Water pollution -- Columbia River

Oral history interview with Walter E. Ericksen, conducted by Clark Hansen on October 4, 1999, as part of the Columbia River Dissenters Oral History Series. Ericksen discusses his experiences as a cantaloupe farmer in The Dalles, Oregon; how fluoride air pollution from aluminum factories on the Columbia River affected his farm, people, and fish in the area; and his involvement in lawsuits against polluters.

Oral history interview with Wilbur Slockish, Jr., conducted by Michael O’Rourke on February 11, 2000, as part of the Columbia River Dissenters Oral History Series. Slockish discusses his prosecution and incarceration after a federal-state sting operation that became known as "Salmonscam," talks about proposals to store nuclear waste on tribal lands, and shares his thoughts about the causes for the decline in fish and wildlife populations in the Columbia River Basin over the 20th century.