Finding Aid to the Friends of the River Foundation Records
Lisa Marie Monhoff
The Bancroft Library
2019
The Bancroft Library
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000
bancref@library.berkeley.edu
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
The Bancroft Library
Title: Friends of the River Foundation records
creator:
Friends of the River Foundation
Identifier/Call Number: BANC MSS 88/25
Physical Description:
38 linear feet
(24 cartons, 3 oversize boxes, 9 oversize folders, 2 tubes)
Date (inclusive): 1960-1996
Date (bulk): 1974-1981
Abstract: This collection contains documentation collected during the campaigns to preserve the Stanislaus River, stop construction
of the New Melones Dam and protect other creeks and rivers through grassroots public awareness campaigns and water policy
legislation.
Physical Description: Contains evidence of termite infestation throughout the papers which includes minor damage to some documents. While care was
taken to remove as much of the animal detritus as possible, there is a small amount of remaining debris in some folders.
Physical Location: Many of the Bancroft Library collections are stored offsite and advance notice may be required for use. For current information
on the location of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The Friends of the River Foundation records were donated to the Bancroft Library by Mark Dubois.
Organizational History
Friends of the River (F.O.R.) was founded as a grassroots conservation organization in 1973 and their headquarters are located
in Sacramento, California. F.O.R.'s founders are Gerald "Jerry" H. Meral, Rob Caughlan, David Oke and David Kay, who established
F.O.R. as an outgrowth of the signature gathering campaign to stop the construction of the New Melones Dam on the Stanislaus
River near Jamestown, California. In 1975, under the leadership of Mark Dubois and Jennifer Jennings, the Friends of the River
Foundation was incorporated as a non-profit membership based organization dedicated to river protection. The group's primary
activities are grassroots organizing, public outreach and education and working on behalf of water policy legislation throughout
California.
The New Melones Dam was authorized in 1944 as a component of the Central Valley Project. In 1966, the work commenced to replace
the existing, much smaller, Melones Dam with the new, much larger earth and rock embankment structure. Although the citizen
effort to halt the New Melones Dam project had launched by the late 1960s, major ballot campaigns to stop the construction
to protect a 13 mile unimpeded stretch of the river from Camp Nine to the town of New Melones commenced with 1974's Proposition
17. This 13 mile stretch of the Stanislaus was considered particularly valuable to conservationists and outdoor enthusiasts
in part due to its historic cultural resources and accessibility for white water rafters and kayakers. Opposition to the New
Melones Dam also alleged "pork barrel" spending of taxpayer money for an unnecessary government project. Supporters of the
dam argued that the dam construction by the United States Department of the Army, Corp of Engineers would create jobs, help
with flood control, hydroelectric power generation and increase the state's water supply.
The campaign to save the Stanislaus River was fueled by the momentum of the environmental movement which was picking up steam
in the early 1970s and remains one of the greatest examples of citizen involvement in American history to stop a dam from
being built. One of its most illustrious moments came on May 22, 1979, when Mark Dubois alerted authorities of the project
to his plan to hide out in the river’s canyon and then chained himself to a rock for nearly a week to prevent the filling
of the New Melones Reservoir.
Following the failure of the Proposition 17 initiative to pass in 1974, F.O.R. backed a number of other policy proposals to
protect the river, including Senate Bill 1482 (1976), House Resolution 4223 (1979) and Proposition 13 (1982), or the Stanislaus
Campaign Initiative. Although the New Melones Dam was eventually built and the lake filled in 1982, one of the campaign's
most influential achievements was to crack open the debate about the cost effectiveness and benefits to society of large dam
projects around the globe. No other dams of this magnitude have been built in the United States since the completion of the
New Melones Dam.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Friends of the River Foundation records, BANC MSS 88/25, The Bancroft Library, University of California,
Berkeley.
System of Arrangement
Arranged to the folder level.
Processing Information
Processed by Lisa Marie Monhoff in 2019.
Related Materials
The Mark Dubois Papers (BANC MSS 2003.314), Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Content Description
This collection contains documentation collected during the campaigns to preserve the Stanislaus River, stop construction
of the New Melones Dam and protect other creeks and rivers through grassroots public awareness campaigns and water policy
legislation. Materials include correspondence, notes, administrative files, grassroots, organizing and outreach materials,
testimony and statements, lobbying, legal cases, studies, research, reports, maps, news articles and clippings. Researchers
should note that this collection contains many reused documents such as hand written notes penned onto the verso of printed
materials and letters, as well as many small and irregular sized scraps of paper and envelopes with hand written notes.
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Subjects and Indexing Terms
Friends of the River Foundation
Water resources development--California--Stanislaus River
Water resources development -- California
Water resources development--Law and legislation
Stream conservation--California--Stanislaus River
Stanislaus River (Calif.)
