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Proposals to remove underused dams and restore fish habitats emerged in the early 21st century with support from the state's Native American tribes; the first major dam removal was the Condit Dam near White Salmon in 2011, which was followed by two dams on the Elwha River near Port Angeles. As of 2024, 39 dams in Washington have been removed. [2]
Washington made the first announcement of a death from the disease in the U.S. on February 29 and later announced that two deaths there on February 26 were also due to COVID-19. Until mid-March, Washington had the highest absolute number of confirmed cases and the highest number per capita of any state in the country, [1] until it was surpassed ...
Full map including municipalities. State, territorial, tribal, and local governments responded to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States with various declarations of emergency, closure of schools and public meeting places, lockdowns, and other restrictions intended to slow the progression of the virus.
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Priest Rapids Dam is a hydroelectric, concrete gravity dam; located on the Columbia River, between the Yakima Firing Range and the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, and bridges Yakima County and Grant County, in the U.S. state of Washington. The dam is 24 miles south of the town of Vantage, and 47 miles northwest of the city of Richland. It is ...
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Lake Cushman (Twana: ʔiluʔəɬ) [1] is a 4,014.6-acre (16.247 km 2) [2] lake and reservoir on the north fork of the Skokomish River in Mason County, Washington.The lake originally was a long narrow broadening of the Skokomish River formed in a glacial trough and dammed by a terminal moraine from the Vashon Glaciation during the most recent ice age.
Mossyrock Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam on the Cowlitz River near Mossyrock in Lewis County, Washington, United States. The reservoir created by the dam is called Riffe Lake . The primary purpose of the dam is hydroelectric production while flood control is a secondary function. [ 1 ]