Title | Landscapes of Promise: the Oregon Story, 1800-1940 |
Publication Type | Book |
Year of Publication | 1997 |
Authors | Robbins, William G. |
Pagination | 392 p. |
Publisher | University of Washington Press |
City | Seattle, Wa. |
Call Number | OSU Libraries: Valley GE155.O7 R63 1997, COCC GE155.O7 R63 1997 |
Keywords | abundance, agriculture, dams, depleted populations, environmental law and policy, general, hatcheries, historical, human impacts, industrial development, logging, mining, Pacific salmonid species (Oncorhynchus spp.) |
Notes | An excellent overview of Oregon's early environmental history. There is an inevitable emphasis on the Columbia and Willamette Rivers, but the author does extend his attention to the whole state. |