New Melones Dam (Calif.)
Environmentalism -- California.
Friends of the River Administration
1974-1996
Physical Description: Cartons 1-2; Carton 3, folders 17-22; Carton 19, folders 1-3; Oversize Folder 3B
Arrangement
Arranged into three subseries: 1.1 Administration; 1.2 Board of Directors meetings; and 1.3 Miscellaneous Water Campaigns
and Conferences.
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, notes, planning materials, board meeting agendas and minutes and other administrative documentation
about the Friends of the River Foundation. Contains files on miscellaneous water legislation initiatives and campaigns to
preserve local creeks and rivers, primarily in California.
Administration
1975-1996
Physical Description: Carton 1, folders 1-11
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Scope and Contents
Contains general administrative files of the organization.
carton 1, folder 1
Secretary of State of California - Committee Statement of Organization
1975
carton 1, folder 2
Fair Political Practices Commission
1975
carton 1, folder 3-4
Office spaces and leases
1975, 1979
carton 1, folder 5-6
Staff correspondence, memos, notes, planning meeting documents
1977-1985; undated
carton 1, folder 9
Employment, internship and volunteer program
circa 1979-1996
carton 1, folder 10
Prospectus of Friends of the River
1981-1983
Board of Directors
1974-1992
Physical Description: Carton 1, folders 12-37; Carton 2, folders 1-6
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, memos, documentation of board meetings, executive committee, steering committee and staff meetings,
agendas and meeting minutes, budgets, newsletter planning and direct mail fundraising documents.
carton 1, folder 12-15
Development, membership, marketing and finance committees
1974-1990
carton 1, folder 16
Steering committee
circa 1975-1984
carton 1, folder 17-37
Board and staff meetings, retreats, program and progress reports, committee, chapter and advisory council materials
1976-1992
Carton 2, Folder 1-6
Board and staff meetings, retreats, program and progress reports, committee, chapter and advisory council materials
1976-1992
Miscellaneous Water Campaigns and Conferences
1975-1992
Physical Description: Carton 2, folders 7-47; Carton 3, folders 1-22; Carton 19, folders 1-3; Oversize Folder 3B
Arrangement
Arranged into groups chronologically and alphabetically by water policy campaign, waterways and conferences.
Scope and Contents
Materials for miscellaneous water and clean energy campaigns and conferences mainly in Northern and Central California. Includes
campaign files on the topics of water conservation, energy conservation, nuclear power, solar power and roadless areas. Also
documents F.O.R.'s participation in the Committee for Creeks.
carton 2, folder 7
Water conservation studies, pamphlets, articles
1975-1979
carton 2, folder 8
Island Foundation first annual report
1976
Scope and Contents
Yolla Bolly Press
carton 2, folder 9
"Energy Conserving Lifestyles: A Progress Report to the California Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission"
1976
carton 2, folder 10-12
Miscellaneous rivers - primarily California, includes cultural resource mitigation
1977-1982
carton 2, folder 13-16
Water policy and issues, data for California delegation, in flow data
circa 1977-1987
carton 2, folder 17-19
Water policy and issues, deserts, energy, includes Owens Valley (California)
1979
carton 2, folder 20
North Coast Rivers (California) - Senate Bill 346
1977-1981
carton 2, folder 21
Save Our Creek Committee / Save Our Next Door Creek
1977-1978
carton 2, folder 22
Save Our Nextdoor Creek Task Force, Sierra Club Regional Conservation Committee, California and Nevada
circa 1977-1978
carton 2, folder 23
Western Rivers Council meeting notes
1978
carton 2, folder 24
Creek People's Council - Fryer Creek (Sonoma, California)
1978
carton 2, folder 25
Alaska wilderness conservation and Trans-Alaska Pipeline
1978-1979
carton 2, folder 26
"Report of Activities of the Department of Water Resources"
1978-1979
carton 2, folder 27
Roadless Area Review and Evaluation (RARE II)
1978-1979
carton 2, folder 28
Roadless Areas
circa 1985-1988
carton 2, folder 31
Hot Springs Protection Society - Assembly Bill 1219
1979
carton 2, folder 32
California Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission / State Water Control Board - meetings, hearings
1979
carton 2, folder 33
Wildlife and forest conservation
1979
carton 2, folder 34
Native American rights, civil rights, labor and employment rights and immigration issues
1979
carton 2, folder 35
Hydro Power and hydro-air electric power - miscellaneous dams, materials and diagrams from Bolding Engineering company
1979-1985
carton 2, folder 36
Water Reform Alliance
1980-1981
carton 2, folder 37
The Water Coalition
1980-1983
carton 2, folder 38
Water Resources and Conservation and Efficiency Act
