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	Columbia Basin Project
		The Columbia River is characterized by heavy, sustained flows during the late spring and early summer months, the peak flow usually occurring in mid-June.
		A temporary project headquarters was established at Almira, Wash., 21 miles from the damsite.
		The Columbia Basin is on the Pacific Flyway, a major waterfowl migration route, and the many acres of wetlands within the project area are used by numerous species.
	www.usbr.gov /dataweb/html/columbia.html (4707 words)

	Columbia Basin Project - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Columbia Basin Project is an irrigation project Central Washington State, USA.
		Central Washington's Columbia River Plateau was a prime candidate- a desert with fertile volcanic soil and the Columbia River passing through.
		The Columbia Basin in Central Washington is fertile due to its volcanic origins, but large portions are a desert, receiving less than ten inches of rain per year.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Columbia_Basin_Project (784 words)

	Columbia Basin Project History
		The Columbia Basin Project is located in the central part of Washington State in the counties of Adams, Douglas, Franklin, Stevens, Okanogan, Grant, Lincoln, and Walla Walla.
		The project was designed to provide irrigation water to just under 1,100,000 acres of land within the project area, but full development of the project has been delayed.
		In 1962, provisions of the 1943 Columbia Basin Project Act relating to the size of farms were abandoned in favor of the Reclamation standard of 160 acres for a single farmer and 320 acres for a husband and wife.
	www.usbr.gov /dataweb/projects/washington/columbiabasin/history.html (20903 words)

	Large-scale Ecosystem Restoration Initiatives
		The basin is home to populations of elk, deer, bear, sheep and mountain lions; birds like the ring-necked pheasant, grouse, geese, falcons, great blue herons, hummingbirds and warblers; and threatened, endangered, or sensitive species including the bald eagle, peregrine falcon, kit fox, and 12 species of salmon and steelhead.
		The Columbia River basin is home to more than 11 million residents, including historically significant populations of Native Americans, who have lived in the basin for thousands of years and have great cultural, economic, recreational, and symbolic importance to the Columbia River region.
		The Columbia Basin Project Act of 1943 replaced the Anti-Speculation Act of 1937 and stipulated that the government could not deliver water until contracts were signed by the Bureau of Reclamation and irrigation districts.
	www.nemw.org /columbiariver.htm (6727 words)

	Columbia Power Corporation - Columbia Power Corporation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Pursuant to the Columbia Basin Accord, the mandate of CPC is to undertake power project investments as the agent of the Province on a joint venture basis with the Columbia Basin Trust (CBT).
		The core projects of CPC and CBT are the Arrow Lakes Generating Station, Brilliant Expansion Project and the Waneta Expansion Project.
		The objective of CPC in making power project investments is to support the employment, economic development and resource management objectives of the Province and the Columbia Basin Trust, within the constraints of a commercial enterprise.
	www.columbiapower.org /content/about_cpc.html (421 words)

	HistoryLink Essay:Columbia National Wildlife Refuge
		The refuge lies within the channeled scablands of the Columbia Basin, an area of starkly beautiful buttes and canyons (or “channels”) carved by catastrophic floods during the Ice Age.
		By 1980, when the last stage of the project was completed, the acreage of wetlands in the Columbia Basin was at least 20 times larger than it had been earlier.
		The Columbia National Wildlife Refuge is one of six refuges maintained by the Fish and Wildlife Service in the Columbia Basin.
	www.historylink.org /essays/printer_friendly/index.cfm?file_id=7459 (1400 words)

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		Project authorized; laws applicable -STATUTE- In addition to the primary purposes for which the Grand Coulee Dam project (hereafter to be known as the Columbia Basin project and herein called the "project") was authorized under the provisions of the Act of August 30, 1935 (49 Stat.
		Authorization of appropriations; establishment of Columbia Basin Land Development Account -STATUTE- There are authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such moneys as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act, to be reimbursable to the extent required by this Act.
		Any analyses and studies authorized by the Congress for reclamation projects in the Pacific Northwest shall be prepared in accordance with the provisions of sections 835j to 835m of this title.
	uscode.house.gov /download/pls/16C12D.txt (5827 words)

	Columbia Basin Project
		Competing groups lobbied for different irrigation projects; a Spokane group wanted a 134 mile gravity flow canal from Lake Pend Oreille while a Wenatchee group (further south) wanted a large Dam at Grand Coulee.
		, are examples of channeled scablands ]] The Columbia Basin in Central Washington is fertile due to its volcanic origins, but large portions are a desert, receiving less than ten inches of rain per year.
		The Grand Coulee had small dams added at each end creating the thirty mile long Banks Lake which was the first leg of storage and distribution for the water.
	pedia.newsfilter.co.uk /wikipedia/c/co/columbia_basin_project.html (735 words)

