The Grand Coulee Dam in the Columbia River Basin in Washington state is an impressive feat of engineering and continues to be of enormous economic benefit to the people of Washington, Oregon, and California for the fact that it generates an abundance of electricity and provides irrigation for thousands of acres of farmland. However, Grand Coulee Dam also came with a heavy price tag. Not only did it cost the US taxpayers millions of dollars, but the environment, wildlife, and the native people who live in the area paid a price.
Watch all of this movie and answer the questions below.
Looking at the Grand Coulee project through the prism of public policy, your assignment is to answer the following questions:
1. What were the political and economic issues that the dam project addressed? Was it possible to separate politics from the technical aspects of building the dam?
2. Who were the main players in the building of Grand Coulee Dam?
3. What were the human, natural, and financial resources used to build the dam and how were these resources implemented?
4. Which institutions were involved in building the dam?
5. What government agencies were responsible for seeing the dam to completion? What government agencies were responsible for mitigating the negative effects of the building of Grand Coulee Dam?
target 100 words per each questions
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