Climate change
Amazonie en Danger d’Extinction
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The Wild Olympic National Park, Sanctuary of Biodiversity
Beautiful Natural Heritage
The Sur la Route du Patrimoine Project’s Team started the visit of the Olympic National Park, designated in 1982 as UNESCO Biosphere Reserve and World Heritage Site, by the visit of the Visitor Center where we had an appointment with Ms. Gay Hunter (Park’s Museum Curator) and M. Rod Farlee (Member of the Friends of the Olympic National Park).
The Olympic National Park is a land of beauty and variety. A day’s exploration can take us from breathtaking mountain vistas with meadows of wildflowers to colorful ocean tidepools. But it is without counting on the very rainy and wet weather at this season! Now we know why there is the temperate rainforest growing there! Nestled in the valleys are some of the largest remnants of ancient forests (old-growth forests) left in the USA. Lire la suite