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  Cedar Rapids, Iowa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A unique attribute of Cedar Rapids is that its city hall and county courthouse are located on Mays Island, an island on the Cedar River running through the city.
Cedar Rapids is known as the City of Five Seasons, where the fifth season is "a time to enjoy." The symbol of the five seasons is the Tree of Five Seasons sculpture in downtown Cedar Rapids.
Cedar Rapids is home to a large cereal industry, with five major manufacturers located on the outskirts of the city.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cedar_Rapids,_Iowa   (1652 words)

  
 Cedar River (Washington) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The 45 mile (72 km) long Cedar River is located in central western Washington, USA.
(It had previously emptied into the Black River, but was diverted in hopes of avoiding another flood like the one that took place in 1911.) It flows generally east to west.
It is in the Cedar River watershed, a part of the larger Puget Sound watershed.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cedar_River_(Washington)   (151 words)

  
 Cedar River Basin and Nonpoint Pollution Action Plan
The Cedar River is one of five major rivers in King County and is the largest tributary to Lake Washington.
The river drains an elongated basin of 188 square miles that extends westward from the crest of the Cascades to the southern shore of Lake Washington in the City of Renton.
The Cedar River is the largest and cleanest source of water for Lake Washington, contributing almost 50% of the lake's total inflow.
dnr.metrokc.gov /wlr/BASINS/cedarpln.htm   (2825 words)

  
 Red Cedar River (Michigan) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The Red Cedar River is a river in Michigan which is a tributary of the Grand River.
Outside of Wells Hall, students, faculty, alumnus and visitors can be found feeding the large community of Mallard ducks that populate the river dam, which contributes to overfeeding and E Coli contamination.
The river is often the topic of many a conversation, for much of the land engulfing the area is part of the drainage basin of the river.
www.sterlingheights.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Red_Cedar_River_(Michigan)   (290 words)

  
 Nebraska Game and Parks Commission - Canoe Trails - Cedar River
The Cedar River originates in the Sandhills region of Nebraska and is fed by groundwater springs from the vast
The Cedar River Valley was home to the Pawnee Indian before they abandoned their Nebraska reservation, in 1875, and moved to an Oklahoma reservation.
The Cedar River mostly extends through an area of hills with moderate to steep slopes, sharp ridge crests, and remnants of the old, nearly level plains eroded by water and wind.
www.ngpc.state.ne.us /boating/guides/canoetrails/canoe-cdr.asp   (943 words)

  
 Cedar Water Treatment Facility : Home Page
The Cedar River Watershed is one of only six major drinking-water systems in the country that do not require filtration.
Cedar River water meets or surpases all federal standards for drinking water, and water samples are tested for a wide variety of substances every day.
The Cedar Treatment Facility is the largest facility in the United States to use UV technology to disinfect drinking water.
projects.ch2m.com /cedarps   (842 words)

  
 Canoeing along the Cedar River
The river is officially called the Red Cedar, but that was shortened decades ago to simply the Cedar River.
It is one of three major streams passing through Mitchell County, with the Little Cedar River and the Wapsipinicon River passing through the eastern portions of the county.
One of them is Deer Creek which heads in Minnesota, flows into the county almost paralleling the Cedar River and then pours into the Cedar River, where the Cedar rolls under the bridge of Highway 105, the former site of the old town Newburg.
www.mcpress.com /articles/2005/03/02/visitors_guide/guide04.txt   (813 words)

  
 Cedar River Aikikai: An Aikido Dojo in Cedar Rapids, Iowa   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The Cedar River Aikikai is a satellite dojo of the University of Iowa Aikikai.
The Cedar River Aikikai’s association with the U of I Aikikai also makes it affiliated with the Midwest Aikido Federation and the United States Aikido Federation, and through that association is a member of the International Aikido Federation, based in Tokyo, Japan.
The Cedar River Aikikai is an aikido dojo in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
home.att.net /~larry.mendenhall/CR_Aikido   (153 words)

