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Nerding out about dams

March 13, 2024 by Eileen Delehanty Pearkes 2 Comments

He was smart, deeply interested in the ecological impact of dams, and understood immediately the national importance of the columbia River Treaty.

Filed Under: Home page, Landscapes, Uncategorized, Upper Columbia River Region Maps

Winter Drought

February 16, 2024 by Eileen Delehanty Pearkes 2 Comments

For a while now, I have been following a remarkable turn of events in the upper Columbia River region. The Columbia River Treaty (CRT) is an international agreement between the US and Canada, for flood control and enhanced hydroelectricity. The CRT was entirely designed to provide spring storage of winter snowmelt, so that summer and […]

Filed Under: Home page, Landscapes, Uncategorized, Upper Columbia River Region Maps Tagged With: Columbia River Treaty

Two Worlds, One Heart

November 12, 2023 by Eileen Delehanty Pearkes 1 Comment

Since my personal move to California during the pandemic, I’ve spent less time in the upper Columbia River region that formed and shaped my writing, but I have not stopped thinking and writing about it. Last year, Rocky Mountain Books released a new edition of The Geography of Memory, and next year they will provide […]

Filed Under: Home page, Inhabitants, Landscapes Tagged With: Columbia River, Sinixt

Bears need open space (and maybe some writers do too)

July 19, 2023 by Eileen Delehanty Pearkes 1 Comment

Recently, walking at dusk, residents of a suburban neighborhood near the Ronald Reagan Freeway on the northern edges of the Los Angeles Basin spotted a bear. What? At the edge of highly urbanized Los Angeles county? This is what the landscape looks like on a map. Likely, the bear had been born and raised in […]

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Swimming with the Salmon

June 26, 2023 by Eileen Delehanty Pearkes 1 Comment

I recently followed the Salmon Spirit to the upper Columbia River region, my literary homeland. The first time I felt that spirit’s power was in 2019, when I attended a tribal ceremony marking the release of several dozen ocean Chinook into Lake Roosevelt Reservoir. With the 500+ foot Grand Coulee Dam blocking their ancient pathway, […]

Filed Under: Home page, Landscapes, Uncategorized, Upper Columbia River Region Tagged With: Columbia River, Salmon, Sinixt

Salmon River Dreams

August 1, 2022 by Eileen Delehanty Pearkes 4 Comments

In June, I explored the Snake River system of central and southern Idaho for an upcoming book with Braided River Press. The 2024 book will also feature the beautiful photography of David Moskowitz, which you can see here. The Salmon and its cousin the Clearwater are tributaries to the great Snake, a waterway nearly as […]

Filed Under: Home page, Landscapes, Travel, Uncategorized Tagged With: Columbia River, Nez Perce, Salmon

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About Eileen

Eileen Delehanty Pearkes explores landscape, history and the human imagination in writing, maps and visual notebooks.

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