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Water and Related Land Resource, Big Sioux River Basin and Related Areas, South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa

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  • Soil Conservation Service
  • Forest Service
  • Economic Research Service

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Excerpts from the report: The Big Sioux Study Area is located in eastern South Dakota, southwest Minnesota, and northwest Iowa. It contains 7,582,080 acres, or 11,847 square miles and includes the 9,371 square miles of drainage of the Big Sioux River and an additional 2,476 square miles within the boundary of the East Dakota Conservancy Sub-District of South Dakota. About 76 percent of the Study Area is in South Dakota 12 percent in Minnesota, and 12 percent in Iowa. This cooperative Type IV Study was prepared by the U. S. Department of Agriculture at the request of responsible state agencies in Iowa, Minnesota, and South Dakota for the purpose of providing land, water, and related resource information to facilitate the planning and orderly conservation, development, utilization, and management of these resources in the Study Area. The study included the following principal objectives: 1. Appraisal of the agricultural and nonagricultural damages caused by floodwater, water erosion, sediment, impaired drainage, and wind erosion. 2. Appraisal of land use and land treatment practices as they relate to soils, erosion, and the use of land within its capabilities. 3. Determination of an efficient system of land treatment and structural measures which would alleviate the problems relating to watershed protection, flood prevention, drainage, water supply management, pollution, fish and wildlife, water quality control, and recreation. 4. Identification of opportunities and solutions that can be carried out by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and other federal, state, and local agencies under existing authorities, and those activities that should be developed under amended or new authorities. 5. Evaluation of the impact of the proposed programs on the physical, economic, social, and environmental factors. 6. Preparation of a report describing present and future problems and needs pointing out the potential solution opportunities.

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  • Soil Conservation Service & Forest Service & Economic Research Service, 1973. "Water and Related Land Resource, Big Sioux River Basin and Related Areas, South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa," USDA Miscellaneous 320395, United States Department of Agriculture.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:usdami:320395
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.320395
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