02609nam a2200433 i 4500 ebr10772926 CaPaEBR m o d cr cn||||||||| 130219t20132013orua ob 001 0 eng|d 9780870717161 (alk. paper) 9780870717178 (e-book) CaPaEBR eng rda pn CaPaEBR (OCoLC)867741927 n-us-or n-us-wa F853 .D87 2013eb 979.7 23 Durbin, Kathie. Bridging a great divide : the battle for the Columbia River Gorge / Kathie Durbin. Corvallis : Oregon State University Press, [2013] �2013 1 online resource (326 pages) : illustrations text rdacontent computer rdamedia online resource rdacarrier 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. 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. Electronic books. Print version: Durbin, Kathie. Bridging a great divide : the battle for the Columbia River Gorge. Corvallis : Oregon State University Press, [2013] xiii, 312 pages 9780870717161 (DLC) 2013006155 ebrary. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10772926 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 128926 128926