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III. Other documents and websites—by date

 

Relevant websites: general

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. 2001. Communications regarding licensing procedures for Childs-Irving Hydroelectric Plants. Project No. 2069.
http://www.ferc.fed.us/rims

National Environmental Protection Act. 2001. Environmental assessment for the Verde River headwaters riparian restoration demonstration project, 1999. Long Valley Ranger District, Coconino National Forest, Arizona. [Accessed April 3, 2001.]
http://www.fs.fed.us/r3/coconino/nepa/verde_river_final_ea.html

U. S. Forest Service. February, 2001. Wildland/Urban Interface. Biological Assessment. Prepared by Janie Agyagos, Wildlife Biologist, Art Telles, Fisheries Biologist, and Reggie Fletcher, Ecologist. [Accessed September 18, 2001.]
http://www.fs.fed.us/r3/wui 

New Mexico Game and Fish. 2001. BISON. Biota Information System of New Mexico: 010145 Roundtail Chub. Gila robusta. (Version 1/2000.) [Accessed September 18, 2001.]
http://www.fw.vt.edu/fishex/nmex_main/species/010145.htm

 

Other Documents and Web Sites

Arizona Public Service. n.d. Childs and Irving: Anomalies of APS Generation System. [Backgrounder.]

Arizona Public Service. n.d. Childs and Irving Provides Habitat for Diverse Species.  [Backgrounder: Bald eagle, Peregrine, Yellow-billed cuckoo, Black hawk, Garter snake, Leopard frog.]  

Barney, James W. n. d. Historical Highlights: King S. Woolsey, Notable Pioneer. [7-page item from Arizona Republic column, c. 1950’s-1960’s; from NAU Cline Library Special Collections vertical file] 

Berzenko, Nick. n.d. Chronology of Historical Events Relating to Fossil Creek. [Unpublished.] 

Berezenko, Nick. n. d. Where Water Flows: The Natural History of Fossil Springs. [Preliminary draft of screenplay; on file at Payson Historical Society.]  

Biography of Clarence Linus Cory. n.d. [At University of California, Los Angeles, CA; unpublished.]   

Biography of Raymond S. Masson. [At Los Angeles Public Library; unpublished.]  

Brown, Stanley. n.d. Notes on Childs, Irving, and Fossil Creek. [Unpublished; from Payson Historical Society]  

Brown, Stanley. n.d. Notes on the Postal Road From Camp Verde to Payson. [Unpublished; from Payson Historical Society]   

Mail Trail site description. n.d. [At Fort Verde State Park; unpublished.]   

Stefferud, Jerry. n.d. Fossil Creek A Pictorial. [Unpublished.] 

Arizona Power Company [?]. 1932. History and development of Arizona Power Company. [Unpublished.] 

Leconte, Joseph N. 1939. Early Recollections of the Mechanical and Electrical Departments. [C.L. Cory.]

Arizona Power Company [?]. 1954. The Childs-Irving Hydro Project. [Update of 1932 history; unpublished.] 

Hopkins, D.W. 1962. Mail Trails. [unpublished.]  

Biddle, Walter A. (ed.). Childs and Irving Hydro Project. 1976. [Part of ASME dedication] 

Preisler, Dennis. 1987. Interconnections and Integration: Building an Electrical Generation and Transmission Network in Arizona. [Unpublished.] 

Arizona Public Service. 1989. Chronology of Events Pertaining to Development of Hydroelectric Power on Fossil Creek. In Public Information Provided Pursuant to 18 cfr. §16.16 of the Commission's Regulation in the Matter of Arizona Public Service Company's Childs-Irving Hydroelectric Project: Vol. 1, General and Historic Information. Phoenix: Author.  

Welty, Jerry. October 15, 1989. Hydroelectric Generating System of the Arizona Power Company.  [Cartoon map of system, prepared for a Don's Club outing.]  

Leverton, Terri. 1990. Mail Trail from Camp Verde to Payson - Arizona Territory. [Unpublished.]  

