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Hockey and gravity

March 10, 2025 by Eileen Delehanty Pearkes 2 Comments

This morning, major U.S. news outlets led with a story about Mark Carney winning his bid for the leadership of the Canadian Liberal Party, replacing Justin Trudeau and his sunny ways. Storm clouds have been on the horizon between the two countries for a while now. The wind is picking up. In his acceptance speech, […]

Filed Under: Home page, Landscapes, Upper Columbia River Region, Water Tagged With: Canada, Columbia River, Mark Carney

Salmon and Columbia River Treaty flood control

December 19, 2024 by Eileen Delehanty Pearkes 2 Comments

If you haven’t listened to Wide Open, an audio series about the 1973 US Endangered Species Act by Montana journalist Nick Mott, it’s worth a listen. His episode about the Tennessee Valley Authority and the small fish that almost stopped a dam being completed made me think of the Columbia River salmon populations. Before dams, […]

Filed Under: Home page, Uncategorized, Water Tagged With: Columbia River, Columbia River Treaty, Salmon

The path of Mt. Rainier’s Snow

June 13, 2024 by Eileen Delehanty Pearkes 1 Comment

Touring Big River since June 1 has brought me into the sights of Mt. Rainier. On clear days, this pinnacle rises high above the Seattle skyline and busy port. I’ve been lucky enough to see it often during my time here. Most of the snow on Mt. Rainier descends to the ocean. The snow on […]

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

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 […]

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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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  • Challenging conversations: a unique Stanford symposium on the Columbia River
  • 600-Strong: whoever would have thought?
  • Hockey and gravity
  • Salmon and Columbia River Treaty flood control
  • Flexible Concrete and the Imagined Valve

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