Kevin Hogan
hogank[at]evergreen.edu
360-867-5078		 Nancy Parkes
parkesn[at]evergreen.edu
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 These readings provide some economic, cultural, and ecological background on damsin the Northwest United States. You may choose to focus on a different region/dam for your writing assignment. You may also choose to substitute readings. Cite readings that you use (Click here for information on the correct format for citing a website). These readings focus more on the "why" the dams were built. Dig a little more to discover the environmental impacts–but keep in mind, we are mostly concerned with what was known "at the time."
  • From Large Dams in the Western United States, this provides some history of the Bonneville Power Administration and Columbia River Dams. Be sure to click on the sub-links:

http://www2.kenyon.edu/Projects/Dams/blp01wal.html

  • Center for Columbia River History:

http://www.ccrh.org/river/history.htm

  • From the Northwest Power Council, a history:

http://www.ppcpdx.org/web_pages/web_page_frames/ppc_public_power_history/public_power_history_frame.htm

  • Grand Coulee background from World Commission on Dams:

http://www.dams.org/kbase/studies/us/us_finalscope_sect2.htm

  • Political Economy of Northwest Salmon, University of Idaho:

http://egj.lib.uidaho.edu/egj09/hamil1.html

  • Northwest dams map:

http://www.usbr.gov/dataweb/html/pndams.html

  • About the future: costs of dam removal:

http://www.djc.com/news/en/11146928.html

  • Bonneville Power Administration photo gallery:

http://www.bpa.gov/Power/pl/columbia/4-gallry.htm