USDI: Bureau of Reclamation established in 1906 Purposes: irrigation, electric power generation, flood control John Wesley Powell pioneered development of arid West, published report on Lands of the Arid Regions of the United States Reclamation Act of 1902 – led to extensive system of dams in West Reclamation Service - established in Geological Survey in 1907 1930s/1940s – Reclamation Era, due to huge no.
{}