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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789579103321

Autore

Durbin Kathie

Titolo

Bridging a great divide : the battle for the Columbia River Gorge / / Kathie Durbin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Corvallis : , : Oregon State University Press, , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

0-87071-717-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (312 p.)

Disciplina

979.7

Soggetti

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

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.