Trinity Lake History

Websites

• Bureau of Reclamation History Program - Trinity River Division
• Trinity River Restoration Program - History of the Restoration Project

Papers

How the Trinity River Lost Its Water
129 pages
By Dane J. Durham, J.D.

Table of Contents

• The Gift of Salmon Has Been Lost
• The Trinity Had Value Because It Could Be Taken. 1911-1953
• How Did They Know a Dam Would Improve the Fishery? 1951-1954
• Hurry, It’s Too Late to Turn Back Now. 1953-1955
• Everything Changed, Including Most Project Estimates. 1955-1963
• Almost Everything Went Wrong, But the USBR Held on to Almost Every Drop It Had Taken. 1963 – 1977
• Streamflow Was Replaced by Dollars. 1978-1984
• Let the Studies Begin. 1985-2000
• Bad News: The River and the Fishery Cannot be Restored Unless the Dams are Removed, But That Was Not Evaluated. 1999-?
• What Happened to All That Water? 1964-2000
• Was This A Reasonable Use of Water?