Older Issues

Summer 2011 Issue

Contents:

  • Lake Roosevelt Draw Down Lowest Since 2011
  • State's Transportation Budget Includes Money for New Keller Ferry
  • Student Discovery Week 2011

Winter 2011 Issue

Contents:

  • Environmental Assessment to Determine Future of Lake Cabins
  • Guest Editorial: Making Sense of the Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study
  • Massachusetts General Hospital doctors to research colitis type diseases in Northport
  • RI/FS 2011 Sampling and Report Status
  • Forum Conference a success
  • Collecting artifacts results in fine, probation for Kettle Falls man
  • 2011 Spring Draw Down at Lake Roosevelt

Fall 2010 Issue

Contents:

  • Getting to Know: Lake Roosevelt Water Festival
  • Men at Work
  • New Exhibits Opened at Fort Spokane
  • Survey Says
  • Lawsuit to Determine Potential Teck Liability
  • LR Water + Funding = Water to Farmers
  • Canadian Mural Educates & Reminds

Summer 2010 Issue

Contents:

  • Getting to Know: Janice Elvidge
  • Landslide Warning, Public Caution Advised
  • RI/FS 2010 Sampling and Report Status
  • Beach and Air Quality Reports Allay Some Concerns
  • Burning Docks at Moccasin Bay Cause Damage
  • Student Discovery Week 2010
  • Federal Stimulus Funds Help Upgrade Facilities
  • District Court Upholds Challenge to the Storage Release Project

Winter 2010 Issue

Contents:

  • Getting to Know: Voyages of Rediscovery
  • Black Sand Beach Removal Project Making Progress
  • Third Power Plant Generating Units Starting Multi-year Overhaul
  • 500-kV Transmission Lines Being Diagnosed for Grand Coulee Dam

Fall 2009 Issue

Contents:

  • Contaminant Studies Begin
  • 2010 Action Planned for Black Sand Beach
  • Shoreline Master Plan Open for Public Comments
  • 32 African Elephants Travel to Canada via Lake Roosevelt
  • Environmental Assessment for Lake Cabin Permits
  • Lake Roosevelt Drawdown
  • Big Wave Damages Campground

Winter 2008 Issue

Contents:

  • Plan for Lake Roosevelt Drawdown
  • Grand Coulee Dam Celebrates Her 75th
  • All Remains Quiet on the Superfund Front
  • Lake Cabin Special Permits Under Review

Spring 2008 Issue

Contents:

  • Public Affairs Officer Selected
  • Lake Operations 2008
  • Legislation Passes to Support Withdrawing More Water
  • Are Lake Roosevelt Fish Safe to Eat?
  • US Supreme Court Weights in on Superfund Case
  • Spring Fish Closure to Support Redband Trout

Winter 2007-2008 Issue

Contents:

  • Forum Conference Once Again Attracts People from New and Far
  • Guest Editorial
  • Park Service Asks Neighbors to Help Protect the Park
  • Teck Cominco and EPA Close to Agreeing on RI/FS Work Plan

Spring 2007 Issue

Contents:

  • Enjoying Lake Roosevelt, 2007
  • Craig Sprankle Says Farewell
  • Water Trail Being Planned for Lake Roosevelt
  • Student Discovery Week 2007

Winter 2007 Issue

Contents:

  • Northwest Power and Conservation Council Recommendations
  • Getting to Know
  • Lake Roosevelt Forum Survey, Enter to Win $100 Certificate!
  • Protecting and Respecting Cultural Resources at Lake Roosevelt
  • Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area Has Another Successful Year

Fall 2006 Issue

Contents:

  • Lake Roosevelt a Focal Point for Columbia River Water Management Program
  • Getting to Know
  • EPA Reports on Sediment and Fish Tissue Sampling
  • Teck Cominco Selects Project Manager and Contractor for RI/FS
  • Forum Hosts Educational Houseboat Tour

Spring 2006 Issue

Contents:

  • EPA and Teck Cominco Reach Joint Agreement to Study Human and Ecological Effects of Historic Sediment Contamination
  • Getting to Know
  • Remodeled Grand Coulee Dam Visitor's Center Open
  • Fishing Dates
  • Forum Conference has Record Attendance
  • Student Discovery Week 2006

Winter 2006 Issue

Contents:

  • Lake Operations 2006
  • Getting to Know
  • Environmental Report Shows Columbia River Improving in Canada
  • LRF Conference 2006

Summer 2005 Issue

Contents:

  • Spokane Tribe Nears Historic Settlement
  • Getting to Know
  • Canadian First Nations Request Enforcement of 1941 Conditions of Approval of GCD
  • Update: EPA Remedial Investigation and Reasibility Study

Spring 2005 Issue

Contents:

  • Student Discovery Week 2005 Another Big Success
  • Forum Helps Host Upper Columbia Fisheries Conference
  • Fishing Dates
  • Student Discovery Week Photos & Poems

Winter 2005 Issue

Contents:

  • Lake Operations 2005
  • Columbia River Initiative Hearings
  • Coulee Corridor Gains in Popularity
  • National Recreation Area Management Planning Updates
  • Colville Watershed Planning

Fall 2004 Issue

Contents:

  • Forum Annual Conference a Big Success
  • Quoteables: Thoughts from Conference Participants
  • Public Hearings to be Held on State's Columbia River Initiative
  • Columbia River Initiative Rule-Making Time

Summer 2004 Issue

Contents:

  • Columbia River Initiative May Mean Summer Drawdown for Lake Roosevelt

Spring 2004 Issue

Contents:

  • Upper Columbia White Sturgeon Released in Lake Roosevelt for First Time
  • Guest Column - Matt Howell
  • Student Discovery Week 2004
  • Forum Hosts Educational Houseboat Tour
  • White Sturgeon Community Awareness Program Begins
  • Council Seeks Public Comments on Subbasin Plans
  • EPA Gearing Up for Investigation of Upper Columbia
  • What is an RI/FS?
  • PWC Use Allowed Within Lake Roosevelt

Winter 2004 Issue

Contents:

  • You’re Invited to Outlook 2004
  • Guest Column - Mary Verner
  • Invasive Species
  • Storage & Operating Capacity of Lake Roosevelt
  • Public Comments Sought

Fall 2003 Issue

Contents:

  • National Park Service Will Seek Public Comment for Proposed Watercraft Regulations
  • Guest Column - Tom Eaton
  • Subbasin Planning for Lake Roosevelt

Summer 2003 Issue

Contents:

  • Forum Open House & Steering Committee Meeting
  • Guest Column - Sue Kahle
  • Sediment Comtamination
  • New GIS Data Useful
  • Fall Lake Levels & Fisheries
  • Summer Visitations

Spring 2003 Issue

Contents:

  • Forum Hosts 2003 Conference
  • Guest Column - Tim Peone
  • Forum Develops Noxious Weed Control Group
  • Student Discovery Week 2003
  • Fisheries Evaluation
  • Prize Winners
  • Personal Watercraft Banned

Winter 2003 Issue

Contents:

  • Lake Operations: Outlook 2003
  • Guest Column - Tony Delgado
  • Spring Conference Schedule
  • August Drawdown on Banks Lake?

Fall 2002 Issue

Contents:

  • EPA Draft Site Investigation Report
  • Guest Column - Debbie Bird
  • Environmental Analysis to Determine Future of Personal Watercraft
  • Visitations Set Record High
  • Fish Tag Prize Winners
  • Forum Hosts Educational Tour of Lake

Summer 2002 Issue

Contents:

  • Forum Helps Transboundary Natural Resource Conference
  • Guest Column - Merrill Ott
  • Student Discovery Week 2002