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create the green and over-abundance forestation. Explorers must have been mystified by the vast amount of tall Evergreen trees, the Colombia River’s power and volume, and snowcapped volcanoes intertwined within the mountains ranges. The countless rivers, valleys and creeks, give way to rolling grasslands and hidden rain forests. But above all, the breathtaking islands and waterway of the Puget Sound and the abundance of marine life would have impressed any

How long must a person be dead for it to be considered anthropology and not grave robbing? The answer should be never, but many government officials don’t agree. In the summer of 1996, a skull was found in the Columbia River. After a police investigation, a nearly complete skeleton was found. Forensic anthropologist James Chatters began to study the bones and after a carbon dating test, the skeleton was found to be over 9,000 years old! Almost immediately five tribes, many anthropologists (including

Fort Clatsop Fort Clatsop was the encampment of the Lewis and Clark Expedition (Corps of Discovery) in the Oregon Country. Located near the mouth of the Columbia River this site served as their camp from December 8, 1805 until their departure on March 23, 1806. Fort Clatsop is located along the Lewis and Clark River at the north end of the Clatsop Plains approximately 5 miles southwest of Astoria, the fort was the last encampment of the Corps of Discovery before embarking on their return trip east

setting. The potential for disaster seems to loom large in my mind, transportation of dangerous goods, large trucks and small sheep, toxic spills and dairy cows not to mention the preciously delicate grapes required for the regions primary winery (Columbia Vineyards). Without removing the rail yard entirely to a more suitable site, mitigating the impacts of its omnipresence requires an enormous effort to drown out the sound of shunting cars, engine retarder brakes screeching trains and heavy machinery

Radioactive Contamination Of Soil and Groundwater Due to Storage of Nuclear Waste A case of Hanford Nuclear Reservation site Name Student no Jaysheel Pandya 1001025972   Contents Introduction 3 Contaminants on and around the site 4 Soil and Groundwater Contamination 5 Sources of Contamination 5 Physical and Hydrogeological conditions of the site and waste transport pathways 6 Interaction of contaminants in groundwater 9 Uranium 9 Chromium 10 Strontium 10 Remediation Strategies

documentary film. DamNation’s main topic is presenting and challenging the changing ideas and opinions of the large systems of dams in the United States. The movie is in full support of the growing environmental strategy of Dam removal in hopes to restore river ecosystems from coast to coast. There are 75,000 dams in the US today, and have been part of American culture for many years. As the demand for electricity grew the government looked into hydroelectric power that could be produced from these dams

To get there, we were forced to tolerate the indignity of riding through Portland in Steve 's parents ' gray 1952 Chevy on a new road they called a freeway. We crossed the new big green toll bridge over the Columbia River and then drove another twenty-five miles on winding, narrow, two-lane roads past exotic sounding places like 'Dollars Corner ' and Battle Ground Lake. The signs stimulated my mind to imagine bales of money on the side of the road and implements

Response Initially, I found it difficult to understand what "The Powwow at the End of the World" meant. The format (free verse) of a bunch of sentences grouped together, instead of the traditional stanzas didn 't help either. I found myself re-reading the poem over and over because I knew there was something important I was missing, especially since "forgive" is used a lot and the story of the Native Americans didn 't end well. I found that the author, Sherman Alexie, is a Spokane Indian. This

“The Powwow at the End of the World” by Sherman Alexie appears to be a modern free verse poem with varying line length and no end rhyme. It is actually a ceremony to preserve and restore the Native American land and way of life. The repetition of the beginning of the lines and the strong rhythm suggest the drumbeat and dance of the apocalyptic powwow, or communal dance of Indians at the end of the world when all will be put right again. The speaker is an Indian answering the demand for forgiveness

While we have been focusing on the whole Pacific Northwest region as a whole this class, we have finally delved into a subregion that is close to all of us: the Inland Empire. This area in the Pacific Northwest came into being during the late 19th Century and encompassed much of Eastern Washington, the Idaho Panhandle and parts of Eastern Oregon. The people of this region were very proud of their land and some even held more pride for the Inland Empire than their own state. This fierce loyalty to