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Northwest anthropological research notes. Memoir volume no. 2
Publisher
[University of Idaho]
Pub. Date
1973
Language
English
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A survey of the cultural and demographic changes that occurred under the influence of the Hudson's Bay Company in its Colville District, which covered parts of British Columbia, Montana, Idaho and Washington.
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Palimpsest Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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"The Columbia River and its tributaries hold the greatest hydroelectric power potential of any river system in America. The systematic development of the potential began with a survey of the Columbia River Basin by the US Army Corps of Engineers. Its subsequent report to Congress in 1931 recommended construction of a system of multipurpose dams of unprecedented size, difficulty, and expense. During the Great Depression, as part of President Roosevelt's...
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Publisher
Island Press
Pub. Date
[1993]
Language
English
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"It was once widely believed that landscapes become increasingly stable over time until eventually reaching a "climax state" of complete stability. In recent years, however, that idea has been challenged by a new understanding of the importance and inevitability of forces such as storms and fires that keep ecosystems in a state of constant change. The dynamics of fire ecology has emerged as a central feature of the new understanding as scientists...
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