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Author Durbin, Kathie

Title Bridging a great divide : the battle for the Columbia River Gorge / Kathie Durbin
Published Corvallis : Oregon State University Press, 2013

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Contents 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Cultural property -- Protection -- Columbia River Gorge (Or. and Wash.)
Nature conservation -- Columbia River Gorge (Or. and Wash.)
Politics and government
SUBJECT Columbia River Gorge (Or. and Wash.) -- Politics and government
Columbia River Gorge (Or. and Wash.) -- Environmental conditons
Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area (Or. and Wash.) -- History
Subject United States -- Columbia River Gorge
United States -- Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780870717178
0870717170