Proponents of a destination recreation resort at the former Broughton Lumber Company site got a boost at Tuesday’s meeting of the Columbia River Gorge Commission. By RODGER NICHOLS of The Chronicle Commissioner Dan Harkenrider of the U.S. Forest Service announced that the recreation resort amendment (PA-06-01) to the National Scenic Area Management Plan had been […]
By KATHIE DURBIN, COLUMBIAN STAFF WRITER Although the proposed Broughton Landing site is in Washington, the appeal was filed Friday in the Oregon Court of Appeals. Friends conservation director Michael Lang said the appellants made that choice because Oregon’s land use law, unlike Washington’s, specifically prohibits destination resorts in the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area. […]
The proposed Broughton destination resort facility west of Underwood now has some major momentum. Court appeal anticipated By Jesse Burkhardt The White Salmon Enterprise On April 8, members of the Columbia River Gorge Commission (CRGC) voted 10-2 to approve an amendment of the National Scenic Area’s Management Plan that creates policies and guidelines for a new […]
Tuesday’s decision by the Columbia River Gorge Commission to modify the National Scenic Area Management Plan concerning the former Broughton Lumber Company mill site does not mean we will see bulldozers ripping down the old buildings any time soon. April 10, 2008 Editorial The Dalles Chronicle Though the owners’ plans to redevelop the site as […]
A proposal to redevelop the decaying former Broughton Lumber mill site west of Bingen into a $80 to $90 million destination resort cleared a major hurdle Tuesday. The Columbia River Gorge Commission passed an amendment to the Management Plan for the National Scenic Area that would greatly expand the scale of what could be done […]
Land use – The approval is the first step toward clearing the way for building a multimillion-dollar resort Wednesday, April 09, 2008 BRAD SCHMIDT The Oregonian STEVENSON, Wash. — The agency charged by Congress with protecting the Columbia River Gorge voted Tuesday to revise its land-use management plan in a move that could clear the […]
STEVENSON — The owners of a defunct Columbia River Gorge lumber mill won the first round Tuesday in what’s likely to be a long legal bout with those who oppose their plan to build a $70 million destination resort on the site near Underwood. Wednesday, April 09, 2008 By KATHIE DURBIN, Columbian Staff Writer But […]
The Columbia River Gorge Commission is almost certain to vote Tuesday on a complex proposal that has consumed a vast quantily of staff time and resources for two years. By RODGER NICHOLS of The Dalles Chronicle On April 1, 2006, the commission toured the former Broughton Lumber Company mill site along Highway 14 next to […]
To the editor: There’s a crisis in the gorge, but it has nothing to do with the impacts of environmental contamination or even the outfall of a legislative Plan Amendment proposal. April 6, 2008 The Dalles Chronicle The Friends of the Gorge opposition to Broughton Lumber Company’s proposal to return its long-derelict former lumber mill […]
An initial investigation of possible contamination at the Broughton Mill site need not delay a vote on its proposed redevelopment, says Jay Manning, director of the Department of Ecology. Tuesday, April 01, 2008 By KATHIE DURBIN, Columbian staff writer In a letter dated Friday and sent to all members of the Columbia River Gorge Commission, […]
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