
environment
How damming the Columbia River transformed Central Washington
The river's dams drive electricity, flood control and commercial ships, and also helped turn the desert east of the Cascades into fruitful land.
Henry Brannan is a WSU Murrow Fellow. Brannan covers the Columbia River for The Columbian in Vancouver and The Daily News in Longview.
The river's dams drive electricity, flood control and commercial ships, and also helped turn the desert east of the Cascades into fruitful land.