circa 1981
carton 2, folder 39
California Water Protection Council
1982
carton 2, folder 40
The 100 Rivers Campaign
1988-19891
carton 2, folder 42
Three Way Water Agreement
1991-1992
carton 2, folder 43
Central Valley Project
1992
carton 2, folder 44-47
American River and Auburn Dam (California)
circa 1976-1992
Scope and Contents
American River Watershed Council
Carton 19, Folder 1
American River and Auburn Dam (California)
1976-1992
Carton 3, Folder 1
Chattooga River (Georgia and South Carolina)
circa 1980
carton 3, folder 2
Glen Canyon Dam, Grand Canyon and Dinosaur National Monument
1979-1990
carton 3, folder 3
Glenn Reservoir studies bibliography
circa 1975
carton 3, folder 4
The Committee to Save the Kings River (California) - Assembly Bill 1606
1975, 1979
carton 3, folder 5
Little Pipestem Creek, Pump Storage Reservoir (hydro power) (Summers County, West Virginia)
1979
carton 3, folder 6
Mono Lake (California) Committee
1978
carton 3, folder 7
Pescadero Creek (San Mateo County, California)
1976
carton 3, folder 8
Save San Lorenzo River Association (California)
circa 1976-1978
carton 3, folder 9
Sprewell Bluff Dam (Georgia)
1976
carton 3, folder 10
Strawberry River, Bell Foley Dam (Arkansas)
circa 1975
carton 3, folder 11
Tellico Dam, Little Tennessee River (Tennessee)
1979
carton 3, folder 12
Three Rivers Campaign for the King, Kern and Merced Rivers (California)
circa 1986
carton 3, folder 13
Trinity River (Trinity County, California)
1976-1980
carton 3, folder 14
Save the Tuolumne River (California)
circa 1975-1984
Carton 19, Folder 2
Save the Tuolumne River (California)
approximately 1975-1984
carton 3, folder 15
Warm Springs Dam, Lake Sonoma, Dry Creek, Warm Springs Creek (California)
1974-1979
Carton 19, Folder 3
Warm Springs Dam, Lake Sonoma, Dry Creek, Warm Springs Creek (California)
1974-1979
oversize_folder 3
Wildcat Creek (California) Modified Flood Control Plan
circa 1980
carton 3, folder 16
Yuba River, Marysville Lake (California)
1975-1979
Carton 3, Folder 17-22
Conference programs and planning
1974-1989
Scope and Contents
American Rivers Conservation Council's Conference on Rivers Dams and National Water Policy
Scope and Contents
California Riparian Systems: A Conference on Their Ecology, Conservation and Productive Management
Scope and Contents
Friends of the River's River Conference and Festival
Scope and Contents
The Wild Land and Water Confluence
Save the Stanislaus River Campaign
1960-1993
Physical Description: Carton 3, folders 23-91; Cartons 4-10; Carton 19, folders 4-41; Oversize Box 2, folder 2; Oversize Folder 2B; Oversize Folder
4C
Arrangement
Arranged into six subseries: 2.1 Outreach; 2.2 Correspondence; 2.3 New Melones Dam and Reservoir Operations; 2.4 Cultural
Resource Mitigation; 2.5 Legislation; and 2.6 Legal.
Scope and Contents
This series includes documentation on the various water protection and policy battles organized and supported by F.O.R. to
protect the Stanislaus River, stop construction of the New Melones Dam and halt filling of the New Melones Reservoir in Northern
California. Includes organizing and lobbying materials, efforts to document and protect cultural resources, dam operations
and lake filling data and studies, legislative campaign analysis and legal case briefs.
Outreach
1974-1993
Physical Description: Carton 3, folders 23-91; Carton 4, folders 43-44; Oversize Box 2, folder 2; Oversize Folder 2; Oversize Folder 4
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Scope and Contents
Outreach materials include grassroots organizing calls to action such as newsletters, press releases, posters, fliers, brochures,
fundraising event tickets, letter writing campaigns, pinback buttons, poems and song lyrics about the Stanislaus River. See
also the Correspondence and Legislation subseries for additional organizing and lobbying documentation.
carton 3, folder 23-75
Organizing materials
1974-1993
Carton 3, Folder 78-84
Newsletters, includes Headwaters and Stanislaus Campaign News
1974-1985
Carton 3, Folder 85-91
Black and white photographs and color slide transparencies
1974-1980
Scope and Contents
Camp Nine
Scope and Contents
Proposition 17
Scope and Contents
Row for the River
Carton 4, Folder 43
Stanislaus campaign pinback buttons: Proposition 17 and (Yes on) Proposition 13
circa 1974-1982
Carton 4, Folder 44
Stanislaus campaign balloons
circa 1974-1982
oversize_folder 2
Color posters for Stanislaus River campaign and New Jersey Conservation Foundation
circa 1974-1980
oversize_folder 4
Signature gathering sheets
Undated
oversize_box 2, Folder 2
Signature gathering graph with Ride the Colorado, Stanislaus benefit drawing poster on verso
circa 1981
Correspondence
1972-1988
Physical Description: Carton 4, folders 1-42
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically within groups, political individuals and political lobbying files.