  
 Red Cedar River
Put in at Red Cedar River County Park at the west end of South St. in the city of Rice lake.
V crosses the river you come to Sand Creek and a few miles past that is the Hwy.
This is perhaps the prettiest day trip on the river, with many attractive rock formations along the banks.Most of the river is deep and tranquil, until the last couple miles where it becomes narrower and quicker.
www.huntfishcampwisconsin.com /RedCedar.html   (366 words)

  
 US Cellular Center Cedar Rapids River Raiders   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Cedar Rapids, IA (January 29, 2004) Affordable, family fun and entertainment is about to surface in a new form.
The River Raiders will join the Midwest Division of the USBL consisting of five teams: Dodge City (Kansas) Legend, Kansas Cagerz, Oklahoma Storm and the St. Louis Skyhawks.
The River Raiders are an expansion franchise of the 19 year-old United States Basketball League.
www.5seasons.com /river_raiders.asp   (386 words)

  
 kingcountyjournal.com - Limited fishing possible on Cedar River in June   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The river was closed to fishing in 1995 to ease pressure on the threatened runs.
Under the proposed regulation, the river would be open June through August to fishing for all species from the river's mouth in Renton to the river mile 21 at the Landsburg Road bridge.
Urabeck, who is a member of the Cedar River council and Trout Unlimited, a group of recreational fishermen, hopes that in the future, the state will allow harvesting of rainbow in the river.
www.kingcountyjournal.com /sited/story/html/154852   (735 words)

  
 Cedar River Campgrounds, Iowa camping
Cedar River Campgrounds is a great escape from the city.
Cedar River Campgrounds is in one of the more scenic areas of Iowa, outdoors fun is why people come to Cedar River Campgrounds.
Cedar River Campgrounds is popular with the locals as well as with visitors from far away, Cedar River Campgrounds is a good campground for any type of camper.
www.hikercentral.com /campgrounds/104984.html   (301 words)

  
 Anglers hooked again by Cedar River
Over this particularly urban stretch of the Cedar, the river pours through a course that takes it past the city's Carco Theater and, within a few dozen yards, spreads into an ankle-deep stream that rolls beneath the roar of Interstate 405.
The river was closed to fishing about the time a gang of sea lions had long been feeding on returning salmon and steelhead queuing at the Ballard Locks' fish ladder.
Closure of the Cedar has for eight years kept 21 miles of mostly pristine riverfront clean of anglers from its mouth in Lake Washington to the Seattle Public Utilities' drinking-water diversion dam at Landsburg in east King County.
seattlepi.nwsource.com /local/175996_trout02.html   (786 words)

  
 kingcountyjournal.com - Angling to fish the Cedar River - Rainbow trout targeted for fishery on closed waters   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Now, the Cedar River Council and some sports fishermen groups have asked the state to allow a trout-only fishery on the river between June 1 and Aug. 31, starting as early as next year.
The river, along with the rest of the Lake Washington basin, was last open to fishing in the mid-1990s.
But Foley said the state wouldn't open the river to sockeye fishing because when the fish finally reach the river they ``are in pretty poor condition'' and wouldn't bite anyway.
www.kingcountyjournal.com /sited/story/html/136013   (1075 words)

  
 American Whitewater - River Reach #2078   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Cedar River, WA Landsburg bridge to Maplewood Roadside Park
For those who run the river, a takeout (or put-in for the lower section) is available at the Highway 169 bridge near the junction with Highway 18.
There is a river wide large tree over/under strainer where the river comes right next to the road and houses about 1 mile before the HWY 169 bridge.
www.americanwhitewater.org /rivers/id/2078   (740 words)

  
 FCRW > The Watershed
The Cedar River Municipal Watershed, 90,500 acres of forest land just east of North Bend, supplies more than two-thirds of the water King County residents and businesses use, over one hundred million gallons a day.
The lower Cedar River Watershed is habitat for Chinook, coho, and sockeye salmon, as well as steelhead trout.
The Cedar River Watershed is also the source of some of the nation's foremost environmental research, and it chronicles 9,400 years of human use, the oldest verified human use at that elevation in the Cascades.
www.cedarriver.org /watershed/index.shtml   (199 words)

