Saving the Willamette: A History of Oregon's Heartland River (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798613675111)

This is the story of the Willamette River from its birth to the 21st century. Confined in the Willamette Basin, the river has been a way of life for valley inhabitants. From early Native Americans to modern man the river has been a vital source of nourishment, floods, steamboats, agriculture, pollution, conservation, and recreation. In the mid-20th century pollution reigned. Governors McCall and Straub fought for a clean river, and the Willamette Greenway-a strip of land 150 feet wide on both banks of the Willamette from Eugene to Portland. Farmers fought that plan which resulted in a 1970s compromise. That solution still exists today.

Author: Joe R. Blakely
ISBN-10: 8613675115
ISBN-13: 9798613675111
Publisher: Independently Published
Language: English
Published: 02/24/2020
Pages: 174
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 8.80h x 5.90w x 0.60d