Scope and Contents
Contains correspondence related to Save the Stanislaus campaign lobbying sorted into files of organizations and types of groups
(mostly supporters of the campaign to halt the dam construction and stop the lake filling), political individuals and offices.
See also Legislation subseries for more correspondence with legislators and government agencies.
Carton 4, Folder 1-6
Miscellaneous correspondence
1972-1987, undated
carton 4, folder 7
Environmental and conservation groups
1973-1980, undated
carton 4, folder 8
Fishing, fly fishing and rafting groups
1974-1982
carton 4, folder 9
Business groups
1979-1980
carton 4, folder 10
Educators, labor and community groups
1979-1981
carton 4, folder 11
American Rivers Conservation Council
1977-1979
carton 4, folder 12
American River Touring Association
circa 1971-1976
carton 4, folder 13
Audubon Society regional groups
1978-1980
carton 4, folder 14
Butterfly Lovers International
1980-1981
Scope and Contents
Auerbach, Stevanne
carton 4, folder 15
Environmental Defense Fund
1972-1982
carton 4, folder 16
Environmental Traveling Companions (Etc.)
1975-1976
carton 4, folder 17
The Planning and Conservation League
circa 1974-1982
carton 4, folder 18
Sierra Club, Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund
circa 1972-1979
carton 4, folder 19
The Wilderness Society - Resolution of the Governance Council of the Wilderness Society in Praise... of Friends of the River
1975-1976
carton 4, folder 20
Brown, Edmund "Jerry" Gerald
1974-1980
carton 4, folder 21
Burton, Phillip
1979-1980
carton 4, folder 28
Office of the President of the United States, White House Staff
1974-1981
carton 4, folder 29
Panetta, Leon E.
1977
Scope and Contents
Rakfeldt, Harry D.
carton 4, folder 30
Reagan, Ronald
1974, 1981
carton 4, folder 32
Stark, Fortney "Pete"
1978-1979
carton 4, folder 35
Political groups
circa 1973-1976
carton 4, folder 36-40
Legislative lobbying
1974-1981
carton 4, folder 41
California legislature
1978
carton 4, folder 42
Washington D.C., Florida lobbying and U.S. presidential election
1976-1978
New Melones Dam and Reservoir Operations
1960-1983
Physical Description: Carton 4, folders 45-46; Cartons 5-10
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically and hierarchically within groups of files relating to Operations Studies, Water Rights, Camp Nine
Clearing, Geology, Power Generation, Economics and Recreation in the New Melones Lake and New Melones Dam area.
Scope and Contents
Contains master plans, environmental impact statements, operating plans, operations data and operating studies for the New
Melones Dam, including implications of Decision 1422 for granting petition to assignment of applications to United States
Bureau of Reclamation in the Matter of Applications 14858, 14859, 19303 and 19304 to Appropriate from Stanislaus River in
Calaveras and Tuolumne Counties. Includes information on land acquisition, prior water rights, water quality, lake (reservoir)
filling, flood levels, flood control, irrigation rights, fishing and fisheries release schedules, dam power supply, geology,
seismicity and known earthquake faults, economics and power generation. Also includes comment on the Carter administration's
Water Policy Reform initiative.
