To the south, is the “Okanogan” and to the north, is the “Okanagan”, and connecting the two is the gentle and meandering Similkameen River with a place called Shankers Bend which is now poised to challenge two nations as they both react to issues of climate change and energy.
This story began with a request from the State of Washington to Public Utility District No. 1 of Okanogan
County (PUD) to identify potential water storage areas and power generation sites that could feed into the state power grid. For the small publicly owned utility there was one on the books from many years ago called Shankers Bend Dam. more
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