In this new edition of Northwest Passage , Dietrich updates the status of the mighty Columbia River, discussing the health of its salmon runs, the state of its dams, and the river’s growing importance in light of climate change.

Columbia (Fleuve) Conditions environnementales, Columbia (Fleuve) Histoire, Columbia River Environmental conditions, Columbia River History, Columbia River Region History, Ecology, Écologie humaine Columbia, Vallée de la, History, Human ecology, Human ecology Columbia River Valley, United States Columbia River, United States Columbia River Region

Introduction to the 2016 edition Acknowledgments Introduction The picnic in the Coulee The river of imagination Vagrant and most dangerous Beginning and end The sculpted river Comcomly's head In heathen lands to dwell The river that was Out here The inland empire The electric revolution The biggest thing on Earth The house of lies The salmon gauntlet The poisoned river Cloudville Epilogue A Columbia River chronology Major dams of the Columbia River

Originally published: New York : Simon & Schuster, ©1995. First University of Washington Press edition, paperback, 1996. With new introduction

Originally published: New York : Simon & Schuster, ©1995. First University of Washington Press edition, paperback, 1996. With new introduction