McNary and Umatilla National Wildlife Refuges Draft Comprehensive Conservation Plan and Environmental Assessment
Author | : U. S. Fish U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service |
Publisher | : CreateSpace |
Total Pages | : 410 |
Release | : 2015-02-14 |
ISBN-13 | : 1507749988 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781507749982 |
Rating | : 4/5 (82 Downloads) |
Download or read book McNary and Umatilla National Wildlife Refuges Draft Comprehensive Conservation Plan and Environmental Assessment written by U. S. Fish U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-02-14 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When first encountered by Lewis and Clark and early settlers, the Columbia River of the Pacific Northwest was enormous, wild, and seemingly uncontrollable. Yet for all its enormous flows, the river was nearly unusable in its native state as a source of irrigation water. Early settlers found that agriculture was nearly impossible in most of the hot, arid Columbia Plateau (Dietrich 1995).