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  2. Bonneville Dam - Wikipedia

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    June 30, 1987 [5] Bonneville Lock and Dam / ˈbɒnəvɪl / consists of several run-of-the-river dam structures that together complete a span of the Columbia River between the U.S. states of Oregon and Washington at River Mile 146.1. [6] The dam is located 40 miles (64 km) east of Portland, Oregon, in the Columbia River Gorge.

  3. McNary Dam - Wikipedia

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    Annual generation. 5,170 GWh [1] [2] McNary Dam is a 1.4-mile (2.2-km) long concrete gravity run-of-the-river dam which spans the Columbia River. It joins Umatilla County, Oregon with Benton County, Washington, 292 miles (470 km) upriver from the mouth of the Columbia. [3] It is operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ' McNary Lock and Dam ...

  4. John Day Dam - Wikipedia

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    The John Day Dam is a concrete gravity run-of-the-river dam spanning the Columbia River in the northwestern United States. [3] The dam features a navigation lock plus fish ladders on both sides. The John Day Lock has the highest lift (at 110 feet or 34 meters) of any U.S. lock. [4] The reservoir impounded by the dam is Lake Umatilla, [5] and it ...

  5. 9 new bills filed to reverse Biden administration’s Snake ...

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    Direct the Department of Energy to develop fish and wildlife program funding alternatives to mitigate the cost to Bonneville Power Administration ratepayers. The BPA Fish and Wildlife Program now ...

  6. Shoshone Falls - Wikipedia

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    flow rate. 3,530 cu ft/s (100 m 3 /s) [3] Shoshone Falls ( / ʃoʊˈʃoʊn /) is a waterfall in the western United States, on the Snake River in south-central Idaho, approximately three miles (5 km) northeast of the city of Twin Falls. Sometimes called the "Niagara of the West," Shoshone Falls is 212 feet (65 m) in height, 45 feet (14 m) higher ...

  7. Bridge of the Gods (land bridge) - Wikipedia

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    Bridge of the Gods (land bridge) Coordinates: 45.6589°N 121.9162°W. The Bridge of the Gods was a natural dam created by the Bonneville Slide, a major landslide that dammed the Columbia River near present-day Cascade Locks, Oregon in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. The river eventually breached the bridge and washed much of it away ...

  8. Oregon seeks $27M for dam repair it says resulted in mass ...

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    In a claim filed in Douglas County Circuit Court on Friday, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife said that recent repairs to Winchester Dam in the southern part of the state resulted in the ...

  9. Bonneville, Oregon - Wikipedia

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    Bonneville, Oregon. /  45.63583°N 121.95194°W  / 45.63583; -121.95194. Bonneville is an unincorporated community in Multnomah County, Oregon, United States, on Interstate 84 and the Columbia River. Bonneville is best known as the site of Bonneville Dam. North Bonneville, Washington is across the river. For decades before the dam was ...