This compact, handy guide provides information on recreational trail opportunities throughout the Mount St. Helens region including such areas as the Lewis River Valley and Dark Divide located outside of the congressionally designated National Volcanic Monument. The format is part of a new series of trail guides published by NWIA and one of a series of four guides available for the Forest. The guide details a variety of opportunities for outdoor enthusiasts and has information on more than 400 miles of hiking, mountain biking and horse riding trails. The book contains information and trail descriptions as well as overview maps of the areas of the Forest covered in this trail guide. There are also sections on safety and information for specific users to help ensure a pleasant experience.

Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument Gifford Pinchot National Forest (Discover Your Northwest Trail Guides)

Unknown, Author

Discover Your Northwest

With over 55 trails, this trail guide provides information on trails, as well as regulations, restrictions, and recommendations for traveling on the central Oregon coast. Offering a map for each section, detailed trail descriptions with elevation gain, trailhead access, and parking and facilities information, use this compact and lightweight guide on your next adventure to the central Oregon coast and Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area. Published jointly by Discover Your Northwest and Siuslaw National Forest, the DYNW Central Coast Ranger District Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area & Hebo Ranger District Trail Guide is an excellent resource for anyone taking a trip to this area! Areas included in this trail guide: - Hebo Ranger District - Waldport Area - Cape Perpetua Scenic Area - Mary's Peak - Mapleton Area - Florence Area - Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area

Central Coast Ranger District, Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area & Hebo Ranger District (Discove

In 1859 Great Britain and the United States almost went to war over the Northwest boundary when an American farmer shot a British pig. That July, U.S. Army Captain George E. Pickett looked down the gun ports of two British warships from his camp on San Juan Island. He knew he needed help, and the sooner the better. The future Confederate general had been ordered there to protect the rights of U.S. settlers from the might of the British Empire. First published in 1999, Mike Vouri's lively account of the Pig War crisis has been revised and expanded into a definitive new edition. Additional photographs, maps, and drawings are combined with new material providing fresh insights into the boundary dispute that confounded diplomats of three nations, but never quite descended into a shooting war.

The Pig War: Standoff at Griffin Bay

History

Vouri, Mike

Americas

Marcus and Narcissa Whitman and the Opening of Old Oregon Volume 1

Drury, Clifford M

Marcus and Narcissa Whitman and the Opening of Old Oregon Volume 2

At 8:32am, Sunday, May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens erupted in Washington State with the explosive force of more than 20 million tons of TNT. It remains the most deadly and economically destructive volcanic eruption in the history of the United States. When author Shirley Rosen first heard the news, her immediate thoughts were of her 83-year-old uncle, Harry Truman, who owned the 50-acre Mt. St. Helens Lodge resort on the shores of Spirit Lake. Harry was his given name, but if anyone asked he'd say, "Just call me Truman." Drawing from interviews and memories of working at Truman's lodge, Shirley Rosen tells the story of this salty curmudgeon who became an American folk hero during the eruption of Mount St. Helens. When the mountain gave warnings of impending danger, Truman defiantly refused to leave his home of 55 years. His rugged independence, hard-nosed business sense, and infectious humor embodied the spirit of the nation, capturing its attention and its heart. In the end, the mountain he loved had the final word. Truman's story remains a Northwest original and is forever embedded within the dynamic slopes of Mount St. Helens.

Truman of St. Helens: The Man and His Mountain

Biographies & Memoirs

Rosen, Shirley

Community & Culture

Where the Waters Begin takes us up the Nisqually side of Mount Rainier through the traditional beliefs of the Nisqually people and their relationship to the bountiful natural resources the mountain offered them. The Nisqually are the original stewards of the prairies, mountains, and rivers west of the mountain on lands that are now Thurston and Pierce Counties. Living in a more natural world, without the complexities of today, they developed a coexistence with nature that included respect and appreciation of its beneficent forces as well as fear of its darker sides. The deep connection the Nisqually people developed with the mountain they called Ta-co-bet is best related through their traditional stories. Author and Nisqually tribal historian Cecelia Svinth Carpenter brings those stories to life here in Where the Waters Begin: the Traditional Nisqually Indian History of Mount Rainier.

