By Becky Kramer, The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash. Jun. 11--In 1807, explorer David Thompson watched salmon spawn at Columbia Lake in what is now British Columbia. The fish were so abundant that his clerk speared them at night by torchlight.

By Roger Petterson Associated Press Looking for a short getaway with a wildlife theme? Go watch a winter convention of bald eagles, the soaring national symbols that head south to spend the cold months along lakes and rivers where they're easier to see than usual.

By James Hagengruber, The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash. Oct. 2--A dam nearly as big as Grand Coulee could be built in coming years to store water on Hawk Creek -- a tributary of Lake Roosevelt -- as part of a plan to bring more water to increasingly parched portions of Washington.

GRAND COULEE DAM, Wash. - Tourists are flocking back to the nation's engineering marvels - the dams, bridges and other structures that had seen increased security and lightened visitor traffic since September 2001 - despite the fact that they're still potential terrorist targets.