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Reports on the statement by park biologists in Washington State's Olympic National Park that the mountain goats that inhabit the peaks of the park are damaging the alpine ecosystems of the park. Efforts to eliminate goats; Criticisms by animal welfare groups against the efforts; Support for the plan by conservation groups.

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 author relates her experience of listening to bird songs at the One Square Inch of Silence in Olympic National Park in Washington. The place was designed by audio ecologist Gordon Hempton who advocates for the protection of the natural quiet of one square inch. According to Hempton, the song of the Pacific wrens is sharp and narrow. The author describes grouse and woodpecker drumming as unusual because they are territorial communications.

The article focuses on the issue of poaching in the forests of the Olympic Peninsula in Washington. It states that several pillagers try to steal moss, salal, fir boughs and other temperate rainforest plants from the Olympic National Park of Washington and mentions about the threats faced by investigating officers from illegal traffickers in forest products trade. It informs that some landowners in the rain forest have deployed private contractors for controlling poachers and also discusses the harvesting and the trade of timber and forest products which take place at the Olympic Peninsula. It also mentions about the impact of poaching on the environmental and labor conditions of this region.

The article evaluates several lodge trip services being offered in the U.S. in the year 2012 including, Spring in Appalachia service in North Carolina, Ridges, River, Rainforest, and Waves service in Olympic National Park, Washington, and Cape Cod Summer Sampler service in Massachusetts.

The article reports on the adventure sports one can enjoy in several national parks. It offers information on the Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona and reports that the park is allowing 2,613 more mule rides this year. It offers information on the Parunuweap Canyon Wilderness located in the Zion National Park in Utah. It reports that July or August is the best time to visit Olympic National Park in Washington D.C. and the Crater Lake National Park in Oregon.

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 offers information on wild steelhead and salmon fishing at the Olympic National Park in Washington. The vicinity is one of the best place to fish this kind of fishes because of its abundance and its huge sizes. The fish population are judged by fish managers to be strong enough to support catch-and-eat fisheries. From August to October yearly, rare runs of summer cohos hit several rivers, especially the Sol Duc, averaging 10 to 12 pounds.

A first person narrative is presented in which the author discusses the temperate rainforest in Olympic National Park and the conservation efforts that are in place there.

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]

Provides information on several forests in the United States. Redwood National Park in California; Role of Redwoods in the continent's ecological health; Muir Woods National Monument, an old-growth redwood forest located across the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco, California; Olympic National Park in northern Washington.

Explores Olympic National Park in Washington State. Circumstance of nature and human restraint that have made the park what it is today; Accessible diversities in the park from ocean, rain forest and mountains; Establishment of the park as a nature preserve in 1897 by President Grover Cleveland; Tug-of-war between those who wanted to preserve the park and those who wanted to use its resources; Poachers who scalp the forest of its rare mosses, ferns and red cedar trees; Spotted owl wars in the history of the Pacific Northwest; Draft of plan describing how the National Park Service intends to manage Olympic National Park in the future.

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

Presents an article on the Olympic National Park in Washington. Landscape of the park; Life in the park; Type of wood that can be found in the park. INSET: OLYMPIC PENINSULA, WA.

Relates that the wettest spot in the contiguous United States, the western slopes of Mount Olympus get 240 inches of precipitations a year. Inclusion of Olympic National Park; Description of Washington's Olympic Peninsula; Trees, wildlife, plant and bird species that lived in the park. INSET: Being There: Olympic National Park.

Focuses on the problems caused by mountain goat grazing to the Olympic National Park. Description of the park; Introduction of mountain goats to the area; Impact of the goats to the park's ecological balance; Efforts of biologists to transfer mountain goats to another location; Search for humane ways of controlling the goats.

Recounts a hike the author took in Olympic National Park, beginning near Heart of the Hills above Port Angeles, Washington. Formation of the Olympic Peninsula; Volcanic formations and Mount Olympus, 7,965 feet above sea level; Effects of the wind on vegetation; Basalt in the Little River Valley near Heather Pass; The Hoh Rain Forest, home of the Hall of Mosses.

Describes the acrobatics of the mountain goat. Description of mountain goat's physical characteristics; Habitats in Glacier National Park, Montana and North America; Population in Washington's Olympic National Park; Goat's plodding life style; Climbing ability; Characteristics of goat's feet; Kids' agility'; Predation by bald eagles; Quarrels among goats; Encroachment by people.

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.

Focuses on the rainforest of the Olympic National Park in Washington state. Habitat of Roosevelt elks; Bugling of elks as a gesture of intimidation; Devastation of the Hoh Indian Reservation within the park by winter rains; Ban on timber harvest on state; Status of stream and wildlife protection.

