Sol Duc News Today

IT WAS ANOTHER tough week in the news. The bad news was the loss of 25,525 salmon smolts that did not survive the March 29 wreck of an Oregon tanker truck that failed to navigate a sharp corner. It rolled on its passenger side, went down a rocky slope and flipped on its roof.

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Tim McNulty is a prolific writer who lives in the shadow of the national park. He has a new book out, “Salmon, Cedar, Rock and Rain”, that is a perfect introduction on the ecosystem of not just the national park but of the surrounding Olympic Peninsula. 

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Sol Duc revisited

PORT TOWNSEND — The two photographers went together to the same spot: Salmon Cascades on the Sol Duc River. Their shots turned out to be entirely different.

Olympic National Park announced the emergency closure of recreational fishing on the Quillayute River System of Olympic National Park. The shutdown was needed to protect salmon populations, and …

Three stunning Olympic Peninsula waterfalls make for a memorable drive.

After a fire at a lodge in Olympic National Park’s Hurricane Ridge, officials are now saying the park is reopening June 27.