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	Columbia River article
		Dams on the Columbia have contributed significantly to steep declines in historically strong anadromous fish runs.
		The Columbia River first appeared on European maps in the early 17th century as "River of the West," when a Spanish maritime explorer Martin de Auguilar located a major river near the 42nd parallel.
		Cartographers often labeled the "River of the West" as an estuary to the mythical Straits of Anian, or the Northwest Passage and located it anywhere from the 42nd to the 50th parallel.
	www.ccrh.org /river/history.htm (1914 words)

	Encyclopedia: Columbia River
		Columbia Lake is the headwaters of it in southern BC.
		The Columbia River Gorge is a spectacular canyon of the Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest of the United States.
		The exterior river boat scenes from the 1994 film Maverick (Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster, and James Garner), were shot on the Columbia River, in the Columbia River Gorge, near the town of Hood River.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Columbia-River (4144 words)

	NatureScapes.Net NatureScapes.Net View topic - Hydroelectric dams in the Columbia River
		Hydroelectricity is clean and renewable, but that claim rather rapidly starts to lose value if the effects of dams on the watershed, its ecosystem and its human inhabitants are taken into consideration.
		Generating hydroelectricity is only one function of dams and quite a few have been built, also in the Columbia and its tributaries, that generate no power at all, or less than they potentially could.
		Dams allow control of the water level upstream and of how much water flows further down, which for example can help prevent flooding1 and the water that is 'stored' in lakes behind the dams can provide water even during quite prolonged droughts.
	www.naturescapes.net /phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=1118128 (1990 words)

	Columbia River - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Columbia River is the largest river in volume flowing into the Pacific Ocean from North America.
		These dams, like so many others in the world, came with a price: at one time the river was thick with salmon, and the presence of the dams together with overfishing have been major factors in the reduction of populations of this fish.
		Other benefits the dams provide, besides hydroelectric power, include navigation and flood control, two areas that the first settlers to the Northwest were forced to grapple with many times.
	open-encyclopedia.com /Columbia_River (630 words)

	Keenleyside Dam - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Hugh Keenleyside Dam is a hydroelectric dam spanning the Columbia River, 12 km (6.5 miles) upstream of the city of Castlegar, British Columbia, Canada.
		The reservoirs behind the dam is named Arrow Lakes extending 232 km (145 miles) north to Revelstoke.
		The dam was originally built in 1968 only to control the flow of water in the Columbia River for downstream dams, but in 2002 a 185 megawatt (MW) powerhouse was added.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Keenleyside_Dam (109 words)

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		Rivers west of the divide, such as the Columbia, flow through the region's topography and toward the Pacific Ocean.
		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)

	COLUMBIA RIVER BASIN - DAMS AND SALMON (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Dams clearly have had a significant impact, particularly those that eliminated access to fresh water habitat (preventing adult fish from returning to spawn), and those through which fish passage is provided but at reduced levels from natural conditions.
		The juvenile fish bypass systems in place at seven of the eight lower Columbia and Snake River dams (another is planned for The Dalles) guide fish away from turbines by means of submerged screens positioned in front of the turbines.
		During the juvenile fish migration seasons, from late March until fall, flows in the river are augmented, and water is spilled at the dams, to aid juvenile migration.
	www.nwd.usace.army.mil /ps/colrvbsn.htm (1878 words)

	NWFSC Publications - NWFSC
		Salmon at river's end: The role of the estuary in the decline and recovery of Columbia River salmon.
		Role of the estuary in the recovery of Columbia River Basin salmon and steelhead: An evaluation of the effects of selected factors on salmonid population viability.
		Caspian Tern predation on juvenile salmonid outmigrants in the Columbia River estuary.
	www.nwfsc.noaa.gov /publications/displayinclude.cfm?incfile=fe.inc (11814 words)

	The Environmental Literacy Council - Hydroelectric Power
		Dams are built for controlling floods, generating power, providing drinking water, improving navigation, and for recreational, industrial, and agricultural use.
		At the beginning of this century, hydroelectric power from dams supplied approximately 30 percent of the generating capacity in the U.S. Although hydroelectric power is a relatively clean source of energy and a renewable source, it is currently used to supply only about ten percent of our energy supply, according to the Department of Energy.
		Within hours the leak became a flood, the dam was breached, and a wall of water flooded the farmland and towns downstream.
	www.enviroliteracy.org /article.php/59.html (1039 words)

	Advantages of Nuclear Power by Donald W. Miller, Jr., MD
		Failure of the Teton Dam on a tributary of the Snake River near Idaho Falls (in 1976) killed 14 people, obliterated one town (Wilford), severely damaged several others, and caused $3 billion (2002 dollars) in property damage.
		The energy released when this dam ruptured was the equivalent of ten (20-kiloton) atom bombs, and it caused the greatest flood in North America since the last ice age.
		The dams in the Columbia River Basin have had a devastating impact on its ecosystem.
	www.lewrockwell.com /miller/miller13.html (3178 words)

