A Force for Nature : Nancy Russell's Fight to Save the Columbia Gorge /

"By 1980, the Columbia Gorge's world-class vistas were on the brink of destruction. Every generation since 1907 had tried to protect the Gorge from development but had failed. A Force for Nature describes how Nancy Russell, a mother of four with no political, fundraising, or organizing exp...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Blair, Bowen (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Corvallis : Oregon State University Press, [2022]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Russell, Nancy, > 1932-2008.
Women political activists.
Politics and government.
Ecology.
Conservationists.
Cultural property > Protection > Columbia River Gorge (Or. and Wash.)
Nature conservation > Columbia River Gorge (Or. and Wash.)
Women political activists > Oregon > Biography.
Conservationists > Oregon > Biography.
United States > Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area.
United States > Columbia River Gorge.
Oregon.
Columbia River Gorge (Or. and Wash.) > Politics and government.
Columbia River Gorge (Or. and Wash.) > Environmental conditions.
Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area (Or. and Wash.) > History.
History.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Dinner at The Shire, July 31, 1979
  • The source, 1932-1949
  • The confluence, 1946-1979
  • Into the maelstrom, 1979-1982
  • The berthing, 1983-1985
  • The landing, 1986
  • Roll on, Columbia, 1987-2003
  • So Roll on, Columbia, roll on, 1988-2003
  • Into the sea, 2004-2008.

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