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Item Title
Upper Souris National Wildlife Refuge Dams, Souris River Basin, Foxholm, Ward County, ND
LocationSouris River Basin,
Foxholm vicinity, ND
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1968.
Notes
Survey number HAER ND-3
Building/structure dates:
1935 initial construction
Significance: The dams represent a historical movement to preserve wildlife and wildlife habitat in the United States, which began in the mid-19th century and continues today. The refuge dams are significant for their association with the development of a national wildlife refuge system during the New Deal Era. The dams also are representative examples of dams designed by the Federal Government during the New Deal Era for conservation projects. Dam 83, Lake Darling Dam, is particularly significant for its role in storing a supply of water for the restored migratory waterfowl habitat at J. Clark Salyer Refuge, which the Federal Government considers one of the most important in its nationwide network of migratory waterfowl breeding grounds.
Subjects
Water SupplyDamsNew Deal
Related Names
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
J. Clark Salyer National Wildlife Refuge
Quivik, Frederick L., Historian
McCormick, Mary E., Historian
Carroll, Jane L., Historian
Collection
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
1. VIEW OF LAKE DARLING, LOOKING NORTH FROM LOOKOUT TOWER AT THE REFUGE HEADQUARTERS
2. VIEW OF POND B, LOOKING NORTHEAST FROM THE WEST SIDE OF THE SOURIS RIVER VALLEY, DUE SOUTH OF THE LOOKOUT TOWER
3. VIEW OF A TYPICAL CCC-BUILT STOPLOG STRUCTURE, LOCATED BETWEEN POND A AND POND B, LOOKING SOUTHEAST
4. VIEW OF SILVER BRIDGE (ST. MARY'S BRIDGE), CARRYING COUNTY ROAD OVER SOURIS RIVER NEAR SOUTH END OF REFUGE, LOOKING NORTHEAST
5. COLLECTING FIELD STONES TO BE USED IN CONSTRUCTION OF SPILLWAYS AND CONTROL STRUCTURES
6. WORKERS COLLECTING SAGO PONDWEED, RED TOP GRASS, LEAFY PONDWEED, WATER MILFOIL, AND OTHER AQUATIC PLANTS FOR TRANSPLANTING FROM A COULEE SIX MILES AWAY FROM THE REFUGE
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