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Bridging a Great Divide: The Battle for the Columbia River Gorge
Kathie Durbin
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Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK; JPQB; RND; RP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 531.
In 1986, President Ronald Reagan signed the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area Act, setting into motion one of the great land-use experiments of modern times. The act struck a compromise between protection for one of the West’s most stunning landscapes—the majestic Gorge carved by Ice Age floods, which today divides Washington and Oregon—and encouragement of compatible economic development in communities on both sides of the river.
In Bridging a Great Divide, award-winning environmental journalist Kathie Durbin draws on interviews, correspondence, and extensive research to tell the story of the major shifts in the Gorge since the Act’s passage. ... Read more
In 1986, President Ronald Reagan signed the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area Act, setting into motion one of the great land-use experiments of modern times. The act struck a compromise between protection for one of the West’s most stunning landscapes—the majestic Gorge carved by Ice Age floods, which today divides Washington and Oregon—and encouragement of compatible economic development in communities on both sides of the river.
In Bridging a Great Divide, award-winning environmental journalist Kathie Durbin draws on interviews, correspondence, and extensive research to tell the story of the major shifts in the Gorge since the Act’s passage. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Oregon State University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
Corvallis, OR, United States
ISBN
9780870717161
SKU
V9780870717161
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About Kathie Durbin
Kathie Durbin was an award-winning journalist who worked at the Eugene Register-Guard, Willamette Week, The Oregonian, and The Columbian. She is also the author of Tree Huggers: Victory, Defeat, and Renewal in the Northwest Ancient Forest Campaign and Tongass: Pulp Politics and the Fight for the Alaska Rain Forest (OSU Press).
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