219. Salmon, Cedar, Rock & Rain: Exploring Olympic National Park

<p data-aura-rendered-by="4290:161829;a">In the Pacific Northwest, many of us delight in Olympic National Park, a UNESCO natural World Heritage Site, located right in Seattle’s backyard. Yet the famed park is just the center of a much larger ecosystem including rivers that encompass old-growth forests, coastal expanses, and alpine peaks, all rich with biodiversity. For tens of thousands of years, humans have thrived and strived alongside this area.</p> <p data-aura-rendered-by="4290:161829;a">To tell the story of this place, award-winning poet and nature writer Tim McNulty and contributors such as Fawn Sharpe, president of the National Congress of American Indians, David Guterson, author of bestselling novel <em>Snow Falling on Cedars</em>, Wendy Sampson, and <em>Seattle Times </em>environmental reporter Lynda V. Mapes, collaborated with Braided River in a project called <em>Salmon, Cedar, Rock & Rain</em>.</p> <p data-aura-rendered-by="4290:161829;a">Braided River, the same organization that created the award-winning book and multimedia exhibit <em>We are Puget Sound,</em> is bringing awareness to the Olympic Peninsula through art and stories––stories of development, conservation, restoration, and cultural heritage, while writers from the Lower Elwha Klallam, Jamestown S’Klallam, Port Gamble S’Klallam, Makah Tribe, and Quinault Indian Nation share some of their own history and perspectives. The project, in partnership with The Mountaineers, Olympic Parks Associates, National Parks Conservation Foundation, and many more, is a diverse exploration of Olympic National Park and its surrounding peninsula.</p> <p data-aura-rendered-by="4290:161829;a"><strong>Tim McNulty</strong> is a poet, essayist, and nature writer and recipient of the Washington State Book Award and National Outdoor Book Award.</p> <p data-aura-rendered-by="4290:161829;a"><strong>David Guterson</strong> is a novelist, short story writer, poet, essayist, and journalist. He is best known for his award-winning debut novel, <em>Snow Falling on Cedars</e