Bureau of Reclamation Banner
Reclamation Home             Reclamation Offices             Newsroom             Library             Projects & Facilities

Grand Coulee Dam: Employment & Community Information

Working for Reclamation

By working for the Bureau of Reclamation, you will have an opportunity to advance in your chosen career through the experience you will gain. Reclamation is a multicultural organization, recognized world-wide for its technical excellence in water and related resources. The mission of Reclamation is to manage, develop and protect water and related resources in an environmentally and economically sound manner in the interest of the American public.

Area Information

Grand Coulee Dam is located in eastern Washington, 85 miles northwest of Spokane, Washington. The area includes four small communities with a total population of approximately 3,000 people. Adequate school, religious organizations, health, shopping, restaurants, and housing are available.

Recreational opportunities in the area include boating, waterskiing, sailing, swimming, and fishing. Fall and winter sports include hunting, ice fishing, snowmobiling, and cross-country skiing. There is an eighteen-hole, all-grass golf course, bowling alley, and weekend movie theater. The area borders four counties and the Colville Indian Reservation. Summers are hot and winters are cold with very little precipitation.

More Information

Pacific Northwest Region Employment Information

USAJOBS
www.usajobs.opm.gov

Grand Coulee Area Chamber of Commerce
www.grandcouleedam.org

Grand Coulee Dam Area
www.grandcouleedam.com

 

Last Update: February 8, 2007 3:56 PM