Past and present water-quality conditions in the Hanford Reach, Columbia River

1992 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 137-152 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Dale Becker ◽  
Robert H. Gray
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Columbia River ◽  
Hanford Reach

Four Decades of Environmental Change and Their Influence upon Native Wildlife and Fish on the Mid-Columbia River, Washington, USA

1985 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 241-248 ◽  
Author(s):  
William H. Rickard ◽  
Donald G. Watson
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Change ◽  
Agricultural Practices ◽  
Columbia River ◽  
Livestock Grazing ◽  
Irrigated Agriculture ◽  
Hanford Site ◽  
Bald Eagles ◽  
The Past ◽  
Riverine Habitats ◽  
Hanford Reach

The Hanford Reach of the Columbia River has experienced a great deal of human-imposed environmental change within the past 40 years, as has much of the adjacent land. The major disturbances have been from hydroelectric dams' construction and an intensive expansion of irrigated agriculture. A notable exception to the steady expansion of agriculture and dam-building has been the 1,400 km2 Hanford Site, which was established in 1943. Today, the Hanford Site consists mostly of undeveloped land that still supports native vegetation. It is free from agricultural practices, and has also been essentially free from livestock grazing and the shooting of animal wildlife. This conservative land-use has favoured populations of native wildlife that use the riverine habitats of the Hanford Reach of the Columbia River—e.g. Mule Deer, Canada Goose, and Great Blue Heron, are notable instances.The Hanford Reach supports the only mainstem Chinook Salmon spawning habitat on the Columbia River. This population is maintained by a combination of natural spawning and artificial propagation in concert with a regulated harvest of returning adults. Numbers of mainstem spawning Salmon have increased markedly in the past 10 years, and this has attracted increasing numbers of wintering Bald Eagles to the Hanford Reach.

Biogeochemical Processes and Microbial Characteristics across Groundwater−Surface Water Boundaries of the Hanford Reach of the Columbia River

2003 ◽  
Vol 37 (22) ◽  
pp. 5127-5134 ◽  
Author(s):  
Duane P. Moser ◽  
James K. Fredrickson ◽  
David R. Geist ◽  
Evan V. Arntzen ◽  
Aaron D. Peacock ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Surface Water ◽  
Columbia River ◽  
Biogeochemical Processes ◽  
Microbial Characteristics ◽  
Hanford Reach

scholarly journals Simulation of Columbia River Floods in the Hanford Reach

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Scott R. Waichler ◽  
John A. Serkowski ◽  
William A. Perkins ◽  
Marshall C. Richmond
Keyword(s):  
Columbia River ◽  
River Floods ◽  
Hanford Reach
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