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Autore |
Durbin Kathie |
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Bridging a great divide : the battle for the Columbia River Gorge / / Kathie Durbin |
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Corvallis : , : Oregon State University Press, , [2013] |
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©2013 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (312 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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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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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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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