carton 4, folder 45-46
Department of the Army, Corp of Engineers - New Melones Lake Area Master Plan, Supplement No. 1, draft and Supplement to Design
Memorandum No. 3A Preliminary Master Plan
1974, 1980
Carton 5, Folder 1
Operations background and history of Decision 1422
1960-1980
carton 5, folder 2-3
House Document No. 453 - New Melones Project authorization, authorizing laws
1961-1962
carton 5, folder 3-7
Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers - letter and report on New Melones Project, Stanislaus River with request from
F.O.R. for documents
1962, 1978
carton 5, folder 8
Department of Health, Education and Welfare "Report on the Public Health Aspects of New Melones Project"
1965
Carton 5, Folder 9
Flood control studies and articles
1969-1978
carton 5, folder 10-13
Draft Environmental Impact Statement - includes Statement of Findings by Department of the Army, Corp of Engineers with comment
by Department of Fish and Game, Environmental Defense Fund, Friends of the River, Sierra Club, Resources Agency of California
1971-1979
carton 5, folder 14-15
Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers - correspondence
1971-1979
Carton 5, Folder 16-21
State Water Resources Control Board - Decision 1400, Decision 1422, appeals and engineering staff analysis
1972-1979
carton 5, folder 22-31
Camp Nine (9) road relocation, clearing, bridge construction, Judge MacBride ruling, draft, final and supplemental Environmental
Impact Statement, Statement of Findings, comment and notes
1972-1983
carton 6, folder 1-4
Department of the Army, Corp of Engineers - "Letter Design Memorandum No. 28, Powerhouse Tailwater", "New Melones Lake: A
Fact Sheet" (River Initiative pamphlet), "Invitation for Bids for Lake Area Debris Removal New Melones Lake Calaveras and
Tuolumne Counties, California", "New Melones Lake: Lake Area Clearing and Boundary Fencing, Design Memorandum No. 26"
1973-1978
Carton 6, Folder 5
California State Water Commission testimony
1976
Carton 6, Folder 6-23
Basin designation, allocations, lake filling, flood control, water rights, water pricing, water quality, operating study
1977-1981
Carton 6, Folder 24-25
Department of the Interior - supplemental Environmental Impact Statement with comment by Friends of the River
1978-1980
Carton 6, Folder 26-30
Clearing plans, flood control, water rights, water supply allocations
1978-1981
Carton 6, Folder 31
Decision 1422 filling level hearings
1979
carton 7, folder 1
Water policy, water quality
1979
carton 7, folder 2
Decision 1422 hearings before the Water Resources Control Board Division of Water Rights. State of California
1979
carton 7, folder 3-12
Operations study for New Melones Reservoir, Tulloch Reservoir, Goodwin Dam and Lower River including public hearings with
United States Department of the Interior
1979-1980
carton 7, folder 13
Decision 1422 legal memos and correspondence
circa 1979-1980
carton 7, folder 14
Prior water rights and storage
circa 1979-1980
carton 7, folder 15
State Water Resources Control Board operating plan - comment by Friends of the River
1979-1980
carton 7, folder 16
Operations study - comment by Friends of the River, summaries of cost and financial benefit
1979-1981
carton 7, folder 17-19
Operations study including negotiations agreement for operating Tri-Dam and Tulloch Reservoir
1979-1982
carton 7, folder 20
Daily reservoir levels
1979-1981
carton 7, folder 21
Decision 1422, flood control
1979-1980
carton 7, folder 22
Decision 1422, lake filling
1979-1982
carton 8, folder 1-2
Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement - comment by Friends of the River
1980
carton 8, folder 3
Budgets for Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers and Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the Interior
1980
carton 8, folder 4
Operations background and fact sheets
1980
carton 8, folder 5-7
State Water Resources Control Board - Decision 1422 testimony, Order 80-20 and power hearing
circa 1980-1981
carton 8, folder 8
Decision 1422, lake filling
1980-1982
carton 8, folder 9
Bureau of Reclamation, United States Department of the Interior Lower Stanislaus seepage information
circa 1980-1982
carton 8, folder 10-12
Water rights, irrigation and fisheries
1980-1983
carton 8, folder 13
Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers "Invitation for Bids for Lake Area Clearing..."
1981
carton 8, folder 14
Water policy committee meeting
1981
carton 8, folder 15-18
Water inflow rate, data and lake filling
circa 1981-1982
carton 8, folder 19
Western Water Education Foundation - Layperson's Guide to New Melones Dam
1982
carton 8, folder 20-21
Water rights - Oakdale and Ripon areas
1982
carton 8, folder 22
Order Amending Decision 1422, Submittal by Friends of the River
1982-1983
carton 8, folder 23
Water conservation plans
1983
carton 8, folder 24-25
State Water Resources Control Board Hearing on Decision 1422, Operational Models
1983