	The Science of Salmon Recovery in the Columbia River Basin - The Impact of Hydroelectric Dams on Salmon Populations
		The truth is that during the 40 year period of their intense preoccupation with building dams, from approximately the mid 1930s to the mid 1970s, the Corps of Engineers gave only grudging and token consideration to the impacts their dams would have on anadromous fish runs.
		Stronger opposition to the dams from fishery scientists with more realistic assessments of their own capacities to mitigate the destructive effects of the dams on fish runs might possibly have prevented the building of some of them.
		With the passage of the Mitchell Act in 1938, which allocated funds to mitigate against salmon declines in the Columbia River basin, fishery scientists were given the funds to construct additional hatcheries and to develop the hatchery technology they insisted was needed (Cone 1995).
	www.class.uidaho.edu /kpgeorge/issues/salmon_cambell/impact.htm (1640 words)

	Latest champions for Northwest's salmon \| csmonitor.com
		If the hydropower dams were to be breached, much less electricity would be produced, which may raise the price of power and make it more expensive for wide segments of the economy in the West.
		Dams, diversions for irrigation, logging, mining, and urban development all have made the river trips to and from the ocean increasingly difficult.
		Before eight major dams were built on the Columbia River and the Snake River (the Columbia's main tributary), some 16 million salmon a year filled annual fish runs.
	csmonitor.com /2005/1021/p02s01-usju.htm (881 words)

	History of BC Dams
		Dams have been built for a range of purposes and are managed by a variety of entities, including BC Hydro (a provincial crown corporation), private corporations, municipalities, and private citizens.
		In all cases, dam owners are clearly responsible for the safe operation and maintenance of their dams.
		Under the provincial Water Act, a dam owner is held financially liable for any damage to land and property resulting from failure of their dam.
	www.recovery.bcit.ca /history.html (726 words)

	FCRPS Information Kiosk Definition List
		The hydroelectric multipurpose facilities constructed and operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Bureau of Reclamation in the Pacific Northwest and the transmission system constructed and operated by BPA used to market and deliver electric power whose costs are funded and repaid through BPA power and transmission rates.
		Hydroelectric generating plants that operate based only on available inflow and a limited amount of short-term storage.
		It is responsible for flood control at all major reservoirs in the Columbia River Basin and maintains navigation channels, as well as operating and maintaining the nation's water and related environmental resources.
	www.bpa.gov /power/pgf/kiosk/defsx.shtml (749 words)

	Water Power Presents: Hydroelectric Dams
		On the upper side of the dam, a water gate is opened to let water surge through a tunnel leading to turbines.
		The main reasons that hydroelectric dams are not popping up everywhere are that they are costly and require large bodies of water relatively close to civilization.
		Yellowtail Dam, on the Bighorn River in eastern Montana
	waterpower.hypermart.net /hdams.html (459 words)

	washington
		The impact of the Columbia River on the life and economy of the state can scarcely be overestimated.
		The dams on the Columbia's lower course were designed as power, flood-control, and navigation projects, whereas the dams on the upper course are integral to the Columbia basin project (with the Grand Coulee as the key unit), providing not only power and flood control but extensive irrigation to the Columbia Plateau.
		Meanwhile the British, although despairing of control over the area S of the Columbia, were still determined to retain the region to the north; the Americans, on the other hand, demanded the ouster of the British from the whole of the Columbia River country up to a lat.
	washington.50ustates.net (2607 words)

	"Roll on Columbia" Study Guide - Pt. 1: Intro., names, glossary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The sections on the cultural and environmental impacts of the building of the Columbia River dams are an acknowledgment of the controversy currently surrounding the dams.
		The dam was then under construction on the Columbia River about 45 miles east of Portland, Oregon.
		When Woody Guthrie toured the Columbia in the Spring of 1941 he observed and spoke with the Native fishermen scooping salmon from the river as they stood on huge platforms built along the riverbank.
	libweb.uoregon.edu /med_svc/wguthrie/Pages/Stgdpt1.html (2578 words)

	Dams of the Columbia Basin
		Grand Coulee is the largest producer of hydroelectric power in the U.S. Some in Congress who thought that such a large power plant in a remote area of Washington state was unnecessary opposed its construction.
		With the loss of all or most of their anadromous fish, the upper river tribes lost the centerpiece of their economy and livelihoods by destroying or limiting access to gathering and hunting grounds both on and off the reservations.
		Inundation of the river valleys above the dam took much of the best reservation farm land, and forced half or more of the Colville tribe's population and a number of Spokane to move from their homes with minimal compensation.
	www.ccrh.org /comm/river/dams6.htm (593 words)

	The Ultimate The Dalles Dam - American History Information Guide and Reference
		The Dalles Dam is a hydroelectric dam spanning the Columbia River, two miles east of the city of The Dalles, Oregon, USA.
		The reservoir behind the dam is named Lake Celilo, and runs 24 miles (39 kilometers) up the river channel, to the foot of John Day Dam.
		The Dalles Dam Visitor Center is located at Seufert Park on the Oregon shore, and was built in 1981.
	www.historymania.com /american_history/The_Dalles_Dam (162 words)