	CBP
		The Columbia Basin Project is the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation irrigation project that diverts water from the Columbia River at Lake Roosevelt and distributes it to about 650,000 acres of agricultural lands between Grand Coulee and the Quad Cities.
		The CBP is the largest federally-run irrigation project in the United States.
		Completion of the Columbia Basin Project was also halted because of impacts on Columbia River salmon, several species of which were listed as endangered in the 1990s.
	columbia-institute.org /oa/odessa/CBP.html (369 words)

	BioDiversity Atlas Project (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		A Pilot Project in the grasslands, wetlands and forests of the East Kootenay region of Canada's portion of the Columbia River Basin was developed in order to test the concept of a Biodiversity Atlas.
		The Columbia River Basin is the fourth largest watershed in North America.
		The Columbia Basin does not correspond to a coherent geologic region, but is crossed by a fundamental geologic boundary that separates Laurentia, ancient North America, from exotic terrain that collided with Laurentia during the Mesozoic period.
	biodiversityatlas.org /columbia-river-basin/index.php (720 words)

	Columbia basin project - Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Columbia basin project central Wash., a multipurpose development of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation providing irrigation, hydroelectric power, and flood control.
		Its key unit, the Grand Coulee Dam, provides the project with power and pumps the waters of the Columbia River into an irrigation system comprising a series of lakes, reservoirs, and numerous canals.
		Practiced at the art of deception: the failure of Columbia Basin salmon recovery under the Endangered Species Act.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-Columb-bas.html (482 words)

	About the Columbia Basin Project (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Columbia Basin Project is a multipurpose development utilizing a portion of the resources of the Columbia River in the central part of the State of Washington.
		Columbia River water is impounded by Grand Coulee Dam in Lake Roosevelt.
		The average annual volume of water diverted from the Columbia river by the CBP during the period of 1969 to 1996 (measured at the feeder canal) is 2.4 million acre-feet.
	www.efcom.com /wswra/cbpabout.htm (931 words)

	Columbia Basin Herald
		While supporting the Columbia Basin Development League's movement to finish the second half of the Columbia Basin Project, a coalition formed earlier this year to create short-term and intermediate-term solutions to the declining levels of the Odessa Sub-Area Aquifer.
		Aquifer recharge projects are also taking place in other locations in the state, in Idaho and in Asia, Boss said, calling it a "newfangled" undertaking of sorts.
		The coalition estimates that the project could be done within the next four to five to seven years, Boss said, and would cost $40 to $50 million, including studies and the building of pipelines.
	www.columbiabasinherald.com /articles/2005/10/26/news/news04.txt (1072 words)

	COLUMBIA BASIN PROJECT ACT: Summary from Federal Wildlife Laws Handbook (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Act reauthorizes the Columbia Basin project, formerly known as the Grand Coulee Dam project in the state of Washington.
		The Columbia Basin project (project) is governed by the federal reclamation laws.
		Public lands within the project are subject to state laws relating to irrigation, reclamation and conservancy districts, and to taxation by the districts.
	ipl.unm.edu /cwl/fedbook/colubpa.html (377 words)

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		Physically, the Basin consists of the Rocky Mountains to the east and north, the Cascade Range on the west, and the Great Basin to the south.
		In short, the Columbia River Basin is an essential reason for the Northwest being a dynamic and highly prosperous region within the nation and the world.
		For the Columbia River Basin, the need for reservoir space to help reduce the risk of flooding is most important during two seasons of the year: in winter, when there are rain-induced floods, and in the spring and early summer, when there are floods from snowmelt and rain.
	www.fwee.org /c-basin.html (2885 words)

	Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management Project
		The project goal is to produce a science-based management strategy that addresses the big-picture issues affecting Federal lands--issues like forest health, rangeland health, and protection of bull trout.
		This project is a long-term forest health initiative, but to see any benefits in the near future, and to offer any hope to communities that rely on Federal lands for socio-economic benefits, there must be assurances that money will be appropriated in future Federal budgets that can adequately fund the plan.
		While both existing and future timber harvest levels may be less than projected in existing land-use plans, the projected harvest levels for the preferred alternative are compatible with long-term protection of fish and wildlife at a broad scale.
	www.icbemp.gov /faq/qaset1.html (10786 words)

	Columbia basin project (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Columbia Basin Project is an irrigation project that provides water for half a million acres of agriculture in Central Washington State, USA.
		The glacier dam periodically burst and gave way to a two thousand foot head of water which scoured the Columbia Basin and the Grand Coulee in particular.
		The Grand Coulee Dam was the largest dam and the largest concrete structure in the world when it was built, but it was only part of the irrigation project.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/columbia_basin_project (749 words)

