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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 presents a travel guide for national parks around the U.S. The Olympic and Mount Rainier National Parks in Washington feature hot springs, glaciers and beaches. The Zion National Park in Utah offers tourists the Zion Canyon Scenic Drive, while horseback riding is being provided by Bryce Canyon National Park to travelers. Other national parks and sites include the Shenandoah National Park in Virginia and the Mount Desert Island in Maine.

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.

The comic strip "Ranger Rick's Adventures" is presented on a raccoon, fox, and badger's hike in Olympic National Park in Washington.

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.

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.

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 reports on national parks throughout the U.S. and the beginning of the two-year celebration of the National Park Service centennial in 2016. Topics include Washington's Olympic National Park's dam removal, Yosemite National Park in California, and Glacier Bay National Park in Alaska.

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.

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.

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.

Recommends several forest areas for big tree viewing in the U.S. Coconino National Forests in Arizona; Great Smokey Mountains National Park in North Carolina and Tennessee; Olympic National Park in Washington.

Offers information on activities for tourists in national parks in the United States. Use of llamas in Yellowstone to carry camping gear for tourists; Description of the Jordan Pond House restaurant in Acadia National Park in Maine; Seminars at the Olympic National Park on Pacific Northwest arts and culture.

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.

A personal narrative is presented that explores the author's experience of travelling to the Hoh River Trail at the Olympic National Park in Washington.

The article offers travel tips for the Olympic National Park, Washington including directions from the Elwha river trail/Pacific northwest trail to Hayes river guard station; camping on the edge of the Elwha River; and salmon from the Pacific and the Goblins Gate.

The article reports on the initiative of the Olympic National Park authorities in Washington, removing mountain goats from the park for they have developed appetite for human excretions, and mentions the negative effect of goats' digging on the natural environment of the park.

A letter to the editor in response to the article "God Vs. Greed," published in the July 15, 1966 issue of the journal is presented.

A response by the editor to a letter to the editor on the article "God Vs Greed," published in the July 15, 1966 issue is presented.

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.

The article reports on visiting the Olympic National Park, Washington.