{"id":841,"date":"2021-01-14T09:27:32","date_gmt":"2021-01-14T17:27:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/naturalhistory\/?p=841"},"modified":"2021-11-03T12:55:42","modified_gmt":"2021-11-03T19:55:42","slug":"columbia-river-gorge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/naturalhistory\/columbia-river-gorge\/","title":{"rendered":"Columbia River gorge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/naturalhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/525\/2021\/03\/LOCO@TomMcCall.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-961\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/naturalhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/525\/2021\/03\/LOCO@TomMcCall.jpg 640w, https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/naturalhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/525\/2021\/03\/LOCO@TomMcCall-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption>Columbia desert parsley (<em>Lomatium columbianum<\/em>) at Tom McCall Preserve. Photo: Frederica Bowcutt.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4><strong>Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area encompasses the gorge cut through the Cascade mountains by the Missoula Floods during the Ice Age. Managed by the U.S. Forest Service, there are numerous locations on both sides of the Columbia River to explore picturesque overlooks, mountains and waterfalls. For example, Catherine Creek on the Washington side just east of Bingen is renown for its wildflower displays as is Dog Mountain. On the Oregon side, Wahclella Falls Trail is easy to hike and spectacular with endemic plants and multiple mossy falls. For help with identifying wildflowers, Russ Jolley&#8217;s <em>Wildflowers of the Columbia Gorge<\/em> is easy to use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-container-1 wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fs.usda.gov\/crgnsa\">Columbia Gorge Website&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/science.halleyhosting.com\/nature\/gorge\/animaux\/amphibian\/amphibian.htm\">Amphibians of the Columbia River Gorge<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/trails.gorgefriends.org\/hike-the-gorge\/catherine-creek-arch-loop.html\">Catherine Creek Arch Loop Map<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oregonhikers.org\/field_guide\/Catherine_Creek_Universal_Access_Hike\">Catherine Creek Universal Access Trail<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/oregonwildflowers.org\/viewlocation.php?ID=2\">pictures of some of the wildflowers at Catherine Creek<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wnps.org\/plant-lists\/list?Catherine_Creek#specieslist\">Catherine Creek Species List<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usgs.gov\/science-support\/osqi\/yes\/national-parks\/ecology-columbia-river-gorge-national-scenic-area\">Geology and Ecology of the Columbia River Gorge<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/science.halleyhosting.com\/nature\/gorge\/lichen\/lichen.html\">Lichens of the Columbia River Gorge<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wnps.org\/plant-lists\/county?Klickitat\">Plant Species Lists for various locations in Klickitat County<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fs.usda.gov\/recarea\/crgnsa\/recarea\/?recid=29992\">Wahclella Falls Trails<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area The Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area encompasses the&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/naturalhistory\/columbia-river-gorge\/\">Read the post<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Columbia River gorge<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":177,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/naturalhistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/841"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/naturalhistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/naturalhistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/naturalhistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/177"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/naturalhistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=841"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/naturalhistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/841\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1089,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/naturalhistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/841\/revisions\/1089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/naturalhistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/naturalhistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/naturalhistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}