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Cascadia:
Pacific Northwest bioregion
The map
(right) shows Cascadia, the Pacific Northwest bioregion,
a unity of geology, ecology and culture.
Although less than 10% of the continent, Cascadia
contributes 20% - 25% of the total surface runoff.
This
map
can be found on the website for the
Cascadia
Institute, and is available for sale there.
The map below shows the Original
Distribution of The Coastal Temperate Rain Forests. This
map
can be found on the website InfoRain,
a Bioregional information system for the North American rainforest
coast. InfoRain maps are interactive maps, so you can for example, zoom into areas
of interest.
InfoRain website is made available by
Ecotrust.

Other Cascadia
Related Sites
AltaColumbia A Cascadia links site offering access to a variety of web sites under such
headings as autonomy, news, touring, ecology, geology, lore, First
Nations, history, parks and maps.
Cascadia
Planet Cascadia webzine with
articles providing news and views about creating sustainability from the whole
systems perspective. The web site provides various definitions of the
bioregion.
Cascadia
Times. Devoted to environmental and natural resource issues in the Pacific
Northwest and the forces of politics, economics, science and community life
that influence policies affecting the region. |