Bear River: Last Chance to Change Course

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238 Bear River Note: Page numbers in italics refer to illustrations and captions. A access points, for boating, 124 Adair, Stephen, 167–68, 229 agriculture, 132, 135, 136, 156, 175, 206; best practices, 203–4; and dam proposals, 157–60, 174–79; and environmental mitigation, 55, 149–50; and irrigation, 53, 127–37, 233; Native American, 70, 174–75; as source of pollution, 183–84, 188; and water use, 217–18 Alexander Reservoir, 37, 91 alfalfa, 129 algal blooms, 184 Allsop Lake, xiv, xvi, 21–22, 23, 23, 64 alpine meadows, 21 alpine zone, 47, 48 altitude, 47 Amalga/Barrens dam site, 156, 161, 162, 207 American avocet, 58 American Fur Company, 76, 78–79, 103 American vetch, 49 American West Heritage Center, 76 American white pelican, 165 American Whitewater, 191 Amethyst Lake, 24 Anderson, Larry, 174, 212 Anderson, Rep. Eli, 174 Anglo emigration, 88–98 Anglo settlers, 94, 99–102 Animal Protection Institute, 83 antelope, 77 antitrapping movement, 83 aquatic insects, 45 aqueduct, 55 aquifers, 31. See also groundwater Ashley, William, 77, 103 Ashley-Henry Company, 78–79 aspen forest, 49–50, 51 Astor, John Jacob, 76, 78 Avon dam site, 162 B bald eagle, 58 Baldwin, Connely, 133 Bangerter, Arnold, 54, 56 Bannock Indians, 70, 191 barley, 176 Barrens, 156, 161, 162, 207 barter, 104, 107 Basin and Range physiographic province, 15 Bassett, Stan, 80, 80–88 Battle Creek, 39–40, 188 Bear Lake, 17, 53–54, 79, 115–20, 116, 119, 133, 142, 185, 190, 205 Bear Lake cutthroat trout, 53 Bear Lake National Wildlife Refuge, 19 Bear Lake Settlement Agreement, 135–36 Bear Lake Valley (Idaho), 89 Bear Lake whitefish, 53 Bear River: age, 16; drop, 19–20, 142; length, 13; naming, 76–77; route, 13. See also place names Bear River Basin, 13, 15; hydrologic subbasins, 30; lower flatland reaches, 29–30; mountain reaches, 20–24; upper flatland reaches, 24–29 Bear River Bay, 95 Bear River Bottoms, 56–58, 59, 206 Bear River Canal Company, 100, 127–37, 142, 167, 176, 178, 221 Bear River Canyon, 115, 142 Bear River City, Wyoming, 130, 189 Bear River Commission, 118, 185 Bear River Compact, 19, 115–20, 131, 160, 191, 213 Bear River Crossing, 92 Bear River Development Act, 160–64, 180, 183, 197, 216, 220, 231 Bear River floodplain, 26–27 Bear River headwaters, xiii, 11, 13, 15, 30 Bear River Land, Orchard and Beet Sugar Company, 100–102 Bear River Massacre, 72, 72–76, 75 Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, 19, 30, 58–61, 112, 119, 157, 162, 162, 164–72, 165–67, 169–71, 172 Bear River Range, 15, 27 Bear River Resource Conservation and Development Corporation, 19, 201 Bear River Valley, 100 Bear River Water Conservancy District, 161 Bear River Water Quality Task Force, 185–86, 213 Bear River watershed, 11–13; pollution in, 183–91 Bear River Watershed Celebration, 150 Bear River Watershed Council (BRWC), 19, 206, 212 Bear River Water Users Association, 133 beaver, 52, 77–88, 81–82 bedload, 37, 38 Beer Springs, 90–91 best-management practices, 203–4 big-toothed sagebrush, 53 biodiversity, 47; loss of, 41, 53–54 Biodiversity Conservation Alliance, 62 Bioneers, 150 bird habitat, 57–58 bird migration, 58. See also Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge birds. See names of species bitterbrush, 51 black bullhead, 56 Black Canyon, 5, 27–29, 28, 30–31, 34, 55–56, 57, 66, 115, 192 black crappie, 56, 206 black-necked stilt, 58 Blacksmith Fork, 29, 65, 103, 103 Blacksmith Fork Canyon, 87 Blattenberger, Gail, 223, 225–26 boat building, 121–23 boating, 121–27, 123–26, 192 bobcat, 50, 83–84 Boise Ford, 91, 93–94 Bonneville, Capt. Benjamin, 77 Bonneville cisco, 53 Bonneville cutthroat trout, 61–65, 62, 64, 112, 191–92, 195 Boone, Jim, 121, 121–27 Bothwell, John, 115–16 bottomland, 27, 58 botulism, 167–68 Bourdon, Michel, 77 Box Elder County, Utah, 58, 100, 127–28, 131, 172; wetlands master plan, 210–13 braiding, 30 Bridger, Jim, 78 Bridgerland Audubon Society, 163, 206–7 bridges, 92, 101 Brinkerhoff, Kerry, 75 brook trout, 112, 153 brown-headed cowbird, 55 brown trout, 55, 112, 153, 175–76 buckbrush, 51 buffalo, 77 Burgener, Wendy, 114 Burks, Catherine, 125 Burton, Carly, 133 C Cache County, Utah, 161, 195–97, 212 Cache County Water Advisory Board, 212 Cache Valley (Idaho and Utah), 17, 29, 54–56, 59, 73, 79, 140, 161, 188 Cache Valley Rendezvous, 103, 103–7, 104–5, 107 caddisfly, 56, 208 Call, Robert, 132 camping...