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How dry we are

...save either Lake Powell or Lake Mead, but not both."The thirsty cities of the west are starting to look at the Columbia River, the Great Lakes, and the Mississippi for water. An enduring Minnesota nightmare is the vision of a great pipeline...

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/guest-columns/2013-01-14/how-dry-we-are
Guest Columns
A finite supply of water

...lower level intake pipes.The thirsty cities and farmers of the west and southwest continue to look north at the Columbia River, and to the east at the Great Lakes and the Mississippi for water. An enduring Minnesota nightmare is the vision...

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/guest-columns/2011-07-01/finite-supply-water
Guest Columns
House refuses to limit Clinton's ability to establish monument

...yes.'' The House then voted 243-177 to delete the Hansen provision and another section of the bill aimed at slowing government efforts to tighten land-use restrictions in federal lands in the Columbia River basin in the Northwest.

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/061600/nne_0616000002.shtml
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Firefighters try to save Sierra Nevada town from wildland blaze

...burned nearly 2,100 acres. In Washington, firefighters were able to contain a 6,500-acre range fire in the Columbia River Gorge that had threatened wheat crops and a Yakama Nation ceremonial site. Farmers had cut their own fire trails...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/072900/nne_0729000053.shtml
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America's most endangered fisheries announced

...and rivers are loading these water systems with pollutants, destroying critical spawning areas. The stocks in the Columbia River in Washington in particular face severe threats due to industrialization, hydro-electric dams, and a rapidly expanding...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/080500/out_0805000007.shtml
Outdoors
Religion goes green

...Bible. Their message: From the Columbia River to the California redwoods and...letter early next year on the Columbia River. "There are so many issues surrounding...petroglyph carved into stone over the Columbia River Gorge, is one sacred site. Just...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/110300/chu_1103000009.shtml
Church
Money magazine picks Portland, Ore., as nation's best place to live

...surrounded by natural beauty, sitting in the shadow of snowcapped Mount Hood and a short drive from the majestic Columbia River Gorge. "We're reinventing ourselves as a very urban place by incorporating the natural environment, transportation...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/111400/fam_1114000013.shtml
Family
They're not just a roughfish but a tough fish.

...articles, movies, art or poetry. Around here can't do much to save the swordfish, restore salmon runs to the Columbia River, Atlantic cod to the Grand Banks or striped bass to the Chesapeake Bay. But we can release the bowfin. When the...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/051901/out_0519010002.shtml
Outdoors
Area briefs

...Calif., air museum. The Rasher's original periscopes and conning tower are currently mounted and in use at the Columbia River Maritime Museum, in Astoria, Ore. Johnson joins CLC Foundation board Milo Johnson of Brainerd has joined the Central...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/080801/nei_0808010003.shtml
Neighbors
D.B. Cooper still a mystery 30 years after he jumped from hijacked plane

...ransom money -- a bundle of $20 bills -- has turned up. A child digging in a sand bar on the north bank of the Columbia River west of Vancouver found the money in 1980. The serial numbers had been recorded by the FBI. "The fact that it's...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/112301/nne_1123010075.shtml
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