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"What is the Northwest?"

A Provocative Description of the Pacific Northwest

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.