General
Allen, John Eliot. Cataclysms on the Columbia (Portland: Timber Press, 1986).
Dietrich, William. Northwest Passage: The Great Columbia River (NY: Simon & Schuster, 1995)
Gorsline, Jerry, ed. Rainshadow: Archibald Menzies and the Botanical Exploration of the Olympic Peninsula (Port Townsend: Jefferson County Historical Society, 1992)
Gottlieb, Robert. A Life of Its Own: The Politics and Power of Water (New York: Harcourt Brace, 1988)
Guthrie, Woody. Roll On Columbia–The Columbia River Songs (Portland: BPA, 1987).
High Country News. Western Water Made Simple (Washington, D.C.: Island Press, 1987)
Holbrook, Stewart. The Columbia (NY: Rinehart, 1956)
Lang, William L., ed. A Columbia River Reader (Tacoma: Washington State Historical Society, 1992)
Lee, Kai. Compass and Gyroscope (Washington, D.C.: Island Press, 1993)
Martin, Irene. Legacy and Testament: The Story of Columbia River Gillnetters (Pullman: Washington State University Press, 1994)
Meinig, Donald. The Great Columbia Plain (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1968)
Pyle, Robert Michael. Wintergreen: Rambles in a Ravaged Land (New York: Scribner’s, 1985)
Roe, Joanne. The Columbia River: A Travel Guide (Chicago: Fulcrum, 1992)
White, Richard. The Organic Machine (NY: Hill & Wang, 1995)
Williams, Chuck. Bridge of the Gods (Friends of the Earth, 1980)
Exploration and Fur Trade:
Allen, John L. Passage through the Garden: Lewis and Clark and the Image of the American Northwest (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1975)
Gibson, James. Farming the Frontier (Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 1985)
Nokes, J. Richard. Columbia’s River: The Voyages of Robert Gray (Portland: Washington State Historical Society, 1992)
Ronda, James. Astoria and Empire (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1990)
___________. Lewis and Clark among the Indians (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1984)
Native Americans:
Boyd, Robert T. The People of The Dalles (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1997)
Chance, David H. People of the Falls (Kettle Falls, WA: Kettle Falls Historical Center, 1986)
Hunn, Eugene S. Nich’I Wana: “The Big River” Mid-Columbia Indians and their Land (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1991)
Keyser, James D. Indian Rock Art of the Columbia Plateau (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1992)
Ruby, Robert & John Brown, A Guide to the Indian Tribes of the Pacific Northwest (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1986)
__________________. The Chinook Indians: Traders of the Lower Columbia (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1976)
Salmon:
Brown, Bruce. Mountain in the Clouds: Search for Wild Salmon (NY: Macmillan, 1982)
Cohen, Jay. Treaties on Trial: The Continuing Controversy over Northwest Fishing Rights(Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1986)
Cone, Joseph & Sandy Ridlington, eds., The Northwest Salmon Controversy: a Documentary History (Corvallis: OSU Press, 1996)
Michetto, Lisa & Wesley Ebel. Saving the Salmon (Portland: ACE, 1994)
Netboy, Anthony. The Columbia River Salmon and Steelhead Trout: Their Struggle for Survival (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1980)
Petersen, Keith C. River of Life, Channel of Death: Fish and Dams on the Lower Snake (Lewiston: Confluence Press, 1995)
Smith, Courtland. Salmon Fishers of the Columbia (Corvallis: OSU Press, 1979)
Literature:
Cody, Robin. Voyage of a Summer Sun (NY: Viking, 1995)
Lesley, Craig. River Song (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1989)
McKinney, Sam. Reach of Tide, Ring of History (Portland: OHS, 1987)
Moore, Kathleen Dean, Riverwalking: Reflections on Moving Water (New York: Harcourt Brace, 1995)
Ramsey, Jarold. Coyote Was Going There (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1977)
Economic Development & Government:
Gerber, Michelle S. Home on the Range: the Cold War Legacy of the Hanford Nuclear Site (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1990)
Martin, Irene. Legacy and Testament (Pullman: WSU Press 1992)
Morgan, Murray. The Dam (NY: Viking, 1954)
Petersen, Keith. River of Life, Channel of Death (Lewiston, Idaho: Confluence, 1995)
Pitzer, Paul. Grand Coulee (Pullman: WSU Press, 1994)
Norwood, Gus. Columbia River Power for the People (Portland: BPA, 1981)
Reed, Mary E. A History of the Pacific Northwest Region, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers(Portland: ACE, 1991)
Sanger, S.L. Hanford and the Bomb: An Oral History (Portland: PSU Press, 1997)
Willingham, William F. Water Power in the ‘Wilderness’ (Portland: ACE, 1987)
Periodicals of Interest
Cascadia Times, Published 10 x year, 25-6 NW 23rd Place, No. 406, Portland, OR 97120. $30/year. https://www.times.org/
Clearing: Environmental Education in the Pacific Northwest, a bimonthly publication of the Creative Educational Network/EE Project, John Inskeep Environmental learning Center, 19600 S. Molalla Avenue, Oregon City, OR 97045. Clearing@teleport.com
High Country News, published biweekly by the High Country Foundation, Box 1090. Paonia, CO 81438. $28.00/year. http://www.hcn.org
Orion Afield, published quarterly by The Orion society, 195 Main Street, Great Barrington, MA 01230. Orion@orionsociety.org $25/year
Websites:
Electric Library: http://www.elibrary.com. A great source of magazine and newspaper articles, plus transcripts of radio and television interviews on almost any topic.
Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission: http://www.critfc.org/. An essential source of current information on Indian politics, treaties, and policies regarding salmon and river use.
Environmental Education and Training Partnership: http://www.eetap.org/ A good networking source.
Our Stolen Future, by Theo Colborn: http://ourstolenfuture.org/ A fascinating and controversial study about the state of the environment.
Valley Forge: http://www.libertynet.org:80/iha/valleyforge/ An interesting and instructive curriculum on-line.
Other Interesting Resources
Center for Columbia River History
Director: Bill Lang
History Department
Portland State University
P.O. Box 751
Portland, OR 97207-0751
Lower Columbia River Estuary Program
811 SW Sixth Avenue
Portland, OR 97204
Chamness.jeanne@deq.state.or.us
San Francisco Estuary Project
C/o Regional Water Quality Control Board
2101 Webster Street, Suite 500
Oakland, CA 94612
https://www.sfestuary.org/
Washington State History Museum
Garry Schalliol, education director
Stephanie Liel
http://www.washingtonhistory.org/
Robert Tuck, Fish and wildlife biologist
Eco-Northwest
270 Westridge Road
Selah, WA 98942
(509) 697-9317
Chuck Williams, artist and political activist
The Columbia Gorge Gallery
318 East 4th Street
The Dalles, OR 97058
%541) 296-5555