	Columbia Basin Project Act (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Columbia Basin Project Act (16 USC 835, 835c-835c-2, 835c-4; 57 Stat.
		The Act of March 10, 1943, renamed and reauthorized the Grand Coulee Dam Project as the Columbia Basin Project, originally authorized by the Act of August 30, 1935, (49 Stat.
		1085) supplementing the Project Act, authorized the Secretary of the Interior to contract with the State of Washington for maintenance and operation of fish hatcheries built as part of the fish protection program required on the Columbia Basin Project.
	laws.fws.gov /lawsdigest/columbi.html (138 words)

	AllRefer.com - Columbia basin project, United States (U.S. Physical Geography) - Encyclopedia
		Columbia basin project, central Wash., a multipurpose development of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation providing irrigation, hydroelectric power, and flood control.
		Its key unit, the Grand Coulee Dam, provides the project with power and pumps the waters of the Columbia River into an irrigation system comprising a series of lakes, reservoirs, and numerous canals.
		O'Sullivan Dam (200 ft/61 m high; 19,000 ft/5,791 m long; completed 1949) on Crab Creek, the project's southernmost dam, is one of the largest earthfill dams in the United States and impounds Potholes Reservoir.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/C/Columb-bas.html (218 words)

	Columbia Basin Project (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Serious planning to irrigate the Columbia Basin on a large scale began in 1918 and hinged on construction of a dam on the Columbia River at Grand Coulee.
		After years of study and debate, the Columbia Basin Project was approved and construction of Grand Coulee Dam began in 1934.
		Columbia National Wildlife Refuge was established in conjunction with the irrigation project in 1944 and has been actively managed since 1955.
	www.cbas.org /special/cnwr/water/grand_coulee.htm (102 words)

	Columbia Basin Project Act (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Columbia Basin Project Act (16 USC 835, 835c-835c-2, 835c-4; 57 Stat.
		The Act of March 10, 1943, renamed and reauthorized the Grand Coulee Dam Project as the Columbia Basin Project, originally authorized by the Act of August 30, 1935, (49 Stat.
		1085) supplementing the Project Act, authorized the Secretary of the Interior to contract with the State of Washington for maintenance and operation of fish hatcheries built as part of the fish protection program required on the Columbia Basin Project.
	www.fws.gov /laws/laws_digest/COLUMBIA.HTML (138 words)

	Columbia Basin Project turns 50 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The promotion, aimed at attracting other farmers to the basin and demonstrating the promise of the $700 million federal effort to make the desert bloom, was just part of the hoopla accompanying opening ceremonies 50 years ago.
		The Dunns' farm, like others in the Columbia River Basin, was irrigated with water diverted from the Grand Coulee Dam, centerpiece of the reclamation project and the largest concrete structure in the world.
		Projected to one day encompass 1 million acres, it was stopped short a decade ago by concerns over endangered fish in the Columbia River.
	seattlepi.nwsource.com /local/69250_dam06.shtml (789 words)

	The Columbia Basin Project — Its History and Future (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Columbia Basin Project includes the Grand Coulee Dam and the 1.1 million agricultural acres designated to be served by water diverted from the Columbia River at Grand Coulee Dam.
		In the late 1800’s, it was recognized that the Columbia Basin with its soils and long summer days of sunshine had the potential for being highly productive if water could be diverted and conveyed into the region.
		Ultimately, a decision was made to divert by pumping from the Columbia River at the north end of the Grand Coulee the annual water supply required to irrigate the 1,100,000 proposed acres lying over 50 miles to the south.
	www.pubs.asce.org /WWWdisplay.cgi?0522087 (235 words)

	The Seattle Times: Opinion: Diminishing water supply threatens E. Washington farmers
		Without water, the Columbia Basin region would look like the sagebrush-covered desert it was before farmers and irrigators transformed it into some of the top-producing farmland in the United States.
		After Congress authorized it, the Columbia Basin Project (CBP) was started in the early 1930s to irrigate nearly 1.1 million acres in the basin, with the first irrigation water delivered in the early 1950s.
		In fact, the Odessa aquifer's water users are part of the Columbia Basin Project's water right — one of the state's oldest water rights — and it's actually referred to in state statute.
	seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/opinion/2002527219_water29.html (811 words)

	::: Grand Coulee Dam Collection :::
		"The Columbia Basin Project is the largest single irrigation development in the history of reclamation in the United States, and probably also in the world." The irrigation network in California's Central Valley is larger, but it is not a single project.
		Early project planners anticipated that between 350,000 and 400,000 people would live in the project area when all of the 1,029,000 acres received irrigation.
		Should the project be completed, the CH2M Hill study estimates that for Public Utility District ratepayers in the project area the average rate increase could reach $15.65 per household.
	content.lib.washington.edu /grandcouleeweb/footnotes.html (1800 words)

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