Washington's Tree of Life Is Falling Down
A stunning spruce seems to float above an Olympic Peninsula beach, drawing crowds for its picturesque tree root cave. How will it collapse—and when?
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National Park Lodge Burns - Outside Online
The Hurricane Ridge Day Lodge, Olympic National Park, has burned in a total loss only weeks before it was to reopen for Memorial Day weekend.
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Hurricane Ridge Day Lodge fire sends shock waves through region
It has sheltered hikers, skiers and snowshoers from ferocious Pacific storms and helped millions of visitors from across the world appreciate Olympic National Park’s one-of-a-kind confluence of glaciers, rainforest and coastline.
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Popular Lodge Burns Down in Olympic National Park
National Park Service officials said they’re still investigating what caused the Hurricane Ridge Day Lodge to burn to the ground just weeks before its planned grand reopening.
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Tribe to fish for salmon on Elwha River a decade after dams fell
SEATTLE — Nearly a decade after the last Elwha River dam came down, the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe could see its first fishery on the river in years.
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In Oregon, the passage of millions of years can be seen in unusual fossils and stunning vistas
By JULIA DUIN | Special To The Washington Post | Published: December 10, 2020 Prehistoric Oregon was a lush refuge for a zoos worth of exotic animals, which flourished amid tropical fruits, palm trees and a climate much like present-day Panama from 55 million years ago to 39 million years ago. Avocados and bananas were plentiful, and mammals such as oreodonts (piglike creatures); brontotheres, (a combo of horse and rhino) and a kind of mastodon called a zygolophodon had the run of the place be...
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