    It was the first project of the newly organized U.S. Reclamation Service (known today as the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation), organized by the Reclamation Act of 1902. [ 4 ] As a result of the diversion, Winnemucca Lake lost inflow and dried up, and Pyramid Lake lost more than 80 feet (24 m) in elevation, resulting in the near-extinction of the ...

  5. Category:1902 in American law - Wikipedia

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    Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Newlands Reclamation Act; P. Philippine Organic Act (1902)

  6. Reclaim - Wikipedia

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    Newlands Reclamation Act, a 1902 United States federal law that funded irrigation projects Reclamation fund, a special fund established by the 1902 law; Reclamation district, special-purpose districts which are responsible for reclaiming and maintaining threatened land; Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, a 1977 law in the US

  7. Francis G. Newlands - Wikipedia

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    A supporter of westward expansion, he helped pass the Newlands Reclamation Act of 1902, which created the Bureau of Reclamation and boosted the agricultural industry by building dams to support irrigation in the arid Western states. [2]

  8. George Hebard Maxwell - Wikipedia

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    At that time reclamation stood for irrigation projects that would reclaim arid land and make it habitable to be used by people and encourage Western settlement. [2] In 1902, along with United States Senator Francis G. Newlands, he became co-author of the National Reclamation Act. Under the Act, construction of projects like dams were financed ...

  9. Minidoka Project - Wikipedia

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    The data developed were made available to the Reclamation Service after the passage of the 1902 Reclamation Act. The Minidoka Project was established in 1904, with construction of Minidoka Dam starting the same year. Water could flow to the north bank of the Snake by gravity, but pumping was required for the south bank.