View Related Episode: Columbia Gorge: The Fight for Paradise

As the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Act turns 25, a look back at its dual mandate of protection and economic development.

First Broadcast: 2011
Producer: Christy George
Editor: Lisa Suinn Kallem
Reporters: Jule Gilfillan, Ed Jahn, Vince Patton
Chief Videographer: Nicholas Fisher
Videographers: Michael Bendixen, Greg Bond, Tom Shrider, Todd Sonflieth

Appeared in episode: Columbia Gorge: The Fight for Paradise

Oregon Field Guide "Missoula Floods"

Oregon Field Guide "Missoula Floods Erratics"

Oregon Experience "The River They Saw"

Think Out Loud “Capturing the Gorge”

Oregon Experience "Sam Hill"

Text of the National Scenic Act

25th Anniversary

Chuck Williams’ tribe

Friends of the Gorge

Oregon Field Guide "Gorge Wildflowers"

The Gorge Commission

US Forest Service in the Gorge

Court cases

Whistling Ridge Energy

Oregon Field Guide story on Wind Turbine School

Wind meets hydro in the Gorge

Think Out Loud "What Wind Means for the Gorge"

Gorge Discovery Center

Columbia Gorge bike trail:

Historic Columbia River Highway

Blowing up the Condit Dam

Ecotrope "5 ways the Northwest grid is getting smarter"

Woody Guthrie’s Bonneville Dam gig

The future of Gorge utilities

Gorge recreation

Think Out Loud "Bottling it Up in Cascade Locks"

Oregon Field Guide "Gorge Tugboat"

Confluence Project

Think Out Loud "Maya Lin and the Confluence Project"

Earthfix "How The Columbia Gorge Scenic Act Helps Native Species"

Arts & Life Slideshow: Columbia River Gorge

Earthfix "A Guide to Haze in the Columbia River Gorge"

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