  
 NWsource: Travel: Hike of the week: Cedar River's a great place to soak up spring's exuberance   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Many hikers believe rivers are most scenic during the transitional seasons, and spring is exploding along the Cedar River.
In April, the Cedar River Trail is an inspirational poem of woodland flowers, gnarled fruit trees with branches drooping with blossoms, moss, ferns, mature evergreens, vine maple and towering cottonwoods.
Apparently the nearby Cedar River Watershed is home to the largest run of sockeye salmon in the contiguous United States.
www.nwsource.com /travel/scr/tf_story.cfm?st=694348   (1111 words)

  
 Cedar River's chinook get big breakthrough
There are plans for more research at Cedar River next year, including construction of "experimental streams" where the amount of nutrients released by salmon will be measured.
It includes restoration of a downstream stretch of river previously obstructed by a massive pipe, and improvements aimed at helping juvenile fish migrating downstream to hurdle the dam and slip past water routed for faucets and hoses.
To curb flooding, the Cedar was rerouted in 1912 into Lake Washington and the Black River was drained four years later during construction of the lake's ship canal.
seattlepi.nwsource.com /local/142018_cedar01.html   (1108 words)

  
 Dakota Prairie Grasslands - Grand River Ranger District
The Grand River National Grassland is characterized by rolling hills, river breaks, and some badland type areas, dominated by mixed grass prairie.
Dispersed recreation is encouraged on the Grand River National Grassland, and opportunities for camping, photography, and viewing of native vegetation and wildlife are abundant.
The Cedar River National Grassland is situated along the North Dakota/South Dakota border in southwestern North Dakota.
www.fs.fed.us /r1/dakotaprairie/grandriver.htm   (419 words)

  
 Cedar River - IA
The Cedar River is almost always low in late summer and fall, there were two spots where we grounded on bars and needed to get out and walk for 50 yards or so.
Paddling the Cedar late in the season generally means few powerboats or fishermen, and abundant peace and quiet.
Cedar Valley access is at the crossing of County Road X-40 over the river, on the north side of the road.
www.paddling.net /places/showReport.html?765   (570 words)

  
 HistoryLink Essay: Fish Story: Memories of the Cedar River   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
There were bigger fish in the river than that." Decades later he made a wooden fish the same size, which he uses to explain the scale of this enormous catch.
The size of the fish caught in the Cedar is directly related to the amount of water flowing through it.
Many local residents are concerned about fate of the Cedar River and salmon runs -- Homer Venishnick has taken his historical perspective into schools, scout troops, and other community organizations, hoping to raise awareness of environmental issues as they relate to river history.
www.historylink.org /output.CFM?file_ID=2078   (850 words)

  
 Welcome to Cedar Rapids, Nebraska!
Imagine lying on your back in lush green grass on the banks of the Cedar River fishing for the elusive catfish in unpolluted water.
The Cedar Valley offers bluffs for hiking and the Cedar River for canoeing; Cedar Rapids offers all of this and much, much, more.
Cedar Rapids is a wonderful place to visit or live.
www.ci.cedar-rapids.ne.us   (148 words)

  
 City of Cedar Rapids Parks Department: Walking Trails
The Cedar River Trail and Cedar Lake Loop Trail are asphalt and concrete and are kept open throughout the year.
The trail follows the Cedar River and Indian Creek on the SE side of Cedar Rapids.
Parking for the Cedar River Trail is located at Tait Cummins Park on the south end, and at McCloud Run on the north end.
www.cedar-rapids.org /parks/walktrail.asp   (540 words)