Where the Waters Begin: The Traditional Nisqually Indian History of Mount Rainier

Literature & Fiction

Carpenter, Cecelia Svinth

United States

Charles H. Sternberg was a young man of 28 when he came to look for fossils near the John Day River. Early in his career as an internationally acclaimed fossil collector, he came to Oregon during the Bone Wars under direction from Edward Drinker Cope, one of the most prolific paleontologists of all time. Sternberg knew these early finds were exciting and important, as he worked the badlands in what would later be recognized as one of the most complete fossil records for the "Age of Mammals."
His 1878 expedition coincided with an outbreak of armed conflict between several Northwest Indian tribes, the U. S. military, and eastern Oregon settlers. The region had been occupied for generations, yet Sternberg's stories take readers much further back in history, beyond what is measurable in human time scales. His expedition explored the frontier beneath the surface of human events and geography.
Vivid accounts of young Sternberg's visit to places now within the Sheep Rock Unit of John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, are excerpted from his original memoir, "The Life of a Fossil Hunter," first published in 1909. His expedition to the John Day River took him places that people continue to visit: the intriguing Blue Basin which Sternberg calls "the Cove," and Picture Gorge, then called by him "the Grand Coulee." His writing captures a sense of remoteness and adventure that visitors can still experience today.
Through decades of field experience, Sternberg developed and established many techniques still practiced today. His well regarded work served the scientific community and made highly valuable contributions to American paleontology. Charles H. Sternberg is one of many who will play a part in revealing the unfolding story of landscapes and species now long gone.

Expedition to the John Day River in 1878: An Excerpt from Life of a Fossil Hunter

Sternberg, Charles H.

Hidden among the sagebrush dotted hills of eastern Oregon is one of the world's premiere fossil sites. Once inhabited by tiny horses, massive brontotheres, and 'terminator-pig' entelodonts, the John Day River basin is now home to the Northwest's most colorful badlands and holds unparalleled paleontological evidence in its rock layers. The John Day Fossil Beds National Monument preserves a singular and extraordinary record of evolutionary and climactic change spanning almost 50 million years of the Age of Mammals.
A Closer Look at John Day Fossil Beds National Monument expands on themes from the displays and exhibits at the monument's Thomas Condon Paleontology Center. Readers can explore the region's dramatic changes over time in a journey through the rock layers in this compact and visually compelling story delivered in an engaging style by author and Park Ranger Megan Wilkins.
Oregon settlers began gathering and cataloging fossil samples from the area as early as the 1860s, and after more than a century and a half of investigation, incredible new finds still emerge. Although the John Day story holds unknown chapters still to be written, much of what we know today is captured within the pages of A Closer Look at John Day Fossil Beds National Monument.

A Closer Look at John Day Fossil Beds National Monument

Science & Math

Wilkins, Megan

Biological Sciences

Discovering Mount Rainier helps young naturalists discover the animals, plants, and the unique beauty of a mountain ecosystem. Differences between low elevation and subalpine areas are illustrated. Children are fascinated by learning about volcanic and glacial action in forming mountains. Sally Machlis is an assistant professor of art and art education at the University of Idaho. She exhibits her mixed media collages and paintings nationally. She lives in Moscow, Idaho with her husband Gary, a professor in forest resources. She is the parent of two daughters. Sally Machlis' other titles are Discovering Endangered Species, Discovering Marine Mammals, Discovering Crater Lake, Discovering Salmon, Discovering Volcanoes, Discovery Book for the Seattle Aquarium' and Northwest Trek Book.

Discovering Mt. Rainier: Nature Activity Book

Children's Books

Field, Nancy

Machlis, Sally

Science, Nature & How It Works

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