Arizona Public Service Company. May 1990. Childs-Irving Power Plants - Fact Sheet. Author. 

Arizona Public Service Company. 1991. Childs-Irving: a History. Author.  

Arizona Public Service Company. October 18, 1991. APS and Forest Service Celebrate Partnership. [APS News Release.]  

Arizona Public Service Company. October 18, 1991. Childs-Irving Named to National Register of Historic Places. [APS News Release.]  

Brown, Stanley. November 1994. Mildred Spencer (Mrs. Gene Spencer). [Interview transcript at Payson Historical Society]  

Coconino National Forest. 1998. Recreation: Desert Canyons: Fossil Springs Wilderness. [Accessed April 3, 2001.]
http://www.fs.fed.us/r3/coconino/canyons/fossilsprings_wild.html

U.S. Bureau of Land Management. July 23, 1998. EMS Transmission 7/24/98, Instruction Memorandum No. 98-144. [Subject: Relicensing of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Hydroelectric Projects DD: 8/21/98.] Washington, D.C. 

Cox, Carroll. October 30, 1998. Childs/Irving Power Plant - An enduring testimony to pioneer engineering and labor [3 parts].  

American Rivers. 1999. Fossil Creek Case Study. Case Study for River Restoration: Hydropower Reform. [Accessed February 8, 2002.]
http://www.amrivers.org/damremovaltoolkit/fossilcreek.htm  

American Rivers. 1999. Restoring Habitat on Arizona's Fossil Creek. [in 1999 Annual Report, p. 8]. 

Brink, Elizabeth and Rani Derasary  (eds.). April 17, 1999. Dam removal efforts in Arizona oasis. International Rivers Network River Revival Bulletin No. 7. (See under “US-SOUTHWEST”)  [Accessed November 26, 1999.]
http://www.irn.org/revival/decom/bulletins/rrb07.html  

Kiefer, Michael. April 29, 1999. Tributary Bypass: Ninety years ago, an electric company harnessed all 14 miles of Fossil Creek. Now environmentalists want the water set free. Phoenix New Times. [Accessed September 18, 2001.]
http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/issues/1999-04-29/feature2.html/page1.html  

Arizona hopes Fossil Creek Dam will be the next to go. August 23, 1999. River Revival Bulletin No. 10. [Accessed September 18, 2001.
http://www.irn.org/revival/decom/bulletins/rrb10.html  

Center for Biological Diversity. November 3, 1999. Biodiversity Alert #211. Yavapai-Apache Tribe calls for restoration free flowing Fossil Creek. Author. 

Center for Biological Diversity. November 14, 1999. Biodiversity Alert #214. Victory for Fossil Creek! Hydro-power plants to be decommissioned, full water flows returned to river. Author. 

American Rivers. November 17, 1999. Decommissioning of hydropower facility to restore national treasure. (News release.) [Accessed September 18, 2001.]
http://www.smallstreams.com/FossilSpringsDamRemoval.html 

American Rivers, Northern Arizona Audubon Society, Sierra Club-Grand Canyon Chapter, The Nature Conservancy: Arizona Chapter, Center for Biological Diversity, and Arizona Public Service. November 17, 1999. Fossil Creek to be Restored! (Joint news release.) [Accessed September 18, 2001.]
http://nazas.org/FossilCreek.htm 

Arizona Public Service. November 17, 1999. APS to close hydroelectric plant in Central Arizona. (APS news release.) [Accessed May 4, 2001.]
http://www.aps.com/general_info/newsreleases/newsrelease_62.html

Rushlo, Michelle. November 19, 1999. APS to turn off hydro plants: Move will rewater Fossil Creek, home to endangered fish. Arizona Daily Sun. pp. 23, 25, cols. 1-2. [Accessed April 18, 2001.]
http://www.azdailysun.com/non_sec/nav_includes/story.cfm?storyID=6466&issuedate=04/18/2001&syr=1999

