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In 2022, a group of scientists published a study showing that, while most Washington razor clams carry NIX, those at Kalaloch are infected with roughly 10 to 1,000 times more bacteria than clams elsewhere. Bumper crops of baby clams occasionally pockmarked the sand; in 2015, for instance, the Park Service estimated that a whopping 138 million young clams settled on Kalaloch. A Clam Conundrum: Olympic National Park's razor clam population has been struggling for years. [Extracted from the article]

The author shares his experience visiting the Olympic National Park. The author says his goal was to hit each of the three ecosystems and drove to Hurricane Ridge, since it was an unusually clear morning high in the mountains. He explains how walking into the mountains that first morning was like jumping into an inviting, cold lake. The National Park Service, the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe and hundreds of volunteers have planted more than 260,000 plants in newly exposed land.

A personal narrative of the author, a biological sciences technician, employed by the U.S. National Park Service to monitor and manage mountain goats in the Olympic high country, explores her experiences of their management as its population is mounting.

The article discusses the author's opinions and experiences in Olympic National Park in Washington. For more than a decade, the author made home to the park, which started as pursuance of his career in nature sound-recording. The park is located at the northwest corner of the U.S., and features glacier-capped mountains, rainforest and seashore. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article presents a description of Olympic National Park in Washington state and recommends activities for visitors. The Elwah River, the Hoh and Quinalt rain forests, and the park's sea coast are depicted in detail. The natural and human history of the park is recounted. Information on hiking and other activities is given. INSET: SIDETRIP: San Juan Island National Historical Park. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Features the national parks in Seattle, Washington. Mount Rainier National Park; Olympic National Park; San Juan Island National Historical Park.

States that a proposal to bring wolves back to the Olympic National Park in Washington State has gained considerable momentum. Reason for bringing wolves back; effects of wolves on the park's ecosystem; Opposition to the proposed reintroduction; Comments on the plan to return wolves to Olympic.

Reports on the dilemma of managers of the Olympic National Park in Washington state about the elimination of mountain goats that destroy the park. Condition for management of land as a natural biological reserve; Erosion of soil from goats' habit of wallowing; Argument on threat of goats to plants by the Fund For Animals, an animal protection organization.

Reports on the impact of mountain goats on the Olympic National Park. History on the introduction of mountain goats into the Olympic Range as game animals; Estimated goat population at the park and the adjoining Olympic National Forest; Characteristics of mountain goats.

The article informs that mountain goats are being removed from the mountain range as part of an effort to rid the Olympic National Park of the nonnative ungulates that national park officials believe ruin park vegetation and pose a threat to visitors. It reports that Mountain goats are not native to the park, they have been taken out of Olympic and relocated to various sites in the Cascades.

The article reports that Jeff Rice records and collects animal and natural sounds, including the classic ribbits of the Pacific chorus frog in Olympic National Park. Rice worked with Kenning Arlitsch, dean of the library at Montana State University, in 2013 to create the Acoustic Atlas, a repository of sounds. It explains how Jennifer Jerrett, the Atlas employee in Yellowstone, records the ambient and animal sounds of Yellowstone National Park for the Acoustic Atlas, an online sound archive.

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to articles in previous issues including one on Olympic National Park, the other on Glen Echo Park in Maryland and the third on Essex Heritage Area in Massachusetts.

Discusses the effects of the plan to zone a portion of Lake Crescent in Olympic National Park for personal watercraft (PWC). How the plan launched local conflict and contributed to a national debate; Complain of the visitors about the incessant noise created by the PWC engines; Other parks that have banned PWC; Result of the study conducted by Everglades National Park in Florida about the use of PWC.

Discusses the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's report favoring the relicensing of two dams that block trout and salmon runs through Olympic National Park (Wash.). Dale Crane, the National Parks and Conservation Association's Pacific Northwest regional director, claims that the FERC has distorted evidence in favor of dams that harm public resources for small private gains. The Glines Canyon Dame and the Elwha Dam; Where readers can send their comments; Nearby pulp and paper mill.

Focuses on the effects of the oil spill off the coast of Washington State on December 22, 1988, on Olympic National Park. Estimated number of oil-coated birds collected from the area; Concern on the possible ingestion of carcasses of dead birds by predators; Impact of the ingestion of oil on the eggs of eagles.

Describes the Olympic National Park in Washington State. Specimens of several species of trees; Blending of sitka spruce with redwood forests.

Discusses national parks with best birding sites in the U.S. Big Bend National Park in Texas; Everglades National Park in Florida; Haleakala National Park in Hawaii; Olympic National Park in Washington; Acadia National Park in Maine; Fort Jefferson National Monument in Florida.

A list of contact telephone numbers and Web sites is presented for visitors to Olympia National Park, including park services and hiking and camping information. Information on restaurants and lodging near the park and travel options are also given. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article presents a quiz challenging the reader to identify a photograph of a national park, which was designated as 95 percent protected wilderness by Congress in 1988. The landscape by the sea features tidal pools, glacier-capped mountains, and temperate rainforests and is often referred to as "three parks in one." It is the Olympic National Park in Washington State. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Presents news briefs on parks management in the United States. Reintroduction of gray wolves to Olympic National Park; Information on the proposed regulations for personal watercraft (PWC) in national park units by the National Parks Service.

Focuses on the attitude of the public towards the national parks of United States. Opinion of the fourth grade class at Lawrence School in Middletown, Connecticut on the wolf reintroduction plans in Yellowstone National Park and Olympic National Park; Information on the slaughter of wolves in the 19th and 20th century; Evolution in the attitude of the public.

Reports on the restoration of the endangered gray wolf to the Olympic National Park before the end of the 20th Century. `Wolf summit' in the Olympic National Park; Condition of the park which makes it suitable for stable populations of prey species for gray wolves; Significance of wolf restoration in the Olympic National park.

Focuses on the two local United States associations that ties up to national Wise Use groups at a hearing on Olympic National Park's Lake Crescent management plan. How the hearing were part of the comment-gathering process for the management plan; Issues on the Wise Use movement's ongoing campaign.

Reports that an oil spill, which resulted from the recent collision of a Japanese fish processing ship and a Chinese freighter just north of the United States-Canada maritime boundary, has reached the coastline of Olympic National Park in Washington. Rescue of oiled birds; Similar spill in 1988; Criticism of the slow response to the recent spill.

Examines a bureaucratic dispute which could determine whether the Elwha and Glines Canyon dams on the Elwha River in Olympic National Park (Wash.) are relicensed or dismantled. Salmon and trout runs; Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).

Reports that the 1989 Marjory Stoneman Douglas Award will be presented to U.S. conservationist Polly Dyer. Dyer's work in the preservation and protection of Olympic National Park in Washington; Presentation of the award to Dyer during the National Parks and Conservation Association's board meeting in September 1989 in Bellingham, Washington; Dyer's involvement with national park conservation groups.

Reports on the United States government's consideration of a land exchange between Olympic National Forest and Olympic National Park in Washington. Issues concerning agency stewardship of public lands raised by the proposal; Economic equity concerns derived from the environmental assessment of the proposal.

Reports on the judicial decision that gives Native American tribes the right to hunt elk within Olympic National Park in Washington. Basis for the judicial decision; Implication of the court's ruling on the national park.