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The Carey Act and conservation in Colorado

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dc.contributor.authorMorton, Gerald C., author
dc.contributor.authorUniversity Press of Colorado, publisher
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-24T17:35:28Z
dc.date.available2024-09-24T17:35:28Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.description.abstractDetails the history of attempted development and reclamation under the 1894 Carey Act in Colorado. Focuses on the Two Buttes and Muddy Creek settlements in Southeastern Colorado. Details unintended wildlife and land conservation consequences of Carey Act development.--Provided by publisher.
dc.description.tableofcontentsExperiment 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.
dc.format.mediumborn digital
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dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10217/239480
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherColorado State University. Libraries
dc.relation.ispartofUniversity Press of Colorado
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dc.rightsAll rights reserved. User is responsible for compliance. Please contact University Press of Colorado at https://upcolorado.com/our-books/rights-and-permissions for use information.
dc.rights.accessAccess is limited to the Adams State University, Colorado School of Mines, Colorado State University, Colorado State University Pueblo, Fort Lewis College, Metropolitan State University of Denver, University of Alaska Fairbanks, University of Colorado Boulder, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, University of Colorado Denver, University of Denver, University of Northern Colorado, University of Wyoming, Utah State University, and Western Colorado University members only.
dc.subjectCarey, Joseph M. (Joseph Maull), 1845-1924 -- Political and social views
dc.subjectIrrigation projects -- Colorado -- History
dc.subjectReclamation of land -- Colorado -- History
dc.subjectAgricultural development projects -- Colorado -- History
dc.subjectEnvironmental protection -- Colorado -- History
dc.subjectWildlife conservation -- Colorado -- History
dc.subjectIrrigation laws -- Colorado -- History
dc.subjectArid regions -- Colorado -- History
dc.subjectPublic lands -- Colorado
dc.titleThe Carey Act and conservation in Colorado
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