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Purchased by the Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, for official use. THE USDA SNAKE RIVER CONSERVATION RESEARCH CENTER - ITS DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT AND PROGRAM 3 1 By A. R. Robinson, F. ASCE, M. ASAE . 1 1 INTRODUCTION The Snake River Conservation Research Center is a newly completed facility located in south-central Idaho. The Center is designed for conducting basic and applied research studies on soil and water problems existing throughout the upper Snake River Plains and the surrounding region. The Center is unique in many respects. It is located in the center of a large agricultural area and is designed for scientists to conduct basic research under con- trolled laboratory conditions and guide the research through closely controlled trials and to eventual field application. The research program is cooperative with the University of Idaho Experiment Stations and other state and federal agencies. 4 - 1 Contribution from the Northwest Branch, Soil and Water Conservation Research Division, Agricultural Research Service, USDA; Idaho Agricultural Experiment Station cooperating. Research Agricultural Engineer and Director, Snake River Conservation Research Center, Kimberly (Twin Falls), Idaho. 3 9 1
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Purchased by the Agricultural Research Service,U.S. Department of Agriculture, for official use.
THE USDA SNA KE RIVER CONSE
ITS DESIGN, DEVELOPM
By A. R. Robinson, F. ASCE, M
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AREA SERVED
The upper Snake River Plains, a land of sagebrush, lava beds, excellent farmland and gropasses 34 million acres in the Columbia River Bthe area is in southern Idaho and eastern Oregon
small portions of western Wyoming, northern Ut
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and used to maximum benefit and efficiency. The so
problems are many and the establishment of a reseathe region was requested to complement the work beiby state experiment stations and other federal agenc
A working group was appointed by the Secretin 1959 to hold hearings throughout the nation for de
needs in soil and water conservation. The results an
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The research needs of greatest urgency listed as follows:Watershed engineering:
Precipitation-runoff relationshipsSedimentation
Channel stability and sedimentation o
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provide office, laboratory, greenhouse, simplement housing space to support a fielon water management problems prevalentfarms and associated dryland farms and rthe Snake River Valley and similar agricuin the region."
Funds were appropriated for design and co
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The Center is located on a 10-acre tract o6 miles east of Twin Falls, Idaho, adjacent to the Idaho's Twin Falls Branch Experiment Station. Imsurrounding the Center, 30 acres of irrigated cropobtained for conducting field studies. Other land wat widely separated locations throughout the valley
Machine and specialized research shop faid d l i h d i f i d i
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for the area. Therefore, a sizeable percentage of th
be in the field and directed toward the solution of cuMost research assignments will be of the combined laboratory type. Some of the studies, however, willor exclusively laboratory in nature. It is intended thapproach be employed under both the field and labor
Not all of the work will be carried on directly at the
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Water Use and Plant Growth --As the value of wa
accurate data are needed on water requirements ofactors that influence plant growth and water consustudied to develop systems for using water at maxiSoil Microbiology --Soil microbiologists and chemsoil microorganisms decompose organic matter, f
fluence this process, and the nature of chemical co
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Study of the hydraulics of surface irrigatioand return flow systems.
Sprinkler irrigation studies concerned witwater distribution and infiltration rates unde
Soil moisture - fertility studies on sugar Factors affecting farm and project irrigat
efficiencies.R l ti f li k t il d l
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The Snake River Conservation Research
to supply better practices, equipment and techniqthrough research. These findings will be put intranchers, Soil Conservation Service and Extensiand those from other conservation agencies.
