A veteran USFS wildlife biologist in the
Olympic National Forest, Howell knows these animals are very rare, and she is well-versed in the important role they have to play in forested ecosystems--by preying on small mammals, for example, and distributing berry seeds after consuming the fruit.
Jeremiah Adams, 24, has not been seen since he went hiking in
Olympic National Forest last Friday morning, the Clallam County sheriff's office said.
My first week back at my regular job in
Olympic National Forest, three firefighters were killed in eastern Washington.
so it is an ideal time to hike into the high country of the
Olympic National Forest's 600,000 acres or the 1,700,000 acres of Mount Baker/ Snoqualmie National Forest.
This is a 7 mile long valley, and at one end of it, right behind our house, is the
Olympic National Forest. And behind that: the Olympic National Park.
Rent a cabin at
Olympic National Forest (www.fs.fed.us/r6/olympic).
Lake Quinault is on the southwest edge of
Olympic National Forest, about 150 miles (a three-hour drive) west of Seattle.
We studied the influence of corridors on the community structure of old-growth forest mammals across a fragmented ecosystem, the
Olympic National Forest, Washington, USA.
A total of 84 sites (263 stations) were sampled: 15 in continuous old-growth forest in the
Olympic National Forest (northwest Washington State, USA), 21 in old-growth corridors, 20 in old-growth forest fragments, 9 in second-growth forests, and 19 in clearcuts.
On the Olympic Peninsula, the Quilcene Ancient Forest Coalition doubled to 100 members after passage of the timber salvage rider allowed previously outlawed sales to take 400 acres of the remaining old growth in
Olympic National Forest. Bradley watched the clearcutting of giant 250-year-old hemlocks on one 55-acre site by a mill that had a lumberyard stacked high with unsold second-growth logs.
"It needs to get back to its roots." One example of the change in priorities: In 1994, the
Olympic national Forest did not sell timber with the same emphasis it had in the past, but had a budget of nearly $3 million to spend on watershed studies and restoration.