Northwest Nature & Geography

Welcome to our Seattle-area and Pacific Northwest nature and geography resources page, including Mt. Rainier, Mt. St. Helens, North Cascades, Olympic Peninsula, Puget Sound, Columbia River Gorge, Ocean Beaches, and more. The Seattle and the Pacific Northwest abounds in natural wonders and geographical diversity.

Northwest Nature - Geographic Regions - Flora & Fauna - Natural Resources

Northwest Nature Resources

• Visit a Volcano: Cascade Range Volcanoes from the UCGS.
• Armchair Tour of Mt. Rainier from the UCGS.
• The Olympic Peninsula Rain Forest from Live from Earth & Mars.
• The Olympic Rain Forest by George Clay.
• Washington state's popular climbing mountains from the Seattle P-I.
• Nature of the Northwest.

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Northwest Geographic Regions

General

• Geologic Map of Washington from About.com. Click a link to see either the full-size map or the jumbo-size map.
• Go Northwest!: Washington. View sections on Washington state regions, including Puget Sound, Cascade Mountains, Olympic Peninsula, as well as Northwest, South Central, Southwest, Northeast, and Southeast regions of the state.

Puget Sound Area

• Friday Harbor & San Juan Island Web Directory. Everything you need to know to enjoy yourself and find stuff on San Juan Island. If you plan on visiting, this is a great place to check out first.
• Seattle/King County from Experience Washington.
• Go Northwest!: Puget Sound.
• The Islands from Experience Washington.

Olympic Peninsula & Southwest Washington

• Cranberry Coast Chamber of Commerce. Check here for tourist info for the Westport to Tokeland area.
• Long Beach Peninsula Visitors Bureau. Find out about beach combing, hiking, fishing charters, bird watching, whale watching, kayaking, clam digging, horseback riding, kite flying, lighthouses, historic forts, festivals, and other attractions.
• Friends of Grays Harbor. Fosters and promotes the economic, biological, and social uniqueness of the Grays Harbor estuary.
• Welcome to Southwest Washington.
• Visitor Guide to the Olympic Peninsula.
• Olympic & Kitsap Peninsulas from Experience Washington.
• The Coast from Experience Washington.

Cascade Mountains

• North Cascades Chamber of Commerce.
• The Cascade Loop. 400 mile self-guided driving tour circles through the heart of Washington from the waters of Puget Sound across the Cascade Mountains and into the high desert climate of the Columbia River Valley.
• North Cascades from Experience Washington.
• Volcano Country from Experience Washington.

The Columbia Plateau & Central Washington

• Wine Country from Experience Washington.
• The Columbia Plateau from Experience Washington.
• Washington Wineries, Wines and Wine Country from Wines Northwest.

Eastern Washington

• The Geography of the Palouse.
• Save the Okanogan Highlands.
• The Palouse from Experience Washington.
• Rocky Mountain Gateway from Experience Washington.

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Northwest Flora & Fauna

• Fauna of the Northwest from Washington Trails Association.
• Flora of the Northwest from Washington Trails Association.
• Native Plant Resources for the Pacific Northwest.
• Regional Trends in Biological Resources: Pacific Northwest.
• Lichens of the Pacific Northwest by Dr. Steven L. Jessup.
• Animals, Insects, and Plants of Eastern Washington by Fred Bentler. Includes photographs, maps, and a directory of wildlife areas and refuges.

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Northwest Natural Resources

• King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks.
• Natural Resources in the Pacific Northwest Region from the U.S. Forest Service.
• National Marine Fisheries Service Northwest Regional Office. The federal agency responsible for conserving, protecting, and managing Pacific salmon, groundfish, halibut and marine mammals and their habitats under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and other laws.
• Washington State Department of Natural Resources.
• Washington Forest Protection Association: Forests & Fish Forever. An association of private, commercial forest landowners.
• Old-Growth Forests in the United States Pacific Northwest from the World Resources Institute.
• Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife.
• Pacific Northwest Region: Dams from the Bureau of Reclamation.
• Heat, dams, fires threaten Pacific Northwest salmon by Rebecca Doyle.
• Fish vs electricity: A Pacific Northwest balancing act from Environmental News Network.
• Generating Electric Power in the Pacific Northwest: Implications of Alternative Technologies from RAND Science & Technology.
• Wind Power Surges in Pacific Northwest from Green Nature.
• Political Economy of Pacific Northwest Salmon by Joel R. Hamilton, University of Idaho.
• Washington State Department of Agriculture.
• Washington Association of Wheat Farmers.
• Washington State Apple Commission.
• Rubies from the Bog: Growing Cranberries on Washington’s Family Farms from The Growing Edge Magazine.
• Virtual Bog Tour from Ocean Spray.
• Oysters & geoducks & clams, oh my! from the Seattle P-I.
• Shellfish and the Sound Economy from the Partnership for a Sound Economy.
• Molluscan Aquaculture and the Triploid Oyster.
• Razor Clamming in Washington State from the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife.
• Puget Sound Shorelines: Salmon from the Department of Ecology.
• Puget Sound Shorelines: Geoduck Clam from the Department of Ecology.
• Mining in the Pacific Northwest from the Environmental Mining Council of British Columbia.
• Northwest Environment Watch.

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