A Force For Nature, $25-$50

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

By Bowen Blair

A Force for Nature is a biography of Friends of the Columbia Gorge founder Nancy Russell and her successful campaign to establish and protect the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area. Former Friends Executive Director Bowen Blair tells the story of the unlikely 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.