From its place in ancient Native American legends as Tahoma, the "great white mountain," and Tacobet, "nourishing breast," to its position as a symbol of the Northwest today, Mount Rainier has always been a dominant presence in this region. In 1999 we will celebrate the foresight of those who, a century earlier, created Mount Rainier National Park. With that single act they protected for future generations the wild beauty of the area's alpine meadows, dramatic waterfalls and lowland forests--and the extraordinary mountain they surround. 
In this, the official book of the centennial, Pat O'Hara and Tim McNulty view the mountain through all its facets: from the geologic and climatic forces that continue to shape it, to the rich legacy of humans' relationship with it, to its delicate ecosystems and what will be needed to protect them for the future. 
Home to more than 120 alpine plant species, 3 of which are found nowhere else in the world, Mount Rainier remains a refuge for a diversity of flora and fauna. It is also a magnet for the hundreds of thousands of people who live within sight of its snowy slopes and for millions of visitors who arrive from around the world each year. O'Hara and McNulty explore the conflict this presents as park managers attempt to balance protection of the mountain's fragile ecosystems with the desires of the many who wish to seek solitude in its vast forests or challenge themselves on its daunting glaciers. Above all, this book celebrates this treasured place for anyone who has ever looked up and said, "Hey! The mountain is out!"

Washington's Mount Rainier National Park: A Centennial Celebration

History

McNulty, Tim

Mountaineers (Society)

O'Hara, Pat

Americas

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On Washington's Olympic Peninsula, more than 1400 square miles of rugged mountains, richly forested river valleys, and pristine wilderness coast have been preserved as Olympic National Park. From rain forests with more than 160 inches of annual precipitation to arid rainshadow slopes, from rugged glacier-covered mountains to the wild Pacific coast, the park's varied ecosystems feature an extraordinary range of plants and animals, including many species found nowhere else on earth. This illustrated complete guide covers geology, wildflowers and other plant life, rain forest ecology, glaciers, wildlife, rivers, the Pacific coast, and visitor information. Tim McNulty is a poet and nature writer who lives in the foothills of the Olympic Mountains.

Olympic National Park: Where the Mountain Meets the Sea

Arts & Photography

Photography & Video

Woodlands Pr

On Washington's Olympic Peninsula, more than 1400 square miles of rugged mountains, richly forested river valleys, and pristine wilderness coast have been preserved as Olympic National Park. From rain forests with more than 160 inches of annual precipitation to arid rainshadow slopes, from rugged glacier-covered mountains to the wild Pacific coast, the park's varied ecosystems feature an extraordinary range of plants and animals, including many species found nowhere else on earth. This illustrated complete guide covers geology, wildflowers and other plant life, rain forest ecology, glaciers, wildlife, rivers, the Pacific coast, and visitor information. Tim McNulty is a poet and nature writer who lives in the foothills of the Olympic Mountains.

Olympic National Park

Book by Robertson, David, O'Hara, Pat

Yosemite National Park: Nature's Masterpiece in Stone

Robertson, David

Grand Teton National Park : Where Lightning Walks

Travel

Food, Lodging & Transportation

Mount Rainier National Park: The Realm of the Sleeping Giant (National Park Series)

Mount Rainier National Park: The Realm of the Sleeping Giant

Shows waterfalls, ponds, forests, trails, wildflowers, and historic farms in the park, and discusses the ecology of the region

Great Smoky Mountains National Park: The Place of the Blue Smoke

Science & Math

Nature & Ecology

Photographs show the state's coastline, islands, mountains, lakes, wildlife, farms, harbors, forests, parks, and cities

Washington

Leeson, Tom

Leeson, Pat

Boulton Pub Service

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