Carton 9, Folder 1-3
State Water Resources Control Board Hearing on Decision 1422, Operational Models
1983
carton 9, folder 4
Site Geology, Design Memorandum No. 12
1967
carton 9, folder 5-6
Seismicity, earthquake faults
1969-1979
carton 9, folder 7
Environmental impact of mines and mine tailings
circa 1972-1978
carton 9, folder 8
Management Plan Proposal Stanislaus National Recreation Area, with draft - National Speleological Society, New Melones Task
Force
circa 1974
carton 9, folder 9
"The Stanislaus River - a study in Sierra Nevada geology" - California Geology. California Division of Mines and Geology
1975
carton 9, folder 10
Power plant capacity and resizing studies
circa 1960-1970
carton 9, folder 11
Power, energy costs, transmission lines, Keating Amendment
1973-1977
carton 9, folder 12
New Melones Master File
circa 1974-1980
carton 9, folder 13-15
Environmental Impact Report and health impacts of electrical transmission lines
1977-1978
carton 9, folder 18-20
Power and water issues
circa 1978-1981
carton 9, folder 21
Collierville Powerhouse, Calaveras County Water District, California
1978-1980
carton 9, folder 22-25
Hydro electric power generation, H.R. 4223 and the Central Valley Project
1978-1980
carton 9, folder 26
"New Melones and California's Energy Situation" by Elizabeth "Betty" Andrews for Friends of the River
1979-1980
carton 10, folder 1
Staff Report and Appendix to Staff Report for New Melones Reservoir Operations Submittals - Division of Water Rights. State
Water Resources Control Board
1979
carton 10, folder 2-5
Operations submittals
1979-1980
carton 10, folder 6
Economic impacts and costs includes Western Area Power Administration comment and criticism
circa 1962-1980
carton 10, folder 7
"Just Who Will Benefit from the New Melones Dam? A Study of Land Ownership and an Opinion on Future Development..." by Russell
J. Pennell
1974
carton 10, folder 8
"Employment Impact of the New Melones Dam" for State of California, Employment Development Department
1976
carton 10, folder 9-10
Economic impact including on employment, cultural resources
circa 1978-1978
Scope and Contents
Includes Auburn Dam and Mono Lake
carton 10, folder 11-12
Economics and cost benefit analysis
1978-1980
carton 10, folder 13
Economics, organizing the "Businessman's Campaign"
1981, 1983
carton 10, folder 14
Fish and wildlife management - Department of Interior, Fish and Wildlife, State of California Department of Fish and Game
circa 1962-1975
carton 10, folder 15
"Report to the California State Water Resources Control Board on Effects of the New Melones Project on Fish and Wildlife Resources
of the Stanislaus River..." for Resources Agency of California. Department of Fish and Game
1972
carton 10, folder 16-18
Recreation and white water mitigation studies
1973-1981
carton 10, folder 19
Land management report of uses along the Stanislaus, Mokelumne and Merced Rivers during 1974
1974
carton 10, folder 20
Recreation, fish and wildlife - data, research, testimony
1974-1982
carton 10, folder 21
"A Proposal for a Stanislaus River / Reservoir Park Complex"
1975
carton 10, folder 22
Stanislaus River Recreation Map for the Bureau of Land Management. Department of Interior
circa 1975
carton 10, folder 23
"Study of Alternative Opportunities for Whitewater Boating / Rafting Activities" for Department of the Army, Corp of Engineers
1976
carton 10, folder 24
Operating study, water temperatures, fish stock
1976-1979
carton 10, folder 25
"1978 Nationwide Outdoor Recreation Plan: Task Force Report" - Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service. United States
Department of the Interior
1978
carton 10, folder 26-27
Land acquisition, easements and navigation on Lower River
1978-1980
carton 10, folder 28
"Report on the Instream and Recreational Value of the Stanislaus River" with map, prepared by the Folsom District Office,
Bureau of Land Management
1979
carton 10, folder 29
Recreation, disabled persons and wilderness
1979
carton 10, folder 30
New Melones reservoir fencing, livestock grazing
1980
carton 10, folder 31
"Information on New Melones Water, River, Recreation and Land Holdings Pertaining to Tuolomne and Calaveras Counties" report
by Gina Cuclis
1980
carton 10, folder 32
American River Touring Association presentation to the Board of Supervisors on the Value of the Stanislaus River to the Recreational
and Economic Development of Calaveras and Tuolumne Counties
undated
Carton 19, Folder 39
Reclamation Board Meeting Minutes includes flood control
1979
Carton 19, Folder 40
Land acquisition on the Lower Stanislaus River
1979-1980
oversize_folder 4
New Melones Lake - Comparison of Operations
1979
Cultural Resource Mitigation
1971-1981
Physical Description: Cartons 11-12; Carton 13, folders 1-12; Carton 19, folder 41
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically with government agency correspondence first followed by archaeological and historical studies.
