MAPS Atlas of the Pacific Northwest, Richard M. Highsmith, Jr., editor, Robert Bard, cartographer, 5th edition, 1973, $7.50 from: • Oregon State University Press Corvallis, 0 R 97332 Lots of styles of maps, galloping range of subjects: population, income, rail, power, farm sales and crops, days with dense fog, manufacturing breakdowns, campgrounds, lapidary sites. Many of the maps are too small a scale for research and planning, but lovely overviews. Exploring Washington, Harry M. Majors, 1976, $19.95 from: • Van Winkle Publishing Co. 84 W. 20th St. Holland, MI 49423 A truly beautiful mix of atlas, photographic essay, gazetteer, the equivalent of a do-it-yourself hiking book (though much too large and fancy to take into the woods). Washington broken into 27 maps with elaborate notes, including: geological history, fossil sites, food gathering areas, wildlife areas, Indian trails, campsites. If I were to get one book to help me find Washington, I think this is it. Pacific Northwest Rivers Basin Commission Box 908 Vancouver, WA 98660 206/694-2581 A federal-state organization designed to coordinate water resources in a fivestate area (Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, Montana). Some of the most developed inventory techniques available, especially see: Ecology & Economy: A Concept for Balancing Long Range Goals, $2; Willamette Basin Study, 13 vols., $80; Climatological Handbook, 6 vols., $30; newsletter, maps. Public Lands E:ommission, Washington Public Lands-Social Security Bldg. Olympia, WA 206/753-6691 Puget Sound Governmental Council 216 1st S. Olympia, WA 206/464-7090 Sea Grant Communication Program, Washington Division of Marine Resources University of Washington Seattle, WA 98195 Conferences, workshops, publications, "Bibliography of Literature: Puget Sound Marine Environment." Published "Northwest Sea." Soil & Water Commission, Oregon 217 Agriculture Bldg. Salem, OR 97310 Administrative service agency for the 49 local soil and water conservation districts. • . . ,·. ,, 11,";_i.~ 4- : .!_. ,\,•' ~ - ~ ~--~---- tr~~ ' F\1;_ .-J,C ~ ~, ,~, ~~ ~ !.-.41,~-. •~Lt ·~• '. i ~ -,. • -~-' ~ 11 I ( _;:,otw w·· P!. • (' ho Exploring Puget Sound & British Columbia, Stephen E. Hilson, 1976, $19.95 from: Van Winkle Publishing Co. 84 W. 20th St. Holland, MI 49423 This is a guide with much of the same content as Exploring Washington, but of the waterways from Olympia to Queen Charlotte Sound. Marine charts, marine facilities, recreational areas, wildlife areas, history. A guide that is both practical and fascinating-even if you're landlocked. Federal Environmental Monitoring Directory, by the Council on Environmental Quality, 30¢ from: Government Printing Office Washington, DC 20402 A really well-done guide to federal agencies doing environmental inventory work. July 1976 RAIN Page 13 Oregon Atlas William Loy University of Oregon Eugene, OR 97403 Will probably be available this fall. Generally same content range as Atlas of the Pacific Northwest. Washington Environmental Atlas, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (with assistance from the Institute for Environmental Studies), 1975, price unknown from: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 4735 E. Marginal Way S. Seattle, WA 98134 • A 3 foot by 2 foot inventory/atlas, with several hundred contributors. Must be one of the most complete surveys ever done (in mapping format). Our first reaction: think of the money involved. It lays on my floor, something to walk around till it's reviewed. It grows on you. Of course, there may have been a way to do it with less expense, but then again, it's a working tool. The problem with most atlases, like the NW Atlas, is the scale is often only of general interest; these maps, on the other hand, are generous enough to be of use in, for example, environmental impact statements, real, critical land use decisions. Is there a Corps of Engineers prejudice? No, I don't think so. The balance is there, the completeness of criteria, which involves geological, hydrological, biological, archeological, historical and contemporary cultural, environmental use and recreational management. Ask your library. This should be made available to the public. Hours of fascinating reading. Even has a map locating Bigfoot sightings-right after Fish & Mollusks. GUIDES Cascadia, Geological Evolution of the Pacific NW, Bates McKee, McGraw-Hill, $9.95. The best of the geological overviews of this area. Caves of Washington, William R. Halliday, Information Circular No. 40, from: Dept. of Ecology Olympia, WA Cruising Atlas, Columbia, Snake & Willamette Rivers, $6.95 from: Bernie Straub Publishing Co. Seattle, WA 98105 Navigational guide. (Or you may just want a particular area: write to: Coast & Geodetic Survey, Rockville, MD 20852). Continued on page 14
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