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DARK SECRETS: Columbia river | Rare Historical Photos

In 1942, Oregon built an entire city that grew to around 40,000 residents; six years later, a flood erased it from the map

Vanport, a temporary city that sprang up near Portland during World War II, was home to many shipyard workers, becoming Oregon's second-largest city. However, in 1948, catastrophic flooding from the Columbia River, exacerbated by heavy rains and snowmelt, led to the dike failures that wiped the city off the map…

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Zombie water apocalypse: Is Trump’s rhetoric over Canada’s water science-fiction or reality?

Interest from the United States in Canada’s water is concerning, though nothing new. In the most recent development, the U.S. has paused negotiations the Columbia River Treaty, a key water-sharing agreement between both countries.

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US pauses water-sharing negotiations with Canada over Columbia River

Break in talks comes as Trump escalates trade war with Canada and threatens its sovereignty

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Car being pulled from Columbia River might have belonged to Oregon family that vanished in 1958

Authorities are pulling submerged vehicles from the Columbia River, including a car thought to have belonged to a Portland couple who vanished in 1958 while out for a drive with their three daughters

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Efforts to modernize the Columbia River Treaty provide an opportunity to right the wrongs of the past

The Columbia River Treaty is a landmark water-management agreement, ratified in 1964, by the United States and Canada which aimed to co-ordinate water management within the Columbia River Basin, particularly through the construction of four large dams in the headwaters. Three treaty dams were built in B.C. with an additional…

The Conversation

US would keep more hydropower under agreement with Canada on treaty governing Columbia River

The U.S. and Canada say they have agreed to update a treaty that governs the use of one of North America’s largest rivers, the Columbia, with provisions that officials said would provide for effective flood control, irrigation, and hydropower generation and sharing between the countries

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Superfund plan for Columbia River sparks debate in Northwest - Roll Call

A designation of the Columbia River under the Superfund law could bring closure to a long-simmering dispute between the U.S. and Canada.

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Fishing boat speeds over sea lions in ‘terrible’ scene caught on video

Video footage has surfaced showing a fishing boat speeding across the Columbia River and running over sea lions in clear violation of the Marine Mammal Protection Act.

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Watch rookie coast guard swimmer rescue sailor as massive wave crushes his yacht

The US Coast Guard triangulated where the distress call was coming from and launched nearby vessels and a chopper to the scene, where Petty Officer Michael Clark dived into the ocean to rescue a yacht captain as his vessel sank at the mouth of the Columbia River between Oregon and…

Daily Mirror

Coast Guard makes dramatic rescue as wave rolls yacht

A newly minted Coast Guard rescue swimmer saved a man's life at the mouth of the Columbia River between Oregon and Washington state just after a giant wave rolled the yacht he was piloting and threw him into the surf

The Independent UK

US broke promise to protect tribes' fish

The U.S. government has failed to test for chemicals and metals in fish but new tests show alarming findings

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Nuclear waste ravaged their land. The Yakama Nation is on a quest to rescue it

A generation after it was decommissioned, tribal members are still working to clean up the Hanford nuclear site, one of the most contaminated spots in the US

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River chief imprisoned for fishing fights for sacred rights

In the 1980s, Wilbur Slockish Jr. served 20 months in federal prison on charges of illegally poaching salmon from the Columbia River

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Columbia River's salmon are at the core of ancient religion

The Columbia River, which natives call Nch’i-Wána, or “the great river,” has sustained Indigenous people in the region for millennia

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Sobering lessons in untying the knot of a homeless crisis

PORTLAND, Ore. — Michelle Farris never expected to become homeless, but here she was, sifting through garbage and towering piles of debris accumulated along a roadway on the outskirts of Northeast Portland. Farris, 51, has spent much of her adult life in Oregon, and has vivid memories of this area…

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Contaminated island in Colombia River added to Superfund

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has added Bradford Island on the Columbia River to its Superfund list of toxic waste sites

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