Jason,

The Washington book in the series Roadside Geology will give you great
information on the geology of the state, including the erratics you saw.

Andy Stepniewski's Birds of Yakima County, Washington contains some nice
information on that county's geography, climate, and vegetation zones. A
must-have book anyway.

Natural Vegetation of Oregon and Washington, J. F. Franklin and C. T.
Dyrness, originally published by the U. S. Forest Service in 1973, reprinted
by Oregon State University. This one discusses physiography, geology and
soils for each ecological "province" in addition to the vegetation.

Hope this provides what you're looking for.

Martin Muller, Seattle
MartinMuller at email.msn.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jason Paulios" <jpaulios at hotmail.com>
To: <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 9:18 AM
Subject: E. WA Merlin question


> Tweeters, with all this Merlin talk lately I had a question about the
> subspecies encountered in Eastern WA. Last week Gary Wiles and I saw a
> columbarius/Taiga Merlin on the Waterville Plateau, is this the race most
> often encountered east of the Cascades? This was my first good look at
the
> Taiga form. Just curious.
>
> Also does anyone know of a good book dealing with Eastern WA natural
> history? As we drove some of the back roads over in Lincoln CO. I
realized
> that I knew absolutely nothing about the history of the land or the
habitat
> there (WA neophyte). One of my maps stated something about the "Winthrow
> Moraine- Ice Age Limit of Glacier"...we did notice quite a few boulders in
> the fields there, I assume these were a result of the glacier. Thanks.
>
> Jason Paulios
> JPaulios at earthlink.net
> Olympia, WA
>
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