Results for keyword: Columbia River
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Singing about a land where free rivers flow on
Woody Guthrie's long history of writing about dams and hydropower.
by Pat Ford, Oct 18, 2012 -
Tribes try selective fishing to boost catch without harming wild salmon
Washington's Colville Tribes experiment with selective fishing techniques and bring home more salmon than before.
by Dawn Stover, Dec 15, 2011 -
A Nez Perce elder spreads love for lamprey
Nez Perce elder Elmer Crow teaches children and their parents to respect an uncharismatic parasitic fish, the lamprey.
by Amanda Peacher, Feb 08, 2011 -
Grace behind glass
An fish ladder on the Columbia River provides a view of unexpected wonders.
by Ana Maria Spagna, Nov 11, 2010 -
Obama disappoints when it comes to salmon
The latest Columbia and Snake river salmon plan largely ratified the Bush administration's inadequate approach.
by Michael Blumm, Oct 13, 2009 -
An encyclopedia of rivers
The huge, copiously illustrated Rivers of North America is the first comprehensive effort to detail the current state of the continent’s rivers
by Irene Wanner, Nov 27, 2006 -
Columbia River dams revived
In Washington, tribes have been shut out of a plan for new Columbia River dams that are being touted as good for salmon as well as farmers
by Matt Jenkins, Apr 03, 2006 -
Follow-up
Army Corps of Engineers will have to release water from Columbia and Snake river dams to help salmon; Montana mining ban is not a property "taking"; kinks in plan to drill for natural gas at Colorado nuclear site.
by Laura Paskus, Jun 27, 2005 -
Everyday objects and extraordinary journeys
In Visible Bones: Journeys Across Time in the Columbia River Country, Northwestern writer Jack Nisbet follows the Columbia River and its inhabitants across time
by Steve Rumsey, Feb 07, 2005 -
One good example: The reporter
Karen Dorn Steele of the Spokane Spokesman-Review showed how a reporter at a regional paper can have a national impact, when she uncovered the extent of radioactive contamination at Hanford Nuclear Reservation
by Ray Ring, Oct 13, 2003






