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  2. Columbia River - Wikipedia

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    The Columbia River (Upper Chinook: Wimahl or Wimal; Sahaptin: Nch’i-Wàna or Nchi wana; ... 2022, Weyerhaeuser reached a settlement with Columbia Riverkeeper ...

  3. Columbia Basin Project - Wikipedia

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    Ice blocked the Columbia River near the north end of Grand Coulee, creating glacial lakes Columbia and Spokane. Ice age glaciers also created Glacial Lake Missoula, in what is now Montana. Erosion allowed glacial Lake Columbia to begin to drain into what became Grand Coulee, which was fully created when glacial Lake Missoula along with glacial ...

  4. Fort Astoria - Wikipedia

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    Built at the entrance of the Columbia River in 1811, Fort Astoria was the first American-owned settlement on the Pacific coast of North America. The inhabitants of the fort differed greatly in background and position, and were structured into a corporate hierarchy.

  5. ‘Historic’ Columbia River agreement called ‘roadmap’ to ...

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    The Biden Administration announced an agreement to pause a lawsuit over Columbia River salmon for up to 10 years and spells out steps for tearing down the four Lower Snake River dams.

  6. U.S., Canada reach vital Columbia River pact. What it means ...

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    The Columbia River and its tributaries generate 40% of U.S. hydropower, irrigate $8 billion in agriculture products and move 42 million tons of cargo annually, according to the Biden administration.

  7. White House ceremony launches $1 billion Snake River dams ...

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    The agreement was hashed out by the federal government behind closed doors to temporarily halt a long-running lawsuit over the Columbia River hydrosystem, and particularly the lower Snake River ...

  8. Columbia River Treaty - Wikipedia

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    The Columbia River Treaty is a 1961 agreement between Canada and the United States on the development ... many people thought that the settlement prices from BC ...

  9. About a watershed: New book tells the story of the Columbia ...

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    The book's arrival comes as the United States and Canada are renegotiating the Columbia River Treaty, a 60-year-old agreement that guides management of the river and its hydroelectric dams.