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Field Notes

Stories from the field about specific natural resources, wildlife, projects, etc.

A woman stands on a platform in a forest, checking equipment.
A conversation with Parks Natural Resources Manager, Andrea Thorpe, PhD
Kid looking to the binoculars at the Dry Falls Visitor Center
A nephew’s adventures in state parks, part 1: Sun Lakes-Dry Falls State Park
beautiful view of the forts and water at Fort Worden
A nephew’s adventures in state parks, part 2: Fort Worden Historical State Park
maryhill state park view of the columbia
A nephew’s adventures in state parks, part 3: Maryhill and Goldendale Observatory State Parks
A crumpled door of an old Weyerhauser work truck that was mangled in the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens.
Be a park S.T.E.W.A.R.D.
An algae bloom in a bay with trees in the foreground.
Blue-green gross-out: What is toxic algae, why it blooms and what we can do about it
Emerald ash borer on a leaf.
Burn it where you buy it: Stop the spread of invasive pests
A large brick building in dappled sunlight.
Destination: Kitsap Peninsula
Volunteers using reusable bags for beach cleanup
Everything is beachy keen when we keep our beaches clean
Fall foliage with red maple and yellow cottonwood trees among evergreen trees with a mountain and sunrise glow in the background.
Fall colors, cozy cabins! Book your North/Central Cascades road trip now.
A view over rocks at the sandy beach with seaweed at the water's edge of the Strait of Juan de Fuca with a blue sky and treed hillside to the left.
Fort Worden finds lead to “mammoth” discoveries, “wooly” situations
Girl Scouts circled up taking notes while they learn from our interpretive rangers
Girl Scouts Love Mount Spokane
Gravestones behind an old iron fence covered in ivy
Headstone of infant returned
Firefighter wtaches fire from a prescribed burn on a beach dune.
How prescribed burning helps improve habitat conditions
Snowy plover in habitat on beach
How to protect snowy plovers
Corgi laying in a tent
I went on a solo camping trip and here’s how it went

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