Introduction: the gift in our back yard -- The vision -- Hardly wilderness -- Watchdogs -- Saving Steigerwald -- Balancing act -- The launch -- Writing the rules -- Early friction -- The too-tall house -- Fear and loathing -- Land rush -- Oregon pushback -- A pile of rocks -- Time to amend -- Great debates -- Showdown at Lyle Point -- A destination resort -- Rails to trails -- The haze curtain -- Logging loopholes -- The casino deal -- Whistling Ridge -- Restoring a legacy -- Rebuilding a historic highway -- The recreation challenge -- Cape Horn convergence -- A river unleashed -- A quarter-century -- The fight continues.
