by Rich Wandschneider | Dec 3, 2022 | Celilo Falls, Columbia River, Wallowas
It was—and is—spectacular On Wednesday before Thanksgiving I rode with friends from Joseph to Portland. I sat in the back seat and spent time just looking. Leaving the Wallowa Valley along the Wallowa River is always a treat; the canyon always changes with weather and...
by Rich Wandschneider | Jul 7, 2020 | Atlantic pipeline, Boldt decision, Celilo Falls, Columbia River, Dakota Pipeline, Dalles Dam, Diyarbakir, Grand Coulee Dam, Hasankeyf, Missouri River, Turkey
There was a story in the New York Times yesterday about the flooding of the village of Hasankeyf in Southeast Turkey.Some say the village is 12,000 years old, and certainly it and the surrounding area have stories of ancient civilizations that are part of a historical...
by Rich Wandschneider | Jun 18, 2018 | Bobbie Conner, Celilo Falls, Ghosts of Celilo, Julie Kooch, Native Fish Society, Tamastslikt
Fishing at Celilo; Railroad Bridge in backgroundThursday, June 7. A call from the newspaper editor: He’d looked at the current exhibit on dams and salmon and attended Bobbie Conner’s talk at the opening on Sunday. “So when,” Paul asked, “did the biologists...
