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The rivers, the coast, the forest, the ground under our feet — some of the best science and history lessons are right outside the classroom window. Explore the places that make Montesano, one at a time.
Follow a salmon from a gravel nest in the Satsop or Wynoochee all the way to the ocean and back.
Every spring, hundreds of thousands of shorebirds refuel on our mudflats on their way to the Arctic.
The Chehalis is one of Washington’s biggest flood corridors — here’s why, and what we do about it.
A logging mill pond right above town became one of Washington’s early state parks.
How a temperate rainforest works — and how it feeds the cold, clean streams salmon need.
North America’s largest elk, in herds around our valley and the Olympic Mountains.
A fault offshore, a giant wave in the year 1700, and why we practice for the next one.
The Satsop cooling towers on the skyline — a true story of energy, engineering, and economics.
Know a place in our backyard worth adding? Tell your teacher — this collection can keep growing.