Board Field Trip - July 11 & 12, 2006

The Board for Financing Water Projects (Board) made a field trip to several of the current grant-funded project locations on July 11th and 12th, 2006. There were no scheduled public meetings during this field trip; however, the public was welcome to visit the sites with the Board. The Board did not deliberate the projects, nor were any actions taken by the Board during this field trip. The public was welcome to make comments at any of the tour locations.

Schedule:

Tuesday, July 11, 2006, Deeth & Wells, Nevada - Bishop Creek Dam, Metropolis Irrigation District, and areas downstream of the dam.

Wednesday, July 12, 2006, Golconda, Imlay, and Pershing County Water Conservation District

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    • Readers Note: The pictures on this webpage were taken during the Board Field Trip - July 11 & 12, 2006. Place your cursor over the image to get a description. Click on the image to expand the view. Note that a new browser window will open for each new image that is viewed!

    Trip Route for tour of the Bishop Creek Dam, Metropolis Irrigation District, and downstream ranches



    The images below depict the field trip stops at the Bishop Creek Dam, Metropolis Irrigation District, and ranches downstream of the Bishop Creek Dam. Place your cursor over the photo for a brief summary of what your are seeing. Click on the photo to enlarge - note that the enlarged photo will open in a new window.

    Spratling Ranch

    First stop along the way at the Spratling Ranch Craig and Blake Spratling give an overview of their ranch with respect to water rights on the creeks


    Blake Spratling talks about the lower Spratling Ranch Discussions with Blake Spratling


    Craig Spratling discusses the upper Spratling Ranch and its water rights Discussions with Craig Spratling


    U-3 Ranch & Howell Ranch

    Kirk Hooper discusses the junior water rights on the U-3 Ranch Walt Howell presented information on the Howell Ranch


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