Columbia River

“We must always remember with gratitude and admiration the first sailors who steered their vessels through storms and mists, and increased our knowledge of the land…” Ronald Amundsen). Although not all explorers of the Pacific Northwest were sailors, all of them deserve to be honored because of the contribution their expeditions made to WA. The first non-Indians that came to the Pacific Northwest were most-likely from China or Japan and drifted ashore by accident. After them, came European explorers

Washington has many rivers that run through the state, the most famous being the Columbia River that runs from Canada through Washington, emptying into the Pacific Ocean. One major tributary of the Columbia is the Spokane River. This river is one hundred and eleven miles long and is fed by Lake Coeur d’Alene in Idaho. When a water source gets contaminated it can cause shifts in an ecosystem. Recently, there have been advocates trying to improve the quality of water in the river. Mining companies,

away their habitat. The salmon’s access of the rivers are suddenly gone. In the Northwest, a large portion of dollars are spent in a year to fix all the damage to the salmon, caused by the dams on the Snake and Columbia rivers. For decades, there have been numerous debates about taking down these dams to help the fish, because they’re part of the endangered species act. There are biologists that notice how some salmon are trying to survive in rivers located in the Northwest that have been changed

Immediately south of Alaska, located in the British Columbia, by the basins of the Naas and Skeena Rivers, lived the Tsimshian. One of the dialects out of four located in that region. Basin of Skeena was known for it’s famine almost all year round because of it’s weather. There were a couple different seasons that took place in that region. Before the famine arrives they travel along the coast in boats to take up position on the fishing grounds. Starting February 15th was the beginning of the first

I didn't know him that well because he usually just stayed in the wagon but most people say that he was really nice and never complained, even when he had an empty stomachs It's very humid after a night at Fort Henry, Platte River is running high we tried to cross the river by floating our wagon across. I cauked my wagon and lost one day of food supplies that we couldn't afford to lose. The leader said that it’s okay and we will try to get some food from Shoshone indians considering that they are

Mizzou stands in the city of Columbia, which is located near the middle of Missouri. Columbia is a beautiful city with a population of around 115,000 residents (“About Mizzou”). This city has a

Federation). Dams have arguably put the largest strain on the Chinook salmon. In Columbia River Basin of the Pacific Northwest alone, over 55% of historical spawning habitat has been blocked off by dams (Harrison, 2008) Damn also cause rivers to slow down which in turn causes them to become warmer. This makes for a less ideal habitat for the salmon, and more ideal circumstances for the predators of the salmon. The slowing of a river can also be cause for disease( U.S.F.W.S). Also only about 1% of present

1. In the film it opens up many possibilities as to all the locations in which this ore was both refinished and made for commercial use. This leads to many questions such as how far this horrifying infestation occurred through the United States as well as the rest of the world. Libby Montana was at the time the largest producer of Vermiculite ore, which was roughly 80% of all vermiculite ore mined from nineteen twenty all the way till the plant in Libby Montana closed in nineteen ninety. This being

During this essay I will be analyzing the July, 2009 Knotweed essay by John Roland Stahl. I will addressing the following points; What is the author’s main point, what are the main supporting arguments, are the supporting arguments valid, why or why not, is it a strong argument. Stahl’s main point in his essay is knotweed: it would be better to make paper than cutting down trees and that using knotweed for paper would be a better way to control its overgrowth than, “ breeding a population of super

while they were out hunting. Eventually they came back together at the Mississippi and traveled by bout horseback and foot until they got home. When they got home they were heroes and they completed their goals. One find the start of the mississippi river and find a way to the west coast. It was more than just finding a way to the