Managing the Columbia River
Managing the Columbia River

Author: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Water Resources Management, Instream Flows, and Salmon Survival in the Columbia River Basin

Publisher: National Academy Press

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 274

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River Lost
River Lost

Author: Blaine Harden

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 1997-11-04

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 9780393316902

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Details the destruction of the Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest by well-intentioned Americans who saw only the benefits of the dam-building, power plant and irrigation projects, not realizing the longterm effects of killing the river.

Grand Coulee
Grand Coulee

Author: Paul C. Pitzer

Publisher:

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780874221107

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In the capable hands of Paul Pitzer, the fight for Grand Coulee Dam and the story of its construction is a vital, animated saga of people striving for dazzling goals and then working to build something spectacular. These visionaries accomplished their objective against the backdrop of the worst economic depression in the nation's history. The dam and the extensive irrigation network it supports stand today as a monument to their dreams and labors.

Empty Nets
Empty Nets

Author: Roberta Ulrich

Publisher:

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 268

ISBN-13:

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"Ulrich's broad and incisive account ranges from descriptions of the dam's disastrous effects on a salmon-dependent culture to portraits of the plight of individual Indian families. Descendants of those to whom the promise was made and activists who have spent their lives working to acquire the sites reveal the remarkable patience and resiliance of the Columbia River Indians."--BOOK JACKET.

Rufus Woods, the Columbia River, & the Building of Modern Washington
Rufus Woods, the Columbia River, & the Building of Modern Washington

Author: Robert E. Ficken

Publisher:

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 352

ISBN-13:

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Rufus Woods, for more than forty years the editor and publisher of the Wenatchee Daily World, has often been called the "High Priest of the Columbia River." No person deserves the title more. From his editorial platform, Woods tirelessly promoted Wenatchee and north central Washington and long advocated the general development of the Columbia River. For decades, he pegged his brightest hopes on a huge dam in the isolated Grand Coulee region. From 1918 through Grand Coulee's completion in 1941, Rufus Woods was the leading promoter of the largest dam-building project in American history. Award-winning historian Robert Ficken has produced a full and lively biography of one of the Northwest's most influential newspapermen.

Native River
Native River

Author: William D. Layman

Publisher:

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13:

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In images and narratives, Native River recreates the untamed Mid-Columbia--the river as it once was, before the building of seven major dams. Featuring a wealth of illustrations, maps, and photographs, many never before published, this finely crafted book focuses on the 350-mile reach of the middle Columbia River from Priest Rapids in south-central Washington to the U.S. Canadian border. William Layman affords each segment of this waterway with its own rich visual documentation, forming a backdrop to many absorbing river stories. -- Amazon.