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would report the depth of water to the signal man, and he would make a record of the same. Without paying out any more of the anchor-line, we would, by means of the sweep or steering-oar, swing the boat to the right or left, say 20 feet, give...
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the current was swifter in them than anywhere else, but such is not the ease. In the waves, or breakers as they are commonly called, there is very little current, but directly on top of or over the rock the current is strongest. The under-current...
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rock is a hard basalt, and is not columnar like ordinary basaltic rock. That which is on the bluff banks of the river is nearly all columnar, but that miller water looks as though it had been subjected to the action of intense heat, melted and...
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of John Day river and are indicated on the map by red dotted lines or by a red cross. They together contain 242 cubic cubic of rock. The rock which is indicated by a small red cross I did not find, but pilots say there is one there: so I have...
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bad rocks, (chiefly boulders,) whose total measurement will not exceed 150 cubic yards. Rock Creek rapids, I think, will not require the removal of more than 500 cubic yards of rock. To remove these obstructions blasting will have to be resorted...
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UMATILLA RAPIDS.
Rock marked -- Size in cubic yards.
A 153
B 1.5
C 14
D 3
E 21
F 17
G 26
H 95
I 70
J 201
K 127
L 42
L 95
M 105
N 35
O 55
P 14
Q 29
R 29
S 17
T 42
U 56
V 19
W 58
X 32
Y 855...
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Improvement of Columbia River Washington--Map of a portion of Columbia River at East end of Bayden Island opposite Vancouver, Wash. Showing work done Febry. -- May 1899 Surveyed and drawn under direction of Captain Wm. W. Barts Corps of Engineers...
2005-01-12
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Improvement of Mouth of the Columbia River. Survey made June 1899. Soundings were taken June 7 -- 28, 1899, and are expressed in feet, and show the depth at the average of the lowest low waters. Position of buoys are as on June 28, 1899. U. S....
2005-01-24
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Sketch of Portions of Willamette River, Oregon. Showing locations of dams constructed during year ending June 30-1899. Scale: U.S. Engineer Office, Portland, Oregon. To accompany Annual Report dated June 30- 1899 - Major, Corps of Engineers, U.S.A.
2005-01-18
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A River
in Common:
The Columbia River,
the Salmon Ecosystem,
and Water Policy
John M. Volkman
Portland, Oregon
Report to the Western Water
Policy Review Advisory Commission
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The Western Water Policy Review Advisory Commission
Under the Western Water Policy Review Act of 1992 (P.L. 102-575, Title XXX), Congress directed the President to undertake a comprehensive review of Federal activities in the 19 Western States...
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A River in Common:
The Columbia River, the Salmon
Ecosystem, and Water Policy
John M. Volkman Portland, Oregon
Report to the Western Water
Policy Review Advisory Commission
August 1997
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Preface
In the Western Water Policy Review Act of 1992, Congress charged the President with reviewing and reporting on federal activities in the west that affect the allocation and use of water resources. The legislation directed the Western...
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Acknowledgments
I have run up countless debts of gratitude in the course of this study. I owe thanks to Larry MacDonnell, who first had the idea for this study. The Western Water Policy Review Commission and its staff commissioned the work,...
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Attachment A
A Snapshot of Current Salmon, River, and Watershed Management |
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A Snapshot of Current Salmon, River,
and Watershed Management
The plethora of salmon recovery initiatives required new management and coordination systems. They have emerged over the last seventeen years in pieces, and they are still...
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regarded as setting the basic rules for system operations for salmon. The current biological opinion calls for water from federal headwater storage projects on the Columbia, with limited contributions from major tributaries such as the Snake....
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in sections 3 and 4, above; these include rules and institutions for water use, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission licenses and settlement agreements, and a body of state water law governing individual water rights, instream flows and other...
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Other expenditures and implementation. The Fisheries Service's biological opinion on hydropower system operations calls for certain Bonneville direct fund expenditures, especially for research. These expenditures are scrutinized during the...
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Columbia River Fish Management Plan, was approved by the U. S. v. Oregon court as a settlement agreement. The process remains under the jurisdiction of the federal court, which has the power to resolve disputes. Idaho and several other tribes are...
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without a permit, but this is an indirect form of control. Nonfederal parties have no duty to consult under the Endangered Species Act before taking action. Again, the Northwest Power Act does not apply to these lands, although land owners may...
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Contents
Page I. Introduction 1 A. The Problem 1 B. Policy Issues and Recommendations 4 1. Ecosystem Management 4 2. Collaboration 5 3. Financing Ecosystem Recovery 8 4. Governance 8 C. Overview 10 II. The Setting... |
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Contents
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F. From the Endangered Species Listings to the Present 83
1. The Decline of the Wild Runs 83
2. The Endangered Species Act Petitions and the Salmon
Summit 85
3. The 1992-1993 Biological Opinions and the Strategy...
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C. Federal Hydropower Financing and Ecosystem Recovery 189
1. Hydropower and Salmon 189
2. Hydropower, Salmon and Other River Users 193
3. Establishing a New Economic Formula 194
D. Ecosystem Recovery, Water Policy and...
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