  
 The Seattle Times: Outdoors: Walkabout: Lower Cedar River Trail
From the community center, the trail follows the east bank of the Cedar River past the library (which straddles the river), near the high-school stadium, and past Boeing plants and planes.
Highlights: Before the Cedar River was channeled in the early 1900s to flow into Lake Washington, flooding was common, and downtown Renton was often inundated.
There are efforts to eventually connect the Cedar River Trail to Coulon Park, via an access trail and boardwalk skirting the intervening Boeing property.
seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/outdoors/2001979659_nwwwalk15.html   (405 words)

  
 Our Cedar River Flood Experience - 1991 and 1993 - Waterloo, Iowa   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
My husband and I lived in the Cedar River flood plain during the worst floods the Sherwood Park neighborhood of Waterloo, Iowa had seen in thirty years.
We were about 200 feet from the river when it was in its bed, so the current was not as strong as across the street, but it glided persistently past.
But for the river, it was simply doing what it has done for thousands of years -- cleansing and rejuvenating itself and its environment.
www.geocities.com /zeldaanslinger/flood.htm   (3569 words)

  
 Seeing The Light - Cedar River Lighthouse
To serve this increasing maritime traffic, Congress appropriated $25,000 for the construction of a light at the entrance to Cedar River on October 2, 1888.
With the depletion of the forests in the area, the number of shipments began to decline during the first decade of the twentieth century, and thus when the mill burned in 1912, no attempt was made to rebuild the structure.
Today, Cedar River serves as a fishing and vacation community, and the keepers dwelling is all that remains of the light station, it's rear range tower and the bustling lumber trade that it served merely a memory.
www.terrypepper.com /lights/michigan/cedar_river/cedar_river.htm   (438 words)

  
 Flood Photos - 1991 & 1993, Cedar River, Waterloo Iowa - ZeldaWeb   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
When the river was in its bed, it ran left and right through the picture, about 20 feet behind these houses.
It was taken in 1991 from the bridge on Lincoln Street, in the Cedar City neighborhood of Cedar Falls.
The steep highway embankments being built through the Cedar River's natural flood plain during this time helped to worsen the 1993 flooding.
www.geocities.com /Athens/5262/fludpic.htm   (747 words)

  
 HistoryLink Essay: Cedar River Watershed -- Environmental Overview   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The Cedar River watershed, located in the eastern central portion of King County, is nearly 24 miles long, and roughly 10 miles wide.
The Landsburg headworks is at the westernmost boundary of the watershed, where the Cedar River continues downstream to Lake Washington, 13 miles to the northwest.
The deep moraine provides a natural filtration system, and the Cedar River watershed is only one of six major drinking-water systems in the country that requires no specially fabricated filtration.
www.historylink.org /essays/output.cfm?file_id=2486   (1005 words)

  
 WDFW - Evaluation of Downstream Migrant Salmon Production in 2001 from the Cedar River and Bear Creek
As in previous years, the primary study goal was to estimate the season total migration of Cedar River wild and hatchery sockeye fry into Lake Washington.
Beginning in January and continuing into June, a floating inclined-plane screen trap located at River Mile (R.M.) 0.7 in the Cedar River was operated to capture a portion of the sockeye fry migrating into Lake Washington (Figure 1).
Using the approach described for the Cedar River, downstream migrant production was estimated for wild sockeye fry, age 0+ chinook, coho, steelhead, and cutthroat smolts.
wdfw.wa.gov /fish/wild_salmon_monitor/publications/lakewa_2001_report.htm   (1695 words)

  
 Cedar River Watershed
The Cedar River municipal Watershed covers 90,546 acres or 141 square miles, of this amount 8,112 acres is not part of the Landsburg drainage sub-basin (used for drinking water supply) 79,452 acres is owned by the City and the remaining 499 acres is owned by private interests.
The upper Cedar River is located in Southeast King County along the west slope of the Cascades.
The Cedar River then flows downstream 12 miles to the Landsburg Diversion Dam (river mile 21.9) which was originally built in 1901.
faculty.washington.edu /zerbe/PA_596/watershed/water_supply.htm   (1385 words)

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