Download or read book River of Contrasts written by Margie Crisp and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2012-03-29 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Writer and artist Margie Crisp has traveled the length of Texas’ Colorado River, which rises in Dawson County, south of Lubbock, and flows 860 miles southeast across the state to its mouth on the Gulf of Mexico at Matagorda Bay. Echoing the truth of Heraclitus’s ancient dictum, the river’s character changes dramatically from its dusty headwaters on the High Plains to its meandering presence on the coastal prairie. The Colorado is the longest river with both its source and its mouth in Texas, and its water, from beginning to end, provides for the state’s agricultural, municipal, and recreational needs. As Crisp notes, the Colorado River is perhaps most frequently associated with its middle reaches in the Hill Country, where it has been dammed to create the six reservoirs known as the Highland Lakes. Following Crisp as she explores the river, sometimes with her fisherman husband, readers meet the river’s denizens—animal, plant, and human—and learn something about the natural history, the politics, and those who influence the fate of the river and the water it carries. Those who live intimately with the natural landscape inevitably formulate emotional responses to their surroundings, and the people living on or near the Colorado River are no exception. Crisp’s own loving tribute to the river and its inhabitants is enhanced by the exquisite art she has created for this book. Her photographs and maps round out the useful and beautiful accompaniments to this thoughtful portrait of one of Texas’ most beloved rivers. Former first lady Laura Bush unveils this year's Texas Book Festival poster designed by artist Margie Crisp, author of River of Contrasts: The Texas Colorado. The poster features cliff swallows flying over the Colorado River. Photo by Grant Miller To learn more about The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment, sponsors of this book's series, please click here.
Download or read book Lower Colorado River Basin Texas written by Texas Instruments Incorporated. Ecological Services and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Present and Future Surface water Availability in the Colorado River Basin Texas written by Texas. Department of Water Resources. Planning and Development Division and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Hydrologic Data for Mukewater Creek Colorado River Basin Texas written by and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Water Resources of the Lower Colorado River Basin written by Jassim Muhamad Khalaf and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Water Resources Data for Texas written by and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CONTENTS: v. 1. Arkansas River Basin, Red River Basin, Sabine River Basin, Neches River Basin, Trinity River Basin, and intervening coastal basins -- v. 2. San Jacinto River Basin, Brazos River Basin, San Bernard River Basin and intervening coastal basins -- v. 3. Colorado River Basin, Lavaca River Basin, Guadalupe River Basin, Nueces River Basin, Rio Grande Basin, and intervening coastal basins.
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Download or read book Peak Flow Frequency for Tributaries of the Colorado River Downstream of Austin Texas U S Geological Survey Water Resources Investigations Report 98 4015 written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Water Resources Data written by and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CONTENTS: v. 1. Arkansas River Basin, Red River Basin, Sabine River Basin, Neches River Basin, Trinity River Basin, and intervening coastal basins -- v. 2. San Jacinto River Basin, Brazos River Basin, San Bernard River Basin and intervening coastal basins -- v. 3. Colorado River Basin, Lavaca River Basin, Guadalupe River Basin, Nueces River Basin, Rio Grande Basin, and intervening coastal basins.
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Download or read book Quality of Surface Waters in the Colorado River Basin Texas 1966 72 Water Years written by Jack Rawson and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Untold Story of the Lower Colorado River Authority written by John Williams and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2016-01-04 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arguably, no other institution has transformed the heart of Texas like the Lower Colorado River Authority. Born in the Great Depression of the 1930s, LCRA built a chain of dams and brought predictability to the cycles of extreme droughts and floods that had long plagued Austin and other communities. It also brought hydroelectric power—and with that, modern-day civilization—to the hard-scrabble regions of Central and South Texas. With those achievements, and the support of powerful political leaders like Lyndon Johnson, LCRA for years was touted as one of the state’s major success stories. But LCRA has never been a stranger to controversy, and while it continues to provide much of the energy and water that fuels the economic engine of Austin and beyond, most people know very little about LCRA. In this book, readers will learn about the forces of nature and politics that combined to create LCRA; the colorful personalities who operated, supported, or fought with the agency; its spectacular successes, periodic blunders, and occasional failures; and its evolution into one of the largest public power organizations in Texas. To learn more about The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment, sponsors of this book's series, please click here.
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