Bridging a Great Divide : The Battle for the Columbia River Gorge.
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TextPublisher: Corvallis : Oregon State University Press, 2013Copyright date: ©2013Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (326 pages)Content type: - text
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- 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
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Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Gift in Our Back Yard -- Part I: The Vision -- Chapter 1: Hardly Wilderness -- Chapter 2: The Watchdogs -- Chapter 3: Saving Steigerwald -- Chapter 4: Balancing Act -- Part II: The Launch -- Chapter 5: Writing the Rules -- Chapter 6: Early Friction -- Chapter 7: The Too-Tall House -- Chapter 8: Fear and Loathing -- Chapter 9: Land Rush -- Chapter 10: Oregon Pushback -- Chapter 11: A Pile of Rocks -- Chapter 12: Time to Amend -- Part III: Great Debates -- Chapter 13: Showdown at Lyle Point -- Chapter 14: A Destination Resort -- Chapter 15: Rails to Trails -- Chapter 16: The Haze Curtain -- Chapter 17: Logging Loopholes -- Chapter 18: The Casino Deal -- Chapter 19: Whistling Ridge -- Part IV: Restoring a Legacy -- Chapter 20: Rebuilding a Historic Route -- Chapter 21: The Recreation Challenge -- Chapter 22: Cape Horn Convergence -- Chapter 23: A River Unleashed -- Chapter 24: A Quarter Century -- Chapter 25: The Fight for the Gorge Continues -- Sources -- Index.
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