7089

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 7089
• Author: Northwest Power Planning Council.
• Title: Strategy for Salmon
• USFW Year: 1992.
• USFW - Doc Type: Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program.
• Copyright Material: NO

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Hydropowe~-Two-thirds of the/electridty
used in theN:orthwestcomes from hydropower'
dams. In even the driest years, the dams supply
enough electricity for 12 cities the size of
Seattle. '

Industry---'-Alturiinun;\ companies use
ColUIl).bia Eiver hydropower to produce
43 percent of the V.SI aluminum supply. These
compa,nies account for 30 percent of the
BOnneville Power Administration's revenUeS. I

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Navigation-The Columbia issecond to only
the Mississippi River in shipping. It is the West
Coast's top port system iil export cargo; whi<;h
includes 35 percent of all V.S. wheat exports,

Agri~ulture- The Columbia is the primary
source for irrigation water and pumpiJ;l.g power
on 8 million acres of Northwest farms: This
.. land provides nearly 75 percent Of the region's '
faim revenues-or $5 billion worth.

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Fishing-Estimates of the value of Columbia
River salmon for comn;tercialand~sport fishing
and related industries are in the hundreds of
millions of dollars.

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Recreation-The Columbia River.rnd its
tributaries attracthundr~ds of tho!tsands of
people each year.

Sources: Columbia River Alliance, Bonneville Power Administrati?n, Northwest Power Planning Council.

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th~Columbla to Fort Vancouverand th~ Oregon Country. ,.'