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

A Force for Nature is a biography of Nancy Russell and her successful campaign to establish and protect the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area. Bowen Blair tells the story of the activist who fought one of the most fiercely contested conservation battles of the 1980s, interweaving it with the natural and political history of the legendary landscape that inspired her. The 85-mile-long Columbia Gorge forms part of the border between Oregon and Washington and is one of the nation’s most...