Another Dock Washes Ashore In Wash., Possibly From Japanese Tsunami
Scientists will soon head to the Olympic coast to evaluate a dock that washed ashore in a remote section of Olympic National Park. It could be debris from last year’s tsunami in Japan. It might even be...
View ArticleSearching The Olympic Forest For The Elusive Marten
The American marten is a small elusive member of the weasel family. People trap them and sell their pelts on the fur market where they’re known as “sable.” Their numbers are healthy across places like...
View ArticleSediment Woes For Port Angeles Water Treatment Facility Put Elwha Dam Removal...
Removal of the two dams on the Elwha River has been temporarily halted because massive amounts of sediment released from above the dams have clogged a nearby city’s water treatment facilities.
View ArticleAn Undammed River’s Sediment Brings New Life Downstream
Anne Shaffer sits on the sandy shoreline of the Elwha River and looks around in amazement. Just two years ago, this area would have been under about 20 feet of water.
View ArticlePark Service Borrows Drone To Guide Olympic Rainforest Wildfire Fight
Multiple times this summer, the sighting of a wayward hobbyist drone has grounded aerial firefighting aircraft at Western wildfires. But unmanned aircraft have the potential to be useful at wildfires too.
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