	Kennewick -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Hydroelectric dams on the Columbia River and the Hanford...
		The Keechelus Dam, near the river's source, is a...
		It is one of the largest cities in the United States west of the Mississippi River and the fifth largest on the Pacific coast—after Los Angeles, San Diego, San Jose, and San Francisco, all in California.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9045098?tocId=9045098 (598 words)

	Columbia River
		The Columbia is a great source of hydroelectric power, hosting the Bonneville and Grand Coulee dams, among others.
		There are also many more major problems that the Columbia River has, from raw sweage dumpage, to hundreds of tons of slag dumped daily.
		Lewis and Clark's expedition travelled the river to the Pacific.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/c/co/columbia_river.html (575 words)

	Remove/Bypass Lower Snake River Dams (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		If dam removal is done as a part of a comprehensive strategy toward restoring and recapturing the economic value of salmon harvests for the region, then at some point it becomes more economical to remove these dams than to maintain them.
		Because the region's hydropower system is on the Columbia and Snake rivers, this first and last life cycle is called "hydro." Some believe that because dams symbolize the barrier between the ocean and the salmon's return, we should simply remove or breach the four lower Snake River dams.
		The social costs of removing the dams are not only borne by navigation interests, but those of irrigated agriculture, local communities, travelers who recreate on the reservoirs and anyone who uses electricity to light or heat their homes.
	www.cyberlearn.com /remove.htm (3835 words)

	Pasco Wa Real Estate ~ The Columbia River
		The Columbia River (or the Mighty Columbia as it is sometimes called because of its large water volumes) was named after the first European ship to travel up the river on May 11, 1792.
		There are 14 dams in the river’s mainstream, of which 11 are in the United States and 3 in Canada, as well as 8 locks.
		The Grand Coulee Dam and the Chief Joseph Dam are the two largest dams in the river, and also the largest in the United States.
	www.joelane.com /Pasco-Wa-Real-Estate-The-Columbia-River.php (627 words)

	British Columbia BC Cottage Rentals & Cabin Rental, Cottage Canada - USA
		The northeastern corner of the province, referred to as the Peace River district, is part of the western prairie and also includes the foothills of the Rocky Mountains.
		Rivers and their valleys have provided important, if often difficult, routes through the mountains for people in British Columbia.
		Hydroelectric power generation is well developed, although the Fraser, Nass, and Skeena rivers have not been dammed in order to protect the salmon runs on them.
	www.cottage-canada-usa.com /british_columbia.htm (643 words)

	Bonneville Dam: Economics
		Of the 29 dams in the Columbia River Basin the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers operates and maintains 21 of the dams and the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation operates 8 of the dams.
		Other dams upriver from the Columbia, such as the John Day Dam, which are designed for flood control, have allowed the people of the Columbia River Basin to live without fear of massive flooding.
		By producing and marketing power the Bonneville Dam indirectly allows farmers in the northwest (especially east of the Cascade Mountain Range) to irrigate the waters of the Columbia River Basin and produce crops.
	www2.kenyon.edu /Projects/Dams/bec03wilsona.html (958 words)

	WVIC Data and Links
		Operators of the Rothschild, Centralia, Port Edwards, and Nekoosa hydroelectric dams
		Operator of the Otter Rapids, Hat Rapids, Jersey, Tomahawk, Grandfather, Alexander, Merrill, Wausau, Petenwell, and Castle Rock hydroelectric dams.
		The 92 miles of the Wisconsin River from the Prairie du Sac Dam to the river's mouth is a wide, sandy stretch of free-flowing river that is well known for its scenic beauty and recreational value.
	www.wvic.com /links.htm (254 words)

	Orange River. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		The lower Orange River flows through the southern part of the Kalahari and Namib deserts; in very dry years it does not reach the sea.
		At the mouth of the river are rich alluvial diamond beds.
		The South African Orange River Project, which includes the Gariep and Vanderkloof dams, provides water for irrigation, hydroelectric power generation, and municipal water supplies.
	www.bartleby.com /65/or/OrangeRi.html (203 words)

	The Ultimate Revelstoke Dam - American History Information Guide and Reference
		Revelstoke Dam is a hydroelectric dam spanning the Columbia River, 5 kilometres (3 miles) north of Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada.
		The powerhouse was completed in 1984 and has a generating capacity of 1,980 megawatts (MW).
		The reservoir behind the dam is named Revelstoke Reservoir.
	www.historymania.com /american_history/Revelstoke_Dam (64 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Bonneville Power Administration is working on a deal that would enable federal dams on the Columbia River to flush migrating juvenile salmon to the ocean.
		If river flow forecasts dip even lower than anticipated, Grant would divert water that was supposed to speed juvenile salmon around turbines and instead use that water to generate electricity.
		Tribes are reluctant to sign on to the arrangement, particularly tribes in the upper Columbia basin whose runs could be harmed by curtailed spill in the summer.
	www.fwee.org /news/getStory?story=626 (790 words)

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