Bridging a great divide : the battle for the Columbia River Gorge / Kathie Durbin.
By: Durbin, Kathie.
Material type: BookPublisher: Corvallis : Oregon State University Press, [2013]Copyright date: �2013Description: 1 online resource (326 pages) : illustrations.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780870717178 (e-book).Subject(s): 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 governmentGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 979.7 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to viewItem type | Current location | Collection | Call number | URL | Copy number | Status | Date due | Item holds |
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E-book | IUKL Library | Subscripti | http://site.ebrary.com/lib/kliuc/Doc?id=10772926 | 1 | Available |
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.
Description based on print version record.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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