Saving the Willamette
Author | : Joe R Blakely |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 174 |
Release | : 2020-02-24 |
ISBN-10 | : 9798613675111 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 (11 Downloads) |
Download or read book Saving the Willamette written by Joe R Blakely and published by . This book was released on 2020-02-24 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.