SamShurts

Columbia River Treaty Edit Outline

As part of History 396 at UBC, my group is going to be revising and adding to the Wikipedia page for the Columbia River Treaty (CRT). I will be responsible for the "Provincial Impacts" sections. The following is our current working outline:

Introduction:

• Brief summary/overview: What is the river? Where is it? What are the dams? When was the treaty passed?

Background:

• The province of BC and the US reasons for proposing a treaty.

Treaty Provisions:

• This will remain as it was, but we are adding information on the Canadian Entitlement into this section.

Implications(previously Controversy):

• Social Impacts:

• Local Impacts: The effects of relocation.
• Provincial Impacts (my section): How the treaty provisions and especially the new dams affected the province economically and politically.

• Environmental Impacts: Effects on fish and how the river changed.

Fist Posts

hello world. -SamShurts (talk) 20:24, 19 January 2012 (UTC)

hello Sam, on behalf of the world. --Heatheralyse (talk) 21:58, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

Hi, yeah I've found the wiki! See u in class tomorrow! --AnastasiaU. (talk) 06:04, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

I agree! It's going to take me a bit to get used to this I think. --Heatheralyse (talk) 19:00, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

First Edit

Hello Sam, Thanks for your e-mail and also for your message on my Talk page. Good edit - and let's watch to see what happens. --Greentina (talk) 00:22, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

Columbia Entry

Here is what I wrote for our first entry... but I still cant figure out how to do in-text citations! --Cdmhume (talk) 23:55, 13 March 2012 (UTC)

The Columbia River has the greatest annual drainage as compared to all other rivers along the Pacific coast (Parr, 108). Before the introduction of dams on the river, the changes in water level rose and fell predictably with the seasons and a nine meter displacement existed between the spring snowmelt highs and fall lows (Parr, 122-123). After the dams were built, however, the river changed unpredictably and in some areas the previous maximum and minimum water levels were altered by several tens of meters (Parr, 124). No longer linked to the seasons, water conditions became subject to United States power demands (Parr, 124). After the damming, the water during high floods began to cover much of the valley’s arable land - carrying with it fertile soil when the water retreated and leaving agricultural land useless (Parr, 104, 132)

From 1965 to 1969, 27, 312 acres were logged along the Columbia River to remove timber from the new flood plain (Stanely, 163). The slashing of vegetation along the shoreline weakened soil stability and made the land susceptible to wind erosion, creating sandstorms. Conversely, in wet periods, the cleared areas turned into vast mud flats (Parr, 126).

Going live

Claire and I have posted our introductions on the Wiki page. There are two refrence lists that needs to be cleaned up..Im not sure how to do it, any suggestions? I also let Tina know that we are done and where she can find our new addition. Good work guys!Cayleym (talk) 05:16, 14 March 2012 (UTC)cayleym

Cayley's Completed Section

Hey team, so I have finished my portion of Social impacts. I am wondering if you guys can take a look at it, and tell me what you think. Also Tina mentioned that she cannot access my sandbox. I think I have fixed it, but can you email me if you cant access it. Hope writingCayleym (talk) 06:25, 17 March 2012 (UTC) is going well! Cayleym (talk) 06:25, 17 March 2012 (UTC)cayleym

Billy's Section

My section is up so please check it out and make edits! Wls33 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 03:06, 22 March 2012 (UTC).

Added paragraph

Hey guys so I am going to add my last paragraph to the Social Implications section. PS. Sam and Claire since we are all under the same heading "Implications" I just want to make sure the our sub headings consistently look the same. I really dont care how they look but I think they should be consistent. So feel free the change my headings to match yours. Or vise versa Cayleym (talk) 22:32, 25 March 2012 (UTC)cayleym