Enviros win dam removals on Arizona stream. November 22, 1999. AmeriScan: Environment News Service. [Accessed September 17, 2001.] 
http://ens.lycos.com/ens/nov99/1999L-11-22-09.html  

Huge victory for Fossil Creek. November 30, 1999. River Revival Bulletin No. 13. [Accessed September 17, 2001.]
http://www.irn.org/revival/decom/bulletins/rrb13.html

Mockler, Karen. December 6, 1999. Fossil Creek will flow again. High Country News. [Accessed September 18, 2001.]
http://www.hcn.org/servlets/hcn.Article?article_id=5432

Arizona Public Service Company. 2000. APS Environmental, Health and Safety Annual Report 1999. Phoenix : Author. [Cover article on Childs-Irving power-plants] 

Fox, Edward. 2000. [EHS report letter for APS.]  

Schlimgen-Wilson, Mindy. 2000. Fossil Creek Chronology. [Unpublished.] 

Butler, Elias. April 21, 2000. Retreat from the Heat. Arizona Daily Sun. p. 19. [Accessed April 18, 2001.]
http://www.azdailysun.com/index.cfm?sec=…ryID=11137&issuedate=04/18/2001&syr=2000  

KUAT. September 2000. The Desert Speaks Journal. Fossil Creek, Arizona. [Accessed April 3, 2001.]
http://www.kuat.org/dsjournal/fossilcreek.html

Center for Biological Diversity. October 9, 2000. Biodiversity Activist #255. Fossil Creek Victory! Agreement reached to decommission power plant, remove diversion dam infrastructure and restore vegetation. [Accessed May 3, 2001.]
http://www.sw-center.org/swcbd/alerts/255-869.html

Arizona Public Service. October 17, 2000. Parties agree to terms of power plant decommissioning. (APS news release.)  [Accessed May 4, 2001.]
http://www.aps.com/general_…release/newsreleases/newsrelease_55.html

APS agrees to shut down Childs-Irving power plant. October 18, 2000. Business Journal.  [Accessed April 3, 2001.]
http://phoenix.bcentral.com/phoenix/stories/2000/10/16/daily31.html

Living on Earth. June 23, 2000. Fossil Creek Dam Removal [radio broadcast].
http://www.loe.org/archives/000623.htm  

Aerial photography of Arizona geologic formations: Fossil Creek Area. 2001. [Accessed September 18, 2001.]
http://www.psiaz.com/Schur/azpaleo/fslck.html

American Society of Mechanical Engineers. 2001. Childs-Irving Hydroelectric Project (1909). [Accessed April 3, 2001.]
http://www.asme.org/history/roster/H013.html

American West Travelogue: The Hidden Treasures of Fossil Creek. Parts 1 & 2.  2001. [Accessed September 18, 2001.]
http://www.amwest-travel.com/awt_fossilcreek.html

Arizona Game and Fish Dept. 2001. Razorback sucker and Colorado squawfish Parasites-Disease. [Accessed September 19, 2001.]
http://www.gf.state.az.us/frames/fishwild/research/fishpara.htm

Arizona Public Service. 2001. APS Education Catalog: Childs-Irving Power Plant (APS tours), Grades 4-12. [Accessed September 17, 2001.]
http://education.apsc.com:80/apsedcat/product.asp?sku=T5&dept%5Fid=24

Arizona Public Service. 2001. APS Generation: Who We Are: Childs-Irving Hydroelectric Power Plants. (Six parts.)  [Accessed September 17, 2001.]
http://www.pwenergy.com/who/powerplants/childs/

Arizona Public Service. 2001.  A Stream is re-born: Decommissioning the Childs-Irving Power Plant.  (APS news release.) [Accessed May 4, 2001.]
http://www.aps.com/my_community/storyarchive/storyarchive_18.html

AZ2020. 2001. Arizona’s 20-20 Challenge-Fossil Creek Canyon. (Includes three maps.)  [Accessed September 20, 2001.]
http://www.public.asu.edu/~bvogt/20-20/fossil/ph-fossil.html

