After World War II, Industry, Technology & the Careless Generation
Being Citizens of Washington: Salmon Recovery and the Boldt Decision
Not well understood is that Cascadia and the southern California coast were settled before the slopes of the Rocky Mountains. This creates a Cascadia History vs. Wild Far West’s 2 histories series, the former 20 years advanced over the latter, Cascadia slightly more willing
to discuss transformative change, but further along in environmental damage and species extinctions. This writer talks of his Careless Generation. But he was also once young and busy, his life Ancient History: like Boys in a Boat. That said he remembers the Once Grey Hills, the harbor in Stanwood before WashingTons of Topsoil poured down from the Cascade Mountain slopes, and when moss did not hang from the trees as it does now (the climate is warmer and wetter). Occasional stories like: Humans’ Sycamore Stupidity and the fact that there are No More Giants evoke only sighs while Biodiversity’s Enemies dominate. Slow change allows for adaption and the need for revolutionary cultural change. Only by chance, do we glimpse the past in Relic Rescues, do we pause and ask the question:
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Where today might you purchase Western Cedar beams of lumber 55′ long, 16″ high, 4″ wide with no knots? Drive from Ashland at Oregon’s southern border to Vancouver, British Columbia and count how many of these trees might you be able to see … say within 1 hour drive east and west off the I-5 anywhere along the 11-hour drive?
The State Fish of Washington,
the Steelhead Trout
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Industry & Extinctions by the Careless (8)
Washington State History