The purpose of this web page is to publish research and reports from North-Central Washington.
GIS Mapping Technology
Ecosystem Impacts
Google Map view of proposed Okanogan PUD Powerline. This link goes to a 1024-pixel wide Google Map window with a hotlink to Google Earth.
Hungry-Hunter Ecosystem Management Project. GIS and analysis and multi-party monitoring.
Ecosystems and Classification
Classification of Vascular Plant Communities of The North Cascades Using Discreet Space Boundary Analysis. 2005. Classification of North Cascades Plant Associations, by George Wooten and Peter Morrison. Ordination of 1,433 ecology plots distributed throughout the North Cascades were classified into 14 broad sets of plant associations. The major axis of variation corresponded to east-west geographic position. The secondary axis corresponded to a wet-dry gradient. Plant communities of the North Cascades spanned three full species turnovers along the primary east-west gradient.
Field Studies
Ecosystem Management
Sinlahekin Wildlife Area Restoration Plan. A long-term plan to reduce fuels and restore fire regimes in the Sinlahekin Wildlife Area.
Wetlands
Wetland Mapping on the Loomis Forest. A new method and a test of the National Wetlands Inventory, by Pacific Biodiversity Institute of Winthrop, Washington.
Background Research
Roadless areas
Unprotected Wildlands in Washington State (1998) by Pacific Biodiversity Institute of Winthrop, Washington.
Roadless areas of the Western Okanogan National Forest. A description of the largest roadless areas in Western Okanogan County.
Lost and Forgotten. A Trail Guide to Roadless Area Hikes and Vistas near the Methow Valley, Washington.
Geology
Fluvioglacial Channels in North-central Washington.