• Large Ecosystems are suitable for adaptive management.

• Rocky Mountains and Cascade Moutains are sources of snow and water.

• 1200 mile river system is the region's cohesive ingredient.

• Regional planning includes five states and two nations.

• The American nation's fourth largest river.

• 19 major dams line the river and its trbutaries.

• These dams supply 12,000 megawatts of electricity daily

• 75% of the electricity supply of the region

• 40% of US aluminum industry is in the Columbia Basin, needing its water.

"no longer a natural river"

• "The salmon dwindle or perish."

  5 salmon species, several crab species in the estuary.

  80 salmon hatcheries in the area.

• Salmon fingerlings need undeveloped flood plains to survive predation

• Wetlands are nurseries for fish, birds and crabs

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