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008			180425s2017 nduab 000 0 eng d
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245	0	0	_aNorth Dakota Water : _ba century of challenge : a history of the development of North Dakota's water resources from 1889 to 2000.
246	3	0	_aCentury of challenge : _ba history of the development of North Dakota's water resources from 1889 to 2000
264		1	_aBismarck, ND : _bNorth Dakota Water Education Foundation, _c[2017]
264		4	_c©2017
300			_a207 pages : _billustrations (chiefly color), maps (some color) ; _c28 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
505	0		_aIntroduction -- Forward -- The Missouri River -- Garrison Diversion and Eastern North Dakota water supply -- Devils Lake -- Red River and its floods -- The Souris-Mouse River -- Irrigation -- West River -- Wetlands -- Weather modification -- Rural water -- State engineers -- North Dakota water organizations.
520			_a"The vast ocean of level prairie which lies to the west of Red River must be seen in its extraordinary aspects, before it can be rightly valued and understood in reference to its future occupation by an energetic and civilized race, able to improve its vast capabilities and appreciate its marvelous beauties." So wrote John Fleming, a member of the Canadian Red River Exploring Expedition of 1857. This book sheds light on whether North Dakota's early pioneers were able to recognize and then develop the capabilities of this "vast ocean of level prairie." Water and who owned it, who controlled it, who could make it work for them would be central to the growth of North Dakota.
650		0	_aWater resources development _zNorth Dakota _xHistory. _9394747
710	2		_aNorth Dakota Water Education Foundation. _9394748
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