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

ISBN-13:

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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.

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.