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Contributing Institution:
Special Collections & Archives
Title: Feather River Project Association Collection
Creator:
Feather River Project Association
Identifier/Call Number: URB.FRPA
Extent:
1.25 linear feet
Date (inclusive): 1955-1974
Abstract: In 1955, the Feather River Project
Association (FRPA) was incorporated as a not-for-profit, non-partisan educational
association to serve the public interest of Californians in the areas of water resource
development and water conservation. The collection documents such issues as the future
development of California's water resources, water rights controversies, and the California
Water Plan as it has been revised through legislative action from 1900 until the early
1970s. It contains annual reports, articles of incorporation, board of directors' agendas
and minutes, conference agendas, minutes, statements, contracts, correspondence, financial
statements, membership applications and lists, legislative circulars, newsletters, position
reports and statements, published reports, and resolutions.
Language of Material: English
During the early 1950s, the California Department of Water Resources was created to develop
a plan of action toward solving California's water problems and make recommendations to the
state legislature. By 1955, the Department of Water Resources had completed its research and
published a working document, known as the Bechtel Report, and began implementing the
revised California Water Plan.
In 1955, the Feather River Project Association (FRPA) was incorporated as a
not-for-profit, non-partisan educational association to serve the public interest of
Californians in the areas of water resource development and water conservation. The main
foci of FRPA activities were two-fold: first, the association would collect and develop
research material and independent studies concerning all aspects of The California Water
Plan, especially in those areas pertaining to the proposed Feather River Project; and
second, the FRPA would disseminate those findings that stressed the urgent need to fund and
implement actions that further developed the California Water Plan.
Membership in FRPA was open to all who were interested in the development of water
resources. In 1956, the Association consisted of several county and city agencies, local
water associations, and private organizations and individuals concerned with the future of
California's water sources. By 1962, the FRPA had a mailing list of 6,950 that were
receiving monthly reports through the Association's newsletters. Monthly meetings were
scheduled throughout the state for FRPA members, which kept them fully informed on current
legislation before the state assembly and senate that could affect the State Water Project.
FRPA actively sought political support, recommended policies and passed several resolutions
on issues such as the Water Bond Act, San Luis Dam and Reservoir Project, and South Bay
Aqueduct. FRPA also developed procedures for the settlement of contract negotiations between
water owners and water recipients.
During the mid-1960s FRPA promoted the establishment of a Water Resources Research Center
in the State Legislature (Senate Bill 2). Reflecting the expansion in statewide water
projects, conferences and membership, FRPA voted to change its name to the California Water
Resources Association. The name change took effect on December 9, 1966 and the organization
is still in existence today.
The
Feather River Project Association Collection (FRPA)
contains annual reports; articles of incorporation, board of directors' agendas and minutes,
conference agendas, minutes and statements, contracts, correspondence, financial statements,
membership applications and lists, legislative circulars, newsletters, position reports and
statements, published reports, and resolutions. The collection documents such issues as the
future development of California's water resources, water rights controversies, and the
California Water Plan as it has been revised through legislative action from 1900 until the
early 1970s. The collection has been filed in two series:
Feather River
Project Association
(1955-1966) and
California Water Resources
Association
(1966-1974).
Series I,
Feather River Project Association, contains the
administrative files of the Feather River Project Association as gathered by one of its
organizational members, the City of Burbank. The files include annual reports, articles of
incorporation, board of director agendas and minutes, conference notices and statements,
correspondence, financial statements, legislative circulars, membership lists, newsletters,
position reports and statements and resolutions. The files are arranged in alphabetical
order.
Series II,
California Water Resources Association, continues
the documentation of the association's activities after 1966 when FRPA changed its name to
the California Water Resources Association (CSRA), reflecting its statewide membership. The
files include board of director agendas and minutes, conference agendas, correspondence,
newsletters, and resolutions. The files are arranged in alphabetical order.
Series I: Feather River Project Association, 1955-1966
Series II: California Water Resources Association, 1966-1974
Digital reproductions of selected items in this collection are available electronically as
a part of the
Water Works
project.
The collection is open for research use.
Copyright for unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of
this collection is in the public domain. Copyright status for other materials is unknown.
Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.)
beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners.
Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the
copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
City of Burbank, 1988
For information about citing items in this collection consult the appropriate style manual,
or see the
Citing Archival Materials
guide.
Robert G. Marshall, May 1989
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