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Also known as the Pacific Cedar
It is one of the tallest trees in the world

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A smaller flower like plant
An extract from this plant was actually used to kill Socrates

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330ft tall
The closer the tree is to the coast the larger it gets

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Lifespan is 13 years
Can be 730lbs but on 4'9"

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Can fly speed over 240MPH
Its scientific name actually is just Falco

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known for building large dams
Can grow to be 71lbs

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160 feet high
large leaves

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Its the symbol Nevada

can be 12 feet high

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Wing span is 7.5 feet long

Weigh about 14lbs

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Can be 6'9"

lifespan is 25 years

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Weigh about 150 lbs

Largest horn out of sheep species

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A Hawk that is very common in America

Very strong and large talons

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3rd largest bear

Eats the fish (salmon) in the river

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At the end of the river long journey it finally empties into the Pacific Ocean

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This river flows into the Colombia River giving the river much of its water

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Some dams are useful for electricity or irrigation, but the cause problems. They effect fish migration which slows down the reproduction rate and kills the fish.

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During the 80's, this dam provide 1/5 of the worlds hydroelectricity. This played as a huge factor for American growth in the West.

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In 1775, Bruno de Heceta became the first European to find the mouth of the Columbia River. British fur trader Captain John Mearesm, looked for  the river based on Heceta's reports, in 1788. He misread the currents, and decided that the river did not exist. British Royal Navy commander, George Vancouver, sailed past the mouth in April 1792, but did not explore it, assuming Meares' reports were correct. On May 11, 1792, the American captain, Robert Gray, managed to sail into the Columbia, becoming the first explorer to enter it. Gray had traveled to the Pacific Northwest to trade for furs in a privately owned vessel named Columbia Rediviva; he named the river after the ship.

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In the last Ice Age, the river flooded causing many valleys to be filled with water creating new rivers and tributaries. Even though this may sound good, multiple tribes were killed and thousands of animals and plant life perished.

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Volcanic activity
See how and where old indigenous tribes lived and survived

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Salmon and other fish
Black Bear
Grizzly Bear
Beavers
Deer
Elk
Moose
Sheep
Bighorn Sheep
Birds
Eagles
Falcons
Hawks
White Hawks
Ospreys
Cranes
Bald Eagle
Peregrine Falcon

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The Colombia River covers 258,000 square miles. Its 1,200 mile course passes through the United States and Canada.

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Radioactive waste is released into the river from the 9 nuclear facilities located around the river. Chemical pesticides, bacteria, arsenic, dioxins, and poly-chlorinated biphenyis have been found in the water. Industries have been forced to move farther away from the river.

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Sockeye Salmon
Coho
Chinook
Steelhead
White Strugen
Squafish
Seining Salmon

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Sagebrush
Bunchgrass
Shrubs
Pine
Evergreen
Ponderosa Pine
Fir trees
Larch
Willow
Black CottonWood
Douglas Fir
Hemlocks
Red Cedar
Western Red Cedar