Willamette River greenways : navigating the currents of conservation policy and practice / Travis Williams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Williams, Travis, author.

Contributor:

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental protection--Oregon--Willamette River Greenway.

Environmental protection.

Stream restoration--Oregon--Willamette River Greenway.

Stream restoration.

Stream restoration--Government policy--Oregon--Willamette River Greenway.

Willamette Restoration Initiative (Or.).

Government policy.

Willamette River Greenway (Or.)--History.

Willamette River Greenway (Or.).

Oregon--Willamette River Greenway.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

x, 196 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Corvallis : Oregon State University Press, 2022.

Summary:

"The Willamette River Greenway Program, first proposed in 1966 by future Oregon governor Bob Straub, envisioned a nearly two-hundred-mile assemblage of public lands along the Willamette River for public use and environmental protection. While the Greenway Program fell far short of Straub's original proposal, today it provides for significant riverside lands with a range of public benefits. The Greenway Program also offers a useful lens through which to view the successes and failures of Oregon's environmental protection policies over the past few decades. Travis Williams, executive director of Willamette Riverkeeper, has spent countless hours paddling the Willamette, becoming familiar with its flora, fauna, and human neighbors. In Willamette River Greenways, he combines personal narrative about his experiences on the river with nuanced consideration of the controversies and challenges of the Greenway Program. Williams sheds light on current land stewardship practices, revealing the institutional and leadership failures that endanger the river's water quality and habitat, and looks to the program's future. He also takes readers with him onto the water, sharing what it's like to travel the river by canoe, paying homage to the river's natural beauty and the host of wildlife species that call it home. Part policy analysis, part advocacy, and all love letter to one of Oregon's great rivers, Willamette River Greenways offers valuable perspective to policymakers, land use managers, and recreational river users alike"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. The River's Gift

2. The Willamette Greenway Program

3. Blue Ruin

4. Welcome Solitude

5. A River Treasure

6. Norwood Island Outpost

7. Hidden Beauty

8. The Three Greens

9. The Willamette Mission

10. Assemblages

11. Challenging Traditions

12. Fairfields

13. The Craft

14. Looking Ahead.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

9780870711442

087071144X

OCLC:

1303907718