@article{Economic:329951,
      recid = {329951},
      author = {Economic Research Service  and Forest Service and Soil  Conservation Service},
      title = {USDA Report on Water and Related Land Resources, Powder  Drainage Basin, Oregon},
      address = {1966-01},
      number = {1962-2023-026},
      pages = {166},
      year = {1966},
      note = {This study is a result of a cooperative agreement between  the U. S. Department of Agriculture and the State Water  Resources Board of Oregon and it is conducted under the  provisions of Section 6 of the Watershed Protection and  Flood Prevention Act (Public Law 566, 83rd Congress, as  amended).},
      abstract = {Excerpts from the report:  The Powder Drainage Basin is  located in northeastern Oregon.  It is bounded by the  Grande Ronde River Basin on the north, by the John Day  River Basin on the west, by the Malheur River Basin on the  south, and by the Snake River on the east.  The basin has a  total area of 2,073,700 acres--about 3.4 percent of Oregon.   It contains almost all of Baker County, about 1.3 percent  of Union County, and minor portions of Wallowa and Malheur  Counties.  Two major stream systems and two minor streams  comprise the drainage system; these are the Powder and  Burnt Rivers and the Pine and Benson Creeks.  For the  purpose of this report, the Powder Drainage Basin has been  divided into sixteen watersheds.  These watersheds vary in  size from 15,900 acres to 220,700 acres.  The use of land  in the basin is influenced by the ownership.  Half of the  land is federally owned, 2 percent is owned by state,  county, and municipal governments, and 48 percent is  privately owned.  About 37 percent of the basin, mainly in  the western and northern parts of the basin at higher  elevations, is forested land.  Almost half of the basin is  rangeland with the central, southern, and eastern parts  being predominantly rangeland.  About 60 percent of the  rangeland is privately owned, and 33 percent is in public  domain which is managed by the Bureau of Land Management.   Less than 10 percent of the basin area is cropland in  private ownership.  This report presents information  concerning the water and related land resources of the  Powder Drainage Basin.  Its purpose is (1) to provide  information on the past and present uses of water and  related land resources; (2) to supply the production data  from the use of these resources; (3) to assess the  magnitude of water-related problems such as erosion,  flooding, and drainage; (4) to indicate the probable  direction of future use of water and land for agriculture  and forestry in comparison to competing uses; and (5) to  outline a general program for water and land resource  management as a background for future detailed study and  planning.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/329951},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.329951},
}