The Columbia River Treaty Revisited: Transboundary River Governance in the Face of Uncertainty

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CONTENTS Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii Introduction to Parts I, II, and III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Barbara Cosens, Lynette de Silva, and Adam M. Sowards Part I:The 1964 Columbia River Treaty and the Changing Voices Since 1964. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 The Columbia Exchange:A Canadian Perspective on the Negotiation of the Columbia River Treaty, 1944–1964 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Jeremy Mouat TheTreaty and its Implementation The Columbia River Treaty: Managing for Uncertainty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 James D. Barton and Kelvin Ketchum The Columbia River: Operation under the 1964 Treaty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Anthony G.White ChangingVoices Changes in Empowerment: RisingVoices in Columbia Basin Resource Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Barbara Cosens First Nations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Garry Merkel The River People and the Importance of Salmon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Mary L. Pearson ChangingValues Managing Transboundary Natural Resources:An Assessment of the Need to Revise and Update the Columbia River Treaty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Matthew McKinney The Past and Future of the Columbia River . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115 Paul W. Hirt and Adam M. Sowards Part II: Changes Informed by Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137 The Effects of Dams and Flow Management on Columbia River Ecosystem Processes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138 Chris Peery When Courts Run Regulated Rivers:The Effects of Scientific Uncertainty . .148 Carmen Thomas Morse The Effects of Climate Change on Snow and Water Resources in the Columbia,Willamette, and McKenzie River Basins, U.S.A.: A Nested Watershed Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .175 Anne Nolin, Eric Sproles, and Aimee Brown Part III: Rethinking the Columbia River Treaty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .191 Rethinking the Columbia River Treaty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .192 John Shurts The Columbia River Treaty after 2024 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .249 Chris W. Sanderson Part IV: Governing Transboundary Resources in the Face of Uncertainty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .271 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .272 Matthew McKinney and Edward P.Weber Can an International Treaty Strengthen a Region and Further Social and Environmental Inclusion? Lessons from the Columbia River Treaty . . . . . . . .281 EveVogel Institutional Adaptation and Change in Collaborative Watershed Management: An Examination of the Northwest Power and Conservation Council’s Fish and Wildlife Program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .315 Tanya Heikkila and Andrea K. Gerlak Uncertainty, Society, and Resilience: A Case Study in the Columbia River Basin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .333 Gregory Hill, Steven Kolmes, Eric T. Jones, and Rebecca McLain The Columbia River Treaty in 2014 and Beyond: International Experiences and Lessons Learned . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .365 Stephen McCaffrey, Richard Paisley, Lynette de Silva, and Aaron Wolf Public Participation and Water Management in the European Union: Experiences and Lessons Learned . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .383 Lucia De Stefano and Guido Schmidt The Impact of Institutional Design on the Adaptability of Governing Institutions: Implications for Transboundary River Governance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .398 Craig W.Thomas APPENDIX:The Columbia River Treaty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .411 Contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .437 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .446 ...