Posts Tagged ‘Cascade Mountains’
Today Latest Closure of North Cascades Highway Since 2008
Winter recreation, avalanche chutes and rescue goats. Yes, it’s that time of the year to close State Route 20. Marcus Bellissimo reports.
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100 Mountain Goats Moved From Olympics To Cascades This Year, Forest Service Says
Repopulating a species in an area where they once were abundant can be difficult. Incorporating the use of helicopters and refrigerated trucks and some times resulting in death. Marcus Bellissimo reports.
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Bat-Killing Disease Confirmed East of Cascades
In China, the bat is a symbol of happiness and joy. To Native Americans, they represent diligence, wisdom, death and rebirth. In pop culture, they’re associated with vampires, coffins and sucking blood. But bats play an important ecological role in keeping insects, like mosquitoes, in check. And a disease ravaging bats has just been detected…
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Comment Period Reopened on North Cascades Grizzly Bear Restoration Plan
A plan has been in the works to reintroduce Grizzlies to the North Cascades. And the agencies responsible want your opinion. Marcus Bellissimo reports.
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Forest Service Leading Work To Eradicate Invasive Plants In Central Cascades
Invasive species, whether plant or animal, can be devastating to an ecosystem. And the U.S. Forest Service is currently looking to eradicate invasive plants from throughout the central Cascades. Marcus Bellissimo Reports.
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Snowpack, Flood Control Experts Hoping For Slow Mountain Melt-Off
We’re always happy to have a deep snowpack in the mountains. But as we enter the mountain runoff season, gradual temperature change is what’s hoped for. Marcus Bellissimo reports.
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Cascade Snowpack Returning to Normal After February, March Snowfall
It may be easy for some to gripe about the lingering winter weather this close to the Vernal Equinox. But snow on the valley floor certainly means snowfall in the Cascade Mountains, beefing up the snowpack essential to our region. Marcus Bellissimo has the latest.
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Cascade Snowpack Gets Big Boost From February Storms
Snow in the Valley equals snowpack in the mountains, which in turn brings water during the spring and summer months. A recent bout of heavy snowstorms this month has helped the states snowpack get out of the danger zone. Marcus Bellissimo reports.
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Cascade Snowpack About Normal Despite Warmer, Wetter Winter
Snowfall may be less this year than in years past, but at least we are seeing snow. And when it comes to snowpack, snow is a good thing, as Marcus Bellissimo reports.
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Winter Outlook: What Will El Niño Bring To NCW?
Weather prediction has come a long way in recent years. And even though most predictions by the National Weather Service do come to fruition, they are, at the end of the day, predictions. Marcus Bellissimo has more.
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First of Hundreds of Mountain Goats Relocated From Olympic to Cascade Mountains
A years-long effort to rid Olympic National Park of its mountain goats began this week as officials used helicopters to capture and relocate the animals to other forests in the North Cascades. A plan approved in June calls for about 375 goats to be relocated into national forests in the North Cascades, where the animals…
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