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Abstract of contracts for improving the Upper Columbia and Snake rivers, in force during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1881. Names and residences of contractors. George J. Ainsworth, Portland, Oreg. J. B. Montgomery, Portland, Oreg....

From the same pamphlet another quotation is made, originally taken from the Commercial Herald, 21st of May, 1874, which reads as follows In the case of the Columbia River Bar there can be no room for doubt. The number of casualties that have...

8 LOWER COLUMBIA SUBREGION ( See Figure 25 ) 8A Columbia main Stem Basin 44 CATHIAMET 1000 1490 184 12.6 170 **** 11200 44 N46 11.0 W123 18.5 EXIST COLUMBIA RIVER 65 1 5400 9200 52 DUNCAN CREEK #1 1000 2190 200 13.6 160 ****...

the voyage. I shall hardly need to add that Thompson's remarkable journey, so far as its original object was concerned, was a failure. He reached the mouth of the Columbia well in advance of Astor's land party, but only to find the New Yorker...
2004-08-10
From the same pamphlet another quotation is made, originally taken from the Commercial Herald, 21st of May, 1874, which reads as follows In the case of the Columbia River Bar there can be no room for doubt. The number of casualties that have...

features.36 The U. S. Treasury and the Office of Management and Budget, jealous guardians of the contingency fund, played significant roles in the agreement's development. Not incidentally, the Agreement commits the federal agencies to collaborate...

A nested mating experiment in which 20 males were each mated to four different females was used to obtain an estimate of the heritability of resistance to death from gas bubble disease in Columbia River fall chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus...
1974-05-09 (iso8601)
paper mills. The concentrated sulfite waste liquor from one of these seven mills is barged for discharge to the Columbia River during critical oxygen and low-flow conditions in the Willamette River. These sources represent an average daily waste...

Document: From Joseph Jenson, Confidential Report to M.W.D. Directors, "Conference with Secretary of the Interior Udall," December 15, 1964 (thermofax), page 4


rivers and lakes and migrate downstream as juveniles. In the estuary at the river's mouth, they transform from freshwater fish to saltwater fish, then enter the ocean where they migrate far north or south, feed and mature for several years. They...

67 p. Includes sections of Appendix QQ: 1886 annual report of Major W. A. Jones, and selections from Appendix RR, reports of Capt. Charles F. Powell, Corps of Engineers, detailing construction, maps and other works related to river and harbor...
1886-10-31
Need for both electric power and agricultural water supply resulted in multiple dams being placed on rivers in the Columbia River drainage basin in the mid 20th century. The collection consists of a number of photos taken over the period of the...

to sell furs to the traders near Astoria, Oregon, he found the banks of the streams and the forests much the same as they were in 1868. "On his recent trip Wood made a point to record carefully every stream emptying into the Columbia River. He...
2004-07-07
RECOMMENDATIONS Fiber and soluble organic material contribute to the damaging slime problem in the Columbia River. By far the greatest amounts of both causative agents are contained in pulp and paper mill wastes discharged to the river. To...

IMPROVEMENT OF RIVERS IN OREGON AND IN WASHINGTON TERRITORY-CONSTRUCTION OF CASCADES CANAL, COLUMBIA. RIVER,. Officer in charge, Maj. John M. Wilson, Corps of Engineers. 1. Improvement of the Lower Willamette...
2005-09-19
Amount (estimated) required for completion of existing project (exclusive of annual expense of temporary improvement and maintenance) 33, 000 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1886. 20, 000 00 (See...
2006-02-27
“The Columbia River Watershed is one of the most beautiful places on God’s Earth. Its mountains and valleys, forests and meadows, rivers and deserts speak of the presence of their Creator. Its farms and fisheries, communities and cities,...
2001 (iso8601)
Source Tentative Disposition Problem or Area of Concern 2.(Cont) into environmental values and desires of the public. Priorities should be established as to future human needs to realistically evaluate such a study. The reciprocal...

variation of rainfall of unusual degree is found on this highway. At Astoria, nearly 100 inches per year is the average ; at Portland, 42 inches; while at Cascade Locks the precipitation is 77 in.; and 60 miles farther east it is 15 in. per year....
2004-06-17
Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area LANDSCAPE SETTINGS
Map legend: COLUMBIA RIVER COUNTY BOUNDARIES SMA/GMA BOUNDARIES LANDSCAPE SETTINGS WILDLANDS WOODLANDS RIVER BOTTOMLANDS PASTORAL RURAL
COLUMBIA RIVER WASHINGTON...

CHAPTER XIV
FROM CANAL FLAT TO THE FERRY The Valley, Forests, Climate, Rainfall, Farms, Geology As there will be three days now with nothing to do but wait on the weather, I will now describe, in a general way, the valley of the Columbia...
2004-07-12
A black-and-white photograph of the Columbia River Gorge taken from the site of the Chanticleer Inn, which was built in 1912 and burned in 1930. It is now the Portland Women's Forum State Scenic Viewpoint. The view is east towards Rooster Rock and...
2004-08-03
owing to inaccessibility. The road problem is therefore a vital factor in inducing settlement of this great territory and until Messrs. Benson, Yeon, and Lancaster diverted attention to this form of development many sections were without...
2004-06-17
Lake, a 27-mile long irrigation reservoir. 30 Irrigation works take the water from there. The project first began irrigating fields in 1951. 31 It now irrigates about 560,000 acres with canals as big as rivers. It has a huge drainage system to...

these rocks has been a great benefit; the original depth of water over them was about 1 1/2 feet, and the improvement has carried this depth to 5 feet at lowest navigable stage. There are two other rocks standing in the channel which have less...

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