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Sandra Pinches's avatar

I used to take my dog to Thousand Acres years ago. It's heartbreaking and enraging to see the damage that the leftists have caused to yet another natural area.

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Ollie Parks's avatar

I remember when they just used to chain themselves to trees to save forests from destruction.

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Sandra Pinches's avatar

Those were the good old days.

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SteveDunn's avatar

I don't know where you find the determination to go on, Kevin.

But I deeply appreciate your constant insight and attention to some of the most basic elements of not having a legal home to call your own.

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Ollie Parks's avatar

If, and only is, the Thousand Acres Dog Park is within the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, an esteemed member of Portland's patrician set might be prevailed upon to call on his his connections in the halls of power to do something about this catastrophe. He is Mr. Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area. Meet Bo Blair:

Bowen “Bo” Blair is widely recognized as one of the principal architects of the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area Act, a landmark piece of environmental legislation that has preserved one of the Pacific Northwest’s most treasured landscapes. A graduate of Yale University and Lewis & Clark Law School, Blair’s legal acumen and political diplomacy were instrumental in forging the complex coalition—spanning state lines, federal agencies, tribal nations, and private stakeholders—that brought the Act to fruition in 1986.

Over the decades, Blair has received numerous honors for his conservation work, including the National River Hero Award from American Rivers, recognition from the Trust for Public Land, and commendations from Oregon’s governors and U.S. senators. He is often credited with ensuring that the Columbia Gorge remains a place of unrivaled natural beauty, protected from unchecked development, billboard blight, and the creeping edge of urban sprawl.

Blair has served in leadership roles at the Friends of the Columbia Gorge and other regional nonprofits focused on environmental stewardship and public access. His legacy is evident not only in preserved vistas but in the robust legal framework that continues to govern land use, recreation, and ecological protection throughout the Scenic Area.

Though now in a later chapter of his career, Blair remains a revered figure in Northwest conservation circles—a patrician public-interest lawyer whose influence has literally reshaped the landscape.

You'd need to find out how to contact him and figure out how to pitch this to him in a way that he'd find compelling.

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Amber Kat Morgan's avatar

That's a lawyers wet dream....how do dumber than me?...well, say what happens when my autistic child- an explorer by design...escaped his ropes...and wanderers in THERE out of unfettered curiosity ...And gets blown up (blowd up for embellishment's sake)...but somehow clings to life...and survives.... LIABILITY-----> WHO...AND HOW MANY HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS IS IT GONNA TAKE TO COMPENSATE OUR INJURY? 🤕 🩸

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