Scope and Contents
Includes documentation on the mitigation of cultural resources along the Stanislaus River Canyon at and near the site of the
proposed New Melones Dam. Contains correspondence, research, testimony, briefs and other material on historical figures and
events including Native American and Gold Rush era history and artifacts, archaeological and historic sites, caves and cave
drawings, rock formations, wildlife, flora, fauna, and endangered species, and other cultural resources at risk of loss pending
operation of the New Melones Dam. Includes proposals for the area to be placed on the National Register of Historic Places
and to be established as a national monument as well as the Memorandum of Understanding between U.S. Army Corp of Engineers,
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, National Park Service's Department of the Interior and the California State Historic
Preservation office.
carton 11, folder 1-30
Cultural Resource Mitigation - Department of the Army, Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, Department of the Interior,
State of California Historic Preservation
1971-1976
Scope and Contents
Ethnographic Study of the New Melones Project Area
Carton 12, Folder 1-20
Cultural Resource Mitigation - archaeological and cave studies
1976-1980
Carton 13, Folder 1-12
Cultural Resource Mitigation - archaeological studies, historic preservation, historic landmark and national monument proposals
1978-1981
Carton 19, Folder 41
Declaration of Michael J. Moratto in Support of Application for Temporary Restraining Order
1980
Legislation
1970-1983
Physical Description: Carton 13, folders 13-40; Carton 14-16; Carton 19, folders 4-28
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically by bill or resolution.
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, memos, organizing materials, lobbying, fliers, events, bumper stickers and press releases, endorsements
and opposition statements, background materials and analysis for various legislation introduced (primarily in California)
to protect rivers and creeks, and mostly regarding the Stanislaus River and New Melones Dam project. The main campaigns include
California's Proposition 17, California's Senate Bill 1482 and Assembly Bill 4460, House Resolution 4223 and California's
Proposition 13 (unrelated to California's Proposition 13 to limit property taxation in the state which passed in 1978).
The campaign for Proposition 17, the Wild and Scenic Rivers Initiative, a 1974 California ballot initiative to place portions
of the Stanislaus River under the state's wild river protective status, includes materials on organizing and awareness campaign
events. Includes documentation on the Row for the River event, an approximately 200 mile, 9 day kayaking action in September
1974, commencing at Camp Nine (9) on the Stanislaus River and finishing in the San Francisco Bay. The Proposition 17 initiative
failed to pass in the November 5, 1974 election.
California's Senate Bill 1482 and Assembly Bill 4460, initiatives supported by Friends of the River, Friends of the Earth,
Sierra Club, and many other environmental groups, includes documentation with analysis by Senator Peter Behr. The legislation
aimed to place the Stanislaus River under the protection of the California Wild and Scenic Rivers Act.
House Resolution 4223 includes documentation for the bill introduced in the House in 1979 to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers
Act by designating certain segments of the Stanislaus River as a component of the National Wild and Scenic River System.
Includes policy drafts of California's Proposition 13, also known as the Water Initiative, the Water Conservation and Efficiency
Act and the Stanislaus Initiative Campaign, which appeared on the 1982 General Election ballot for California. Also contains
some materials from the California Water Protection Council such as organizing letters, steering committee meeting agendas,
notes and budgets.
Carton 14, Folder 7-8
Miscellaneous legislation
1975-1983
Carton 14, Folder 26-30
Miscellaneous legislation
1975-1983
Carton 19, Folder 26-38
Miscellaneous legislation
1975-1983
Carton 14, Folder 9-24
Senate Bill 1482 / Assembly Bill 4460
1976-1979
Carton 14, Folder 25
Senate Bill 107
1977-1978
Carton 14, Folder 32
House Resolution 8096
1980
Carton 14, Folder 33
Assembly Joint Resolution No. 58
1980
Carton 15, Folder 1-3
Assembly Bill 2164
1979-1980
Carton 15, Folder 6-31
House Resolution 4223
1975-1981
Carton 16, Folder 1-5
House Resolution 4223
1975-1981
Legal Cases
1973-1983
Physical Description: Cartons 17-18; Carton 19
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically by legal case.
Scope and Contents
Contains documentation on legal cases and appeals involving protecting the Stanislaus River including: Environmental Defense
Fund and Sierra Club vs. Ellis Armstrong, Commission of Bureau of Reclamation (1973 U.S. Court of Appeal, Ninth Circuit),
Friends of the River vs. Clifford Alexander, jr. and U.S. Army Corp of Engineers (1977 U.S. District Court for the Northern
District of California) and U.S.A. vs. State of California, State Water Resources Control Board (1980 U.S. District Court,
Eastern District of California; 1981 U.S. Court of Appeal, Ninth Circuit).
Carton 18, Folder 1
Environmental Defense Fund, et al. vs. Ellis Armstrong, Commissioner Bureau of Reclamation, et al.
1973
Carton 17, Folder 1-3
Environmental Defense Fund, Inc., et al. vs. Gilbert Stamm, et al.
1974-1978
Carton 18, Folder 3
Environmental Defense Fund, Inc., et al. vs. Gilbert Stamm, et al.
1974-1978
Carton 17, Folder 4-17
The United States of America vs. The State of California, et al.
1975-1982
Carton 18, Folder 4-10
The United States of America vs. The State of California, et al.
