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  2. California Reclamation Districts - Wikipedia

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    A reclamation district represents former wetlands that were drained for agriculture. The reclamation districts were created by acts of State Legislature, mostly in the early 1900s in order to allow land to be used for agriculture. For example, Reclamation District No. 1000 was created on April 8, 1911. [4]

  3. Reclamation district - Wikipedia

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    Many American reclamation districts were established prior to 1900 when local land owners first started working to put new land into agricultural production. Much of the lands "reclaimed" by 19th century reclamation districts were natural wetlands. Since wetlands are subject to flooding, these lands often were adjacent to sources of water ...

  4. National Register of Historic Places listings in Colusa ...

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    This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Colusa County, California, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National Register properties and districts; these locations may be seen together in a Google map.

  5. Refuge Water Supply Program - Wikipedia

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    The Refuge Water Supply Program (RWSP) is administered by the United States Department of the Interior jointly by the Bureau of Reclamation and Fish and Wildlife Service and tasked with acquiring a portion and delivering a total of 555,515 acre feet (AF) of water annually to 19 specific protected wetland areas in the Central Valley of California as mandated with the passing of the Central ...

  6. Will S. Green - Wikipedia

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    He came to California during the California gold rush, arriving in San Francisco via the Panama Canal at the age of 17 on October 10, 1849, although he never tried his hand at gold mining. His uncle, C.D. Semple, purchased 8,875 acres (35.92 km 2 ) of land from John Bidwell in then-Colusi County (now Colusa County ).

  7. Colusa, California - Wikipedia

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    Colusa is a city and county seat of Colusa County, California, located in the Sacramento Valley region of the Central Valley. The population was 5,971 at the 2010 census, up from 5,402 at the 2000 census. Colusi originates from the local Coru Native American tribe, who in the 1840s lived on the opposite side of the Sacramento River.

  8. Sites Reservoir - Wikipedia

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    The Sites Reservoir was proposed in the 1950s. [2] California had serious droughts in 1977-1978, 2006–2010, and 2011–2017, raising concern about water insecurity. [3] The project is intended to improve reliability of supply during drought conditions.

  9. List of dams and reservoirs in California - Wikipedia

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    Colusa: United States Bureau of Reclamation: ... Water District of Southern California: 1973/1991: ... United States Bureau of Reclamation dams; Water in California;