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Go behind the scenes with Seattle Times journalists who share their four-month journey of discovery along the great river of the West, the Columbia. From the top of Grand Coulee Dam, to the Heart of the Monster in Nez Perce country, their work revealed the river’s origins in fire and ice, the scramble to satisfy competing needs and the cost of converting this wild river into hundreds of miles of engineered slackwater. Read The Seattle Times series 'How we pushed the Columbia, the great river of the West, to its limit.'

Presenters include:

Lynda Mapes, Author and Journalist (retired), The Seattle Times
Fiona Martin, Graphic Artist & Science Illustrator, The Seattle Times
Lauren Frohne, Video Journalist, The Seattle Times
Erika Schultz, Photojournalist, The Seattle Times