1975-1982
Carton 18, Folder 2
People of The State of California ex rel, Evelle J. Younger, Attorney General of The State of California, and California State
Water Control Board vs. Martin R. Hoffman, Secretary of the United States Army, Lieutenant General John W. Morris, Chief of
Engineers, United States Army, et al.
1976
Carton 17, Folder 18-23
North Fork Stanislaus River - State Water Resource Control Board Proceedings
1978-1980
Carton 18, Folder 15-17
North Fork Stanislaus River - State Water Resource Control Board Proceedings
1978-1980
Carton 18, Folder 11-13
Friends of the River, et al. vs. Clifford L. Alexander, Jr., Secretary of the United States Army, Lieutenant General John
W. Morris, Chief of Engineers, Corps of Engineers, et al.
1977
Carton 18, Folder 14
Citizens Defense Fund vs. Edward J. Gallagher, Director Community Development Agency, Consolidated Government of the City
of Anaconda-County of Deer Lodge, et al.
1978
Maps
1971-1981
Physical Description: Carton 19, folders 42-46; Oversize Folders 1B, 5A, 6B, 7B, 8C; Tubes 1-2
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically and by size.
Scope and Contents
Primarily includes maps by the United States Army Corps of Engineers and Department of Interior depicting the Stanislaus River
and New Melones Lake areas.
Carton 19, Folder 42
United States Department of the Interior Geological Survey - State of California, Columbia Quadrangle
1973
Carton 19, Folder 43
California Wild and Scenic Rivers Classification Preliminary
1976
Carton 19, Folder 44
California Desert Wilderness Inventory, Final
1979
Carton 19, Folder 45
Stanislaus Recreation Map, annotated
Undated
Carton 19, Folder 46
Water and Power Resources Service New Melones Recreation Area
Undated
oversize_folder 1
The Mapmakers - illustrated map of Stanislaus River cultural and historic sites
1978
oversize_folder 5
Department of the Army Corp of Engineers, Sacramento District - power plant and appurtenances general and plan for Tuttletown
Recreation Area and Mark Twain Recreation Area Phase 1 for New Melones Lake, Stanislaus River
1978-1981
oversize_folder 6
Department of Army Corp of Engineers, Sacramento District - aerial photographs showing flowage limits, project lands, easement
areas and spawning gravels of New Melones Lake, Lower Stanislaus River, Master Plan
1977
oversize_folder 7
United States Department of the Interior Geological Survey copies of 1948 maps with notations of Murphy's Quadrangle and Columbia
Quadrangle and map of Dietz Boathouse Inc. of Akron, Ohio
1971-1973
oversize_folder 8
Department of Army Corp of Engineers, Sacramento District - real estate of Lower Stanislaus River and lake area debris removal,
clearing, structure clearing and vegetation clearing at New Melones Lake, Stanislaus River
1973-1980
Tube 1
Department of Army Corp of Engineers, Sacramento District - real estate of Goodwin Dam and Lower Stanislaus River
1971-1973
Tube 2
Department of Army Corp of Engineers, Sacramento District - debris removal, clearing plans, fence and gate plan, and cultural
sites plan and description for New Melones Lake, Stanislaus River
1978
News Articles, Magazines and Clippings
1970-1995
Physical Description: Cartons 20-24; Oversize Boxes 1-2, Oversize Box 3, folders 1, 3-5; Oversize Folder 9A
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically into groups of news clippings and magazines and then non-F.O.R. newsletters.
Scope and Contents
Contains miscellaneous newspaper articles, magazines, clippings, editorials and opinion pieces, letters to editors, some research
papers and newsletters published by organizations other than F.O.R. Some files are titled by subject, including Central Valley
Project, Peripheral Canal and Tuolumne River. Note that some news clippings can also be found scattered throughout other series
within subject files.
Carton 20, Folder 1-37
News clippings and magazines
1971-1983
Carton 21, Folder 1-33
News clippings and magazines
1978-1980
Carton 22, Folder 1-25
News clippings and magazines
1979-1982
Carton 23, Folder 1-31
News clippings, magazines and newsletters
1974-1995
Carton 24, Folder 1-31
News clippings and magazines
1970-1982, undated
oversize_box 1
Scrapbook of Proposition 17 news clippings
1974
oversize_box 2, Folder 1
Scrapbook of 1974 news clippings, including Row the River event coverage
1974
oversize_box 2, Folder 3-5
News clippings from black scrapbook
1980
oversize_box 3
Scrapbook of Stanislaus River news clippings
1976
oversize_folder 9
The Jimmy Carter Times newspaper campus edition, published by The Civilian Conservation Corp (Seattle, Washington) November
2, 1976
1976