Washington

This book covers every corner of the Evergreen State. All of Washington's many well-known natural sites are included -- places like North Cascades National Park, Puget Sound, Mt Rainier, the San Juan Islands, the Columbia River Valley, the Olympic Peninsula, and more. But the book also portrays lesser-known regions of the state, such as the Snake River Valley in Asotin County, the rolling hills of Palouse Country, the streams of Gifford Pinchot National Forest, and the Oregon white oak in the Klickitat Wildlife Area. From the brilliant gold of a virtual sea of western larches in the Colville National Forest to the panoramic expanse of the Cascades to the smooth stones of the Pacific coast, this book skilfully covers the breadth of the state. Lynda Mapes weaves fascinating facts from the fields of natural history, human history, and more in essays that accompany the gorgeous photographs.