Columbia river valley

The Columbia was Far too Over Fished, and Still is Now

By samm3D9
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    Euro-american Treaties with Native Americans

    Pacific Northwest TimelineNatives and euro-americansmade treaties in 1855 giving natives the right to fish on reservations and all other places that settlers fished.
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    Canneries

    Northwest TimelineOver thirty canneries lined the Columbia River.
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    Fishing Methods

    The Columbia RiverSeining, gillnets, fish traps, and fish wheels were all used on the Columbia River.
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    The First Pacific Northwest Hatchery

    Northwest TimelineThe first pacific northwest hatchery was established in Oregon by the state legislature.
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    Save the Fish!

    Pacific TimelineThe U.S. Fish Comission starts salmon propoganda.
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    Seufert Brothers Cannery

    Seufert Brothers Cannery

  • Purse Seines

    NW ChronologyWashington and Oregon outlaw purse seines on the Columbia River to help increase the population.
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    The Ban of the Fish Wheel

    The Fish WheelThe fish wheel was banned in Oregon in 1928, and it was banned in Washington in 1935 because of the devestation to the fish population.
  • The Bonneville Dam

    The Bonneville Dam

    ©http://columbiariverimages.com/Regions/Places/bonneville_dam.htmlThe Bonneville Dam and Locks is announced as completed. The dam had fish ladders built that allowed fish to cross the dam.

  • Mitchell Act

    The Mitchell ActThe Mitchell Act was put in motion by congress. It forced federal agencies to build fish hatcheries and provide ways for fish to pass dams.
  • The Grand Coulee Dam

    The Grand Coulee Dam

    ©http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Coulee_Dam#/media/File:Grand_Coulee_Dam_no_forebay.jpg</a>Grand Coulee Dam Timeline
    The Grand Coulee Dam finishes completion and causes about 1,100 river miles of fish to be blocked.
  • The McNary Dam

    The McNary Dam

    ©http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=5673
    The Mcnary Dam is dedicated by President Eisenhower in Walla Wala county.
  • The Dallas Dam

    The Dallas Dam

    ©http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=10010</a>The Dalles Dam
    The Dalles Dam was completed on the lower columbia.
  • The Columbia River Treaty

    The Columbia River Treaty

    ©http://www.celp.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/crt-handshake.jpg
    Columbia River TreatyThe Columbia River Treay was implemented and ultimately funded three dams and guided electrical distribution from the dams.
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    The Westport Cannery

    Westport CanneryJohn West created the fisrt salmon cannery on the Columbia River in 1966.
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    The John Day Dam

    John DayThe dam started service on July 16, 1968 and was completed in 1971.

  • NEPA

    NEPAPresident Richard Nixon signed the National Enviornmental Policy Act, which promoted the general wellfare for the enviornment.

  • The Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act

    MFCMAThis act was approved, and it gave authority to the government to manage fishing, and it defined regulations for fishing.

  • Congress Upholds the Treaties of 1855

    U.S. vs. Washington StateThe United States Congress rules that natives have an equal right to public fishing.

  • The Fish Wheel

    The first fish wheel was put into operation on the Columbia River.

  • The Northwest Power Act

    This act mostly protected fish and made them seen as equals in terms of hydro-electric power.

  • The Army Corps of Engineers

    The ACE started a program of moving fish from the Snake River to the Columbia River.

  • The Pacific Salmon Treaty

    The Pacific Salmon TreatyThe Pacific Salmon Treaty is approved and sets up a processes for managing ocean fishing.
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    Fishing Outlawed

    Pacific Northwest TimelineThe Columbia is closed to commercial salmon fishing by non-natives due to over fishing.