Cabins on Strawberry Hill. 2001. Fishing. [Accessed September 27, 2001.]
http://www.azcabins.com/fish.htm

Cabins on Strawberry Hill. 2001. Hiking Trails. [Accessed September 27, 2001.]
http://www.azcabins.com/fish.htm

Cabins on Strawberry Hill. 2001. Map. (Hand drawn map shows Verde Hot Springs, Fossil Springs, Fossil Creek, Strawberry Hill, other areas.)       [Accessed September 27, 2001.]
http://www.azcabins.com/map.htm
 

Fossil Creek Llama Ranch. 2001. Strawberry, AZ. [flyer] 

GORP Destinations. 2001. Fossil Springs Wilderness. [Accessed September 20, 2001.]
http://www.gorp.com/gorp/resources/US_Wilderness_Area/AZ_fossil.HTM

JEF, Inc. 2001. Project Descriptions. (See Childs-Irving Hydroelectric Re-Licensing Project.)  [Accessed September 18, 2001.]
http://www.jefuller.com/projectfuller.htm

National Wilderness Preservation System. 2001. Fossil Springs Wilderness. [Accessed September 18, 2001.]
http://www.wilderness.net/nwps/wild_view.cfm?wname=Fossil%20Springs&Criteria=fossil

Overby, Steven and John Malusa. 2001. Geochemical Evolution of a Travertine Depositing Spring: Fossil Creek, Arizona. (Two versions online.)            [Accessed September 18, 2001.]
http://www.rmrs.nau.edu/lab/4302/sto/sld001.htm

Pine-Strawberry Archeological and Historical Society. 2001. Childs-Irving Photo Exhibit at the Pine-Strawberry Museum. [Accessed September 17, 2001.]
http://www.geocities.com/pinestrawhs/childsirving.htm

Roberson, Jon, Scott Reger, and Charles Benedict. 2001. Fossil Creek Fish Management Report: Summary of Survey Data, 1994-1996. (Arizona Game and Fish Dept. Report No. 97-2, 1996.)  [Accessed September 18, 2001.]
http://www.gf.state.az.us/frames/fishwild/mgtrept.htm

Southwest Parks. 2001. Mogollon Rim Hiking Guide. Fossil Springs Wilderness. [Accessed September 18, 2001.]
http://www.swparks.com/us/travel/northar…/mogollon/fossil_springs_wilderness.html

Sponholtz, Pamela J. 2001. From a fishes view: Native and Nonnative fish associations in Fossil Creek, Arizona. (Abstract #953676025-97; paper read at the American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting in St. Louis, MO, August 20-24, 2000.)  [Accessed September 18, 2001.]
http://www.ecu.edu/org/afs/st_louis/abscommunityecology/r953676025-97.htm

Stefferud, J., R. Bettaso, C. Minckley, et al. 2001. Lower Colorado River area report. (Part of “Abstracts received for presentation at DFC 2000,” November 16, 2000.)  [Accessed October 2, 2001.]
http://www.utexas.edu/depts/tnhc/.www/fish/dfc/meetings/2000/Abstracts_received_all_final.pdf

Living Rivers. Fossil Creek. 2002. [Accessed February 8, 2002.]
http://www.livingrivers.net/campaigns/fossil/index.cfm

Living Rivers. Fossil Creek Campaign Background. 2002. [Accessed February 8, 2002.]
http://www.livingrivers.net/campaigns/fossil/background.cfm

Living Rivers. One Step Closer to Taking Down Fossil Creek Dams. 2002. [Accessed February 8, 2002.]
http://www.livingrivers.net/media/article.cfm?NewsID=240

American Rivers. Fossil Creek – The Rare Opportunity to Restore a Riparian Ecosystem. American Rivers smallstreams.com report. [Accessed February 8, 2002.]
http://www.smallstreams.com/Fossil.htm

 

 
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