DISPOSITION OF ISSUES PREVALENT IN EARLIER COMPACT Issues Resolved or Reduced in Intensity States' Rights
The Historical Issue
The Columbia Interstate Compact Commission was rooted in a states' rights ideology in relation to river basin...
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1. By specification of minimum flows at the point of entry into the downstream state. This method would guarantee that the flow would never go below the minimum, but may not deal with flows higher than the minimum. This method was the one...
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1. These are issues that have been identified as being related to interstate water resource policies in the Pacific Northwest.
Allocation of water between states
Reclamation development
Management of anadromous fish populations...
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This is the beginning of the downstream arm of the Westside cofferdam, in December of 1934. This structure was destined to be the largest of its kind ever constructed. The importance of the cofferdams installed during the first contract can...
1934-12-01
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MIDDLE
COLUMBIA
THE DALLES
ANN. PREC. 15.92 IN.
PENDLETON
ANN. PREC. 14.22 IN.
Pendleton
BEND
ANN. PREC. 13.12 IN.
TEMP PRECIP.
Prairie City
PRINEVILLE
ANN. PREC. 8.92 IN.
PRAIRIE CITY
ANN. PREC. 14.92 IN....
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Document: Congressional Record, "Protecting The Present Users of Lower Colorado River Water," April 25, 1964, page 1
1964-04-25
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LOWER COLUMBIA LOCATION MAP PACIFIC OCEAN WAHKIAKUM CLARK WASHINGTON POLK BENTON MARION LINN LANE CLACKAMAS MULTNOMAH CLARK COWLITZ CLATSOP
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Snake-Colorado project report regarding the plan to transport surplus Columbia River Basin water to the arid pacific southwest.
1963-10-01
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The Missoula Floods occurred approximately fifteen thousand to thirteen thousand years ago during the last ice age. The floods occurred when waters held back by a finger of the Purcell Ice Lobe gave way allowing water which covered present day...
2008-06-16T19:44:50Z (iso8601)
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2850 REPORT OF THE CHIEF OP ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY.
To the extent of clearing out this chute as indicated above I recora
mend that work be done in this locality, and estimate the cost of the
improvement at $5,000.
Very...
2006-06-16
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Image caption: BRIDGE ON COLUMBIA HIGHWAY NEAR PORTLAND, OREGON --page break-- It's funny how apple-packing seems to bring out all the innate snobbery in a lady engaging in that lucrative calling; they didn't seem to think tramping was quite...
2004-08-24
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Image caption: TWIN FALLS TAKAKAW FALLS TWO GREAT CATARACTS OF THE COLUMBIA WATERSHED
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fair pay for an experienced hand. A poor boatman was worse than none at all, that is, in a pinch, while a good one might easily mean the...
2004-08-04
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Image Caption: LOOKING UP DEATH RAPIDS, WAVES FIFTEEN FEET HIGH --page break-- foothold. The only thing to do is to run quickly across, in the swift current, between the two rapids, land on the left hand side, and then line.
We had found the...
2004-07-14
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The top section of the dismantled central tower of the cross-river aggregate conveyor suspension bridge falls to the ground
1938-03-29
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A diver about to be lowered in a special chair for underwater work on cofferdam removal.
1938-01-07
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