This is North America’s smallest wild cat and most widely distributed. It can be found throughout the U.S. and ranges into British Columbia and south into Mexico –excluding portions of the Midwest and high Sierra. The common name, bobcat, comes from the short, bobbed tail, which is four to six inches long. They generally weigh […]
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Bull trout are a char of the Salmonidae family (salmon and trout) that are native to the Pacific Northwest. They inhabit cold clear waters of the mountains and coastal rivers in the Yukon, British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, and Idaho (not coastal here!). The species used to occur in northern California but is no longer found
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Pitch used to go fishing before the sun rose and then retire to the shade before it became strong. One day he was late and had just reached the beach when he melted. Other people rushed to share him. Douglas-fir arrived first and secured most of the pitch, which he poured over his head and
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The western pond turtle is one of only two native turtles found in Washington and Oregon; the other is the western painted turtle. Western pond turtles are not doing so well at the northern extent of their range in Washington. While historically they may not have been common this far north, they were essentially extirpated
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I have indeavoured in many instances to make the indians sensible how anxious I was to obtain one of these animals entire, without being skined, and offered them considerable rewards to furnish me with one, but have not been able to make them comprehend me – Meriwether Lewis No, no, this is not the industrious
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