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Broad-leaved evergreens, native shrubs, 

 flowers, ferns, and mosses, marine water 

 front. Good kelp bed (Nereocystis) 

 easily accessible by rowboat. 



8. *Spanaway Park. (B4.) Area 477 

 acres. Borders on Spanaway Lake, 

 about 20 miles south of the city. Prairie 

 vegetation. Oak trees. Reached by 

 electric car. 



8. *Green River Water Shed. (B3.) 

 A tract 27 miles long and 13 miles wide 

 along the Green River in King County. 

 Hunting and fishing prohibited. Confer 

 with city officials of Tacoma before 

 visiting. 



4. * Little Nisqually Watershed. (B3.) 

 Area 24,000 acres. Located in Pierce 

 County. 



5. *Lake Cushman Power Site. (B3.) 

 Area 7500 acres. Situated at Lake 

 Cushman, Mason County. Part of it 

 will be flooded, but the rest will be left 

 in a state of nature. 



C. BELLINGHAMt 



1. *Whatcom Falls Park. (B4.) Area 

 about 100 acres. Coniferous forest with 

 ravine and creek. 



2. Cornwall Park. (B4.) Area 150 

 acres. Coniferous trees, natural water- 

 fall, ravine and meandering creek. 



3. *Pairhaven Park. (B4.) Area 10 

 acres. Coniferous trees, ravine and 

 small creek. 



D. SEATTLE! 



1. *Roosevelt Park. Area 50 acres. 

 A deep ravine with some level, higher 

 land on each side. Fir, hemlock and 

 cedar predominate. Alder, maple and 

 yew also found. Undergrowth of salal, 

 Oregon grape and huckleberry. Flow- 

 ers, ferns and mosses abundant. Some 

 liverworts. Situated f mile north of 

 campus of University of Washington. 

 Trails. 



2. *Schmitz Park. (B4.) Area 45 

 acres. Native forest with dense under- 

 growth. Ravines and brook. Natural 

 vegetation undisturbed. Trails. 



8. *Seward Park. (B4.) Area 193 

 acres. Consists of a peninsula extend- 



ing into Lake Washington. Native for- 

 est with dense undergrowth. Trails. 



4. "Lincoln Beach Park. (B4.) Area 

 2.8 acres. Consists of about 500 feet of 

 water front on Puget Sound and a 

 wooded ravine extending up the steep 

 slope to the street car line. Abundance 

 of marine algae accessible at low tide. 

 Good kelp bed (Nereocystis} about 100 

 ft. from shore. 



5. * Cedar River Watershed. (C2.) A 

 tract 25 mi. long and 8 mi. wide in- 

 cluding the Cedar River, its valley and 

 Cedar Lake, located in King County. 

 Hunting and fishing prohibited. Log- 

 ging has been carried on, but much natu- 

 ral vegetation is still undisturbed. Con- 

 fer with city authorities before visiting. 



6. *The Skagit Power Site. (C2.) 

 When the upper dam is completed the 

 Skagit River as far back as the Canadian 

 boundary (some 25 mi. or more) will 

 become a lake. This will be an oppor- 

 tunity to study the colonization of 

 plants at a new water level. The entire 

 drainage basin tributary to this power 

 site is about 1200 sq. mi., the northern 

 portion of it being in Canada. 



E. KITSAP LODGE (C2) 



Area 70 acres. Located in Kitsap 

 County. Owned by the Mountaineers. 

 Coniferous forest with some deciduous 

 trees. Hills, ravines and stream. Soil 

 of hills very gravelly, supporting xero- 

 phytic vegetation. Pine trees, rho- 

 dodendron, manzanita, kinnikinnick, 

 mountain box, flowers, ferns, and 

 mosses. Confer with officers of the 

 Mountaineers in Seattle in regard to 

 visiting. 



*P. BUNCH GRASS VEGETATION (B4) 



Area 3 acres. On the farm of the 

 Washington State College, PullmanJ. 

 Splendidly representative of the condi- 

 tions that are rapidly disappearing from 

 Eastern Washington. F. L. Pickett. 



*G. QUINATJLT LAKE AREA (A3) 



Seven thousand acres bordering on 

 Lake Quinault in the Olympic peninsula. 



