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Columbia Basin Project (U.S.)

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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Oral history interview with Katherine L. Bohnet and Phyllis E. Brown

 Collection
Identifier: SR 2737
Abstract

Oral history interview with Katherine L. Bohnet and Phyllis Brown, conducted by Clark Hansen on April 12, 1999, as part of the Columbia River Dissenters Oral History Series. Bohnet and Brown discuss dryland farming in Wilson Creek, Washington, and their fight to have their lands removed from the Columbia Basin Project, an irrigation development that supplies water from the Columbia River to central Washington.

Dates: 1999 April 12

Oral history interview with Walter R. Butcher

 Collection
Identifier: SR 2717
Abstract

Oral history interview with Walter R. Butcher, conducted by Clark Hansen on October 23, 1999, as part of the Columbia River Dissenters Oral History Series. Butcher discusses government programs that benefit farmers, particularly the Columbia River Basin Irrigation Project, as well as his involvement with cost-benefit studies related to dams and irrigation projects.

Dates: 1999 October 23

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Agriculture 1
Columbia River Watershed -- History 1
Dams -- Columbia River 1
Dry farming -- Washington (State) -- Wilson Creek 1
Farm life -- Washington (State) -- Wilson Creek 1