Discusses the author's experience in the wilderness area of Olympic National Park in Washington. Presence of giant trees in the area; Variety of flowers found in the area; Implications of a proposal for construction of roads in the area for the natural beauty of the place.

Describes travel in the rain forest in Washington State's Olympic National Park. Rarity of such rain forests in the United States; Number of visitors to the park annually; Visit to the Hoh Rain Forest; Observations about trees there; The Quinault Rain Forest; Animals to be seen, including elk. INSET: Details, Details.

The article discusses the Olympic National Park in Washington. The Olympic Peninsula, at the core of which lies the Park, has been fairly called America's last frontier. Warm, moisture-laden air drifting in from the Pacific rises and cools as it strikes the western slopes of the Olympic range. Spring comes late in the mountain meadows. At five thousand feet, snow lies on the northern slopes and the massed flowers reach their peak of bloom. Among the trees near timberline another struggle is apparent. It is not for light but for shelter. Groves of seedlings grow up in the protection of one old tree and there are several hundreds of trees in a single clump.

Presents information about the Olympic National Park (ONP) of Washington State for those who are planning to travel the place. Information about the temperate rain forest of the ONP; Descriptions of other sites of the ONP that are claimed to attract travelers; Plan of Mitsubishi Corp. to build a large golf resort in one corner of the ONP, despite local protests; Information regarding lodging- and fooding-related costs in the most preferred place of the peninsula; Consideration of the old West Coast highway, U.S. 101, as the best way to tour the peninsula; Information about so-claimed attractive mountains and lakes of the ONP.

The article presents a reprint of the article "Pirates of the rainforest" by Gregg Bleakney which appeared in the July/August 2012 issue of the "Sierra." It presents information on the Olympic National Park located in Washington State. It also discusses the deformities in the imposition of laws in the national park to minimize poaching which has led to decline of several plant species found only in the park habitat.

This article presents information about several tourist destinations. Sited on the fabled Olympic Peninsula, Shi Shi Beach is a terry ride, a 150-mile drive, and a one-hour hike away from it all. Shi Shi's three-mile stretch of bungalow-free sand is a part of Olympic National Park,Washington. Cape Hatteras, the easternmost point of North Carolina's Outer Banks, is the East Coast's premier beach for board sports of every kind. The vineyard is best known for power barbecues and celebrity sightings, but "up island" at Aquinnah, the gilded island's westernmost point, life is considerably more rugged. The area, formerly known as Gay Head, lures crowd-fleeing beachgoers with banded clay cliffs, tiny fishing settlements, and jaw-dropping sunsets.

Explores Olympic National Park. Three hikes that reveal Olympic's diverse habitats; Olympic National Park as one of the last undisturbed salmon habitats in the Pacific Northwest; Busting plant poachers; Restoring the Elwha River's ecosystem.

Presents a photoessay describing Hurricane Ridge, an escarpment facing western Washington State's Olympic Mountains. Profusion of wildflowers like glacier lilies, broadleaf lupine and American bistort; Description of Olympic National Park.

Presents a photograph of the Ruby Beach in Washington's Olympic National Park.

Presents an essay and a photograph featuring a meadow of Lost Pass in the Olympic National Park in Washington. Ecosystems in the park; Description of the climb to the meadow; June and July as the months to visit.

Recounts the author's experiences hiking the wilderness coast of Olympic National Park (Washington) on June 21, 1990, the summer solstice. Short sidebars describe other wilderness-related events which took place across the United States on the same day.

The article offers travel tips for the Olympic National Park, Washington and includes information on trips by traveling from the mountains to the forests, watching wildflowers and wildlife.

The article offers travel trip for hiking in the Olympic National Park in Washington and include recommendations for visiting the Lake Angeles-Heather Park Loop and the Deer Park trailhead.

The article discusses a request made by the agency of the U.S. federal government managing U.S. national parks The National Park Service requesting the public to give ideas on alternatives for the future of backcountry lodge The Enchanted Valley Chalet located at Olympic National Park, Washington.

The article reports on the decision of the Olympic National Park officials in Washington to close recreational fishing on rivers and streams within the park starting August 10, 2015 due to drought.

The article informs that Hurricane Ridge that leads to Olympic National Park in Washington has been closed for vehicular traffic from 6 a.m. to noon on August 2, 2015 due to the Ride the Hurricane bike riding event.

The article features the Olympic National Park in Washington and informs strategies related to park entrance and exit.

The article features the Olympic National Park in Washington. Famous for its rain forests, the western side of the Olympic Mountains receives nearly 14 feet of precipitation a year. Several river valleys, including the Quinault, Queets, Hoh and Bogachiel, support its unique rain-dependent ecosystems. With more than 3,000 miles of rivers and streams and hundreds of lakes, the park features some of the best steelhead, salmon and trout habitat in the world.