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Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
January 3, 2018
U.S., Canada negotiating Columbia treaty
The U.S. State Depart-
ment and the Canadian gov-
ernment are beginning the
renegotiation of the Colum-
bia River Treaty.
The tribes are a necessary
part to the process, as the
Treaty of 1855 preserves
the tribal interests at the
river.
The Columbia River
Treaty between the U.S. and
Canada was ratified in 1964.
The document focuses on
flood control and hydroelec-
tric power generation.
It calls for Canada to
store water behind four ma-
jor dams on the river, whose
headwaters lie in British Co-
lumbia. In return, Canada
received electricity generated
by U.S. dams, plus funding
W.S. winter
classes starting
Winter term adult Basic
Reading and Writing, and
Math classes begin in Warm
Springs next week.
The first week is for reg-
istration and orientation: Go
to a class to enroll.
Basic Reading and Writ-
ing is on Mondays and
Wednesdays, and Basic
Math is on Tuesdays and
Thursdays.
Classes will be from 1-4
p.m. at the Education build-
ing, room 302. Madras
classes are the same days
during the evening at the
COCC Madras Campus,
room 116.
for flood control.
The treaty has no expira-
tion date, but a provision al-
lows for changes, with 10
years notice, beginning in
2024. In 2014 lawmakers
and other stakeholders
called for the new talks.
The issues won’t be easy.
Values and priorities have
changed over the past 50-
plus years, especially in re-
gard to salmon, dam op-
erations, and tribal treaty
rights. Negotiations to-
ward the original 1964
treaty included very little
consideration of the im-
pact of dams on fish.
Electricity and fisheries
will no doubt be key points
in the negotiation process.
An example: Electricity
users in the Pacific North-
west pay $250 million to
$350 million a year to
Canada a year for power
generation—much higher
than the utilities envisioned
back in 1964.
In November, seven
members of the Washing-
ton and Oregon congres-
sional delegations sent a let-
ter to the Canadian ambas-
sador in Washington, D.C.,
arguing that the monetary
sums are way too high. In
the letter, the bipartisan
group estimated that Canada
receives almost 10 times the
benefits that the Northwest
receives.
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