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SKAMANIA CTY. v. COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE COM'N

No. 68602-5.

26 P.3d 241 (2001)

144 Wash.2d 30

SKAMANIA COUNTY, Appellant, v. COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE COMMISSION, Respondent, and Friends of the Columbia Gorge, Respondent-Intervenor. Brian Bea and Jody Bea, husband and wife, Appellants, v. Columbia River Gorge Commission, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided June 28, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bradley Andersen, Skamania County Prosecutor, Stevenson, Hillis, Clark, Martin & Peterson, Jerome Louis Hillis, Lynne Michele Cohee, Amy C. Williams-Derry, Seattle, Groen, Stephens & Klinghe, John Maurice Groen, Bellevue, Pacific Legal Foundation, Timothy M. Harris, Bellevue, for appellant.

Oregon Attorney General's Office, Michael D. Reynolds, Salem, Jonathan Aurel Gurish, Asst. Attorney General, Olympia, Bart A. Brush, Portland, Reeves, Kahn & Eder, Gary K. Kahn, Portland, for respondent.

Francis Diskin, U.S. Attorney, Seattle, Katrina Campbell Pflaumer, U.S. Attorney, Seattle, amicus curiae, on behalf of United States of America.

Jeffrey Murdock Eustis, Seattle, Greg Overstreet, Olympia, Patrick W. Henry, Portland, Sandra N. Duffy, Portland, amicus curiae.

ALEXANDER, C.J.

More than a year after Skamania County approved Brian and Jody Bea's application to build a residence and accessory structures on their property in the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area (Scenic Area), the Columbia River Gorge Commission (Gorge Commission) determined that the County's decision to approve their application ran counter to the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area Act (Act), the Gorge...

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