Mt. Rainier Flood Damage Slideshow and Videos
The Mount Rainier National Park website has posted videos and a slideshow documenting the flood damage from all the rain we’ve received in the last few weeks. If you thought we had it bad here… Mt. Rainier National Park received eighteen inches of rain in 36 hours beginning on November 6th. The park is closed and may remain closed for another two weeks according to KPLU. After checking out the slideshow, I have no idea how they’re going to open the Nisqually entrance any time soon. The photos and video are quite amazing. (Thanks RG for the tip)
Link to Mount Rainier National Park
5 comments
T Thorax O'Tool March 3, 2009
I know they’re big and live a looooooong time, but we really need to be planting a lot more of the world’s third (and the Norther Hemisphere’s second) tallest tree species, our own native Doug Fir.
Imagine our grandkids playing on the streets under the watchful protection of the giants f the forest. 150’+ trees all over town. Puts a smile on my face.
D dolly varden March 3, 2009
Right on, T’OT. And we need to get the English ivy and other aggressive invasive plants out of our forested ravines to protect the firs, hemlocks, maples, and cedars that are getting smothered and slowly killed by suffocating vines.
A amy March 3, 2009
I wish the Mason Loop had been planted exclusively in Doug Fir….
D Douglas Tooley March 4, 2009
Urban forestry programs can be biased towards the pallette of street trees, generally smaller trees.
Finding spots for big trees is important too, where appropriate – above species, plus Spruce, Cottonwood, Ash, and, yes, even, Alder.
We should also not forget the Puget Sound Prairie habitat – personally I wonder if we couldn’t recreate a bit of that on our planting strips, with perhaps even a Garry Oak or two snuck in somewhere.
T Thorax O'Tool March 4, 2009
Sneaking in a few Oaks sounds nice to me.
But it seems the consensus is this:
Native trees.