Bridging a great divide : the battle for the Columbia River Gorge / Kathie Durbin.
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TextPublisher: Corvallis : Oregon State University Press, [2013]Copyright date: �2013Description: 1 online resource (326 pages) : illustrationsContent type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780870717178 (e-book)
- Nature conservation -- Columbia River Gorge (Or. and Wash.)
- Cultural property -- Protection -- Columbia River Gorge (Or. and Wash.)
- Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area (Or. and Wash.) -- History
- Columbia River Gorge (Or. and Wash.) -- Environmental conditions
- Columbia River Gorge (Or. and Wash.) -- Politics and government
- 979.7 23
- F853 .D87 2013
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: the gift in our back yard -- The vision -- Hardly wilderness -- Watchdogs -- Saving Steigerwald -- Balancing act -- The launch -- Writing the rules -- Early friction -- The too-tall house -- Fear and loathing -- Land rush -- Oregon pushback -- A pile of rocks -- Time to amend -- Great debates -- Showdown at Lyle Point -- A destination resort -- Rails to trails -- The haze curtain -- Logging loopholes -- The casino deal -- Whistling Ridge -- Restoring a legacy -- Rebuilding a historic highway -- The recreation challenge -- Cape Horn convergence -- A river unleashed -- A quarter-century -- The fight continues.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
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