CHAPTER XVIII
FROM THE FERRY TO THE BOUNDARY The Valley, Timber, Farms, Rainfall, Geology; Comments on the Canadians and Their Method of Handling the Liquor Problem The Columbia River and the country it traverses has been pretty well...
2004-07-19
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lumby." He offered to haul the boat to the foot of the rapids by the road for twenty dollars, but as the down-river branch of the Milwaukee presented an opportunity to accomplish the same end in less time and discomfort, I decided to portage by...
2004-08-17
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Organizational
records documenting the regional conservation activities the Northwest Office
of the Friends of the Earth.; Friends of the Earth is an environmental organization, established in
1969 by David Brower. The Northwest office...
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The river was uniquely suited to hydropower production, however. It is a relatively steep river, dropping an average of about two feet per mile (compared to Mississippi's six inches per mile). It flows in a solid rock channel suitable for dam...
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Summary
In summary, we found that federal agencies have taken steps to improve collaboration as a way to reduce conflicts that often occur between species protections and other resource uses, but that more could be done to promote routine use of...
2005-05-19
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be incurred on authorized projects and to future revenues; and that he present to the Congress a financial report on these matters as to the close of each fifth fiscal year, beginning with the fiscal year 1953.
9. That, in the interests of...
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tional survey of the Columbia River Basin, and (2) to make studies of specific recreational requirements, facilities, and benefits of the developments in the comprehensive plan.
133. Investigation of fish and wildlife resources in relation to...
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In addition to projects of the Bureau of Reclamation listed above, the Office of Indian Affairs is continuing construction of irrigation developments on Indian reservations within the Columbia River Basin. Additional surveys are required to...
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1 map : col., 28 x 54 cm. The map provides a bird's-eye view of existing dam projects, federal projects under construction, authorized federal projects, recommended federal projects, and non-federal damming projects under way. Information is also...
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back south along the crest of Washington's Cascade Mountains, then west across southwestern Washington to the ocean. The basin covers about 259,000 square miles in the United States and Canada.'
In some ways it is hard to think of this sprawling...
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Forest Lands
Forest lands of the Columbia River Basin administered by the Department may be divided into two groups. One consists of unappropriated and unreserved public lands both within and outside of grazing districts ; the second is made up...
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of the Kennewick division is the fact that the production of crops on which processing plants in the established community of Kennewick, Wash., depend was significantly reduced by the withdrawal from production of irrigated farm land to make way...
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that 80 percent of 153 Oregon tributaries had low-flow problems (two-thirds of which were caused at least in part by irrigation withdrawals).17 A 1992 analysis of water problems affecting fish production showed similar problems in many Idaho,...
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back south along the crest of Washington's Cascade Mountains, then west across southwestern Washington to the ocean. The basin covers about 259,000 square miles in the United States and Canada.'
In some ways it is hard to think of this sprawling...
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Source
SI—3, 63, 64, 78 PI—15, 50 WI—23, 30, 39
Tentative—Disposition 1/
A
Problem or Area of Concern
1. Indian rights and interests in the Columbia River and its Tributaries are substantial. For example, Colville Indians have...
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Image Caption: THE GRAND DALLES --page break-- came to The Dalles City early in the afternoon, and rowing down to its lower end found a decent camp-ground on a low bench amongst some willows. Here I planned to halt for a day.
The Dalles City is...
2004-07-20
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23 x 47 cm. View Bird's-eye map on verso: http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/zoom/zoom.php?map=wsu206
This is part of a promotional pamphlet intending to lobby for passage of funding from the 70th Congress (1928). None of the various projects...
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and in preventing additional loss of breeding areas was greatly stimulated by the construction of Bonneville and Grand Coulee Dams, and considerable progress has been made in working out methods adapted to the particular conditions imposed by...
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Collection consists of 196 slides depicting irrigation, schools and towns in the Columbia Basin area, documenting the growth of the school districts in conjunction with irrigation, c. 1952 - 1958.; Old lists of labeled slides, organization of the...
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"May 1999"
1999-11-22
2005-02-17 2004-12-22 |
COLORADO RIVER STORAGE PROJECT 21 of the Upper Colorado River Basin compact. The costs of any participating projects thus authorized shall be amortized in accordance with the Federal reclamation law and this bill. Section 4 provides that revenues...
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Summary of potential developments—Continued.
ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION COSTS
[Thousands of dollars]
Dam and reservoir
Irrigation distribution cost
Castle Creek Castle Creek 400 400
Boise Anderson Ranch. 2 13, 200 13, 200
Arrowrock...
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Document: United States Department of the Interior news release, "Colorado River Storage Project Becomes Fourth Bureau of Reclamation Project to Exceed Total Investment of $300 Million," January 4, 1963, page 2
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Summary of potential developments—Continued
DAMS AND POWER PLANTS
Installed capacity
(kilowatts)
Annual production (million kilowatt-hours)
Name
Firm Secondary
Palisades 30, 000 131 99
Hoback 40, 000 180 0
Canyon 70, 000 200 0...
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