Washington University Press Search Results Page

The Trees Are Speaking

Dispatches from the Salmon Forests

By Lynda V. Mapes

A call to rethink our relationship with forests

Ancient and carbon-rich, old-growth forests play an irreplaceable role in the environment. Their complex ecosystems clean the air, purify the water, cool the planet, and teem with life....

Spirit Whales and Sloth Tales

Fossils of Washington State

By Elizabeth A. Nesbitt and David B. Williams

A guide to discovering the fascinating natural history beneath your feet

From trilobites near the Idaho border and primitive horses on the Columbia Plateau to giant bird tracks near Bellingham and curious bear-like beasts on the...

After the Blast

The Ecological Recovery of Mount St. Helens

By Eric Wagner

On May 18, 1980, people all over the world watched with awe and horror as Mount St. Helens erupted. Fifty-seven people were killed and hundreds of square miles of what had been lush forests and...

The River That Made Seattle

A Human and Natural History of the Duwamish

By BJ Cummings

Restores the river to its central place in the city’s history

With bountiful salmon and fertile plains, the Duwamish River has drawn people to its shores over the centuries for trading, transport, and sustenance. Chief Se’alth...

Great Bear Wild

Dispatches from a Northern Rainforest

By Ian McAllister. Foreword by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

A stunning celebration of British Columbia's vast pristine wilderness

The fabled Great Bear Rainforest stretches up the rugged Pacific coast from northern Vancouver Island to southern Alaska. A longtime resident of the area, award-winning photographer and...

Birds of the Pacific Northwest

A Photographic Guide

By Tom Aversa, Richard Cannings, and Hal Opperman

A practical, portable guide to more than 400 bird species of the Pacific Northwest

In this updated edition of their best-selling field guide, renowned bird experts Tom Aversa, Richard Cannings, and Hal Opperman illuminate the key...

Anticipating Future Environments

Climate Change, Adaptive Restoration, and the Columbia River Basin

By Shana Lee Hirsch

Drought. Wildfire. Extreme flooding. How does climate change affect the daily work of scientists? Ecological restoration is often premised on the idea of returning a region to an earlier, healthier state. Yet the effects of...

Fishes of the Salish Sea

Puget Sound and the Straits of Georgia and Juan de Fuca

By Theodore Wells Pietsch and James Wilder Orr. Illustrated by Joseph R. Tomelleri

Fishes of the Salish Sea is the definitive guide to the identification and history of the marine and anadromous fishes of Puget Sound and the Straits of Georgia and Juan de Fuca. This comprehensive three-volume...

Flora of the Pacific Northwest

An Illustrated Manual

By C. Leo Hitchcock and Arthur Cronquist. Edited by David E. Giblin, Ben S. Legler, Peter F. Zika, and Richard G. Olmstead. Illustrated by Jeanne R. Janish, John H. Rumely, Crystal Shin, and Natsuko Porcino

Flora of the Pacific Northwest, first published in 1973, became an instant classic for its innovative style of providing species descriptions in the identification keys and for its comprehensive illustrations of nearly all treated taxa...

The Behavior and Ecology of Pacific Salmon and Trout

By Thomas P. Quinn

The Behavior and Ecology of Pacific Salmon and Trout combines in-depth scientific information with outstanding photographs and original artwork to fully describe the fish species critical to the Pacific Rim. This completely revised and updated...

Pacific Northwest Insects

By Merrill A. Peterson

This field guide sets a new standard for insect identification, making it an indispensable resource to naturalists, educators, gardeners, and others. Engaging and accessible, Pacific Northwest Insects features detailed species accounts, each with a vivid...

The Flora and Fauna of the Pacific Northwest Coast

By Collin Varner

The Flora and Fauna of the Pacific Northwest Coast is an extensive, easy-to-follow resource guide to the plant and animal life of the vast and diverse bioregion stretching from Juneau, Alaska, south to coastal British...

Olympic National Park

A Natural History

By Tim McNulty

Renowned for its old-growth rain forest, wilderness coast, and glaciated peaks, Olympic National Park is a living laboratory for ecological renewal, especially as the historic Elwha River basin regenerates in the wake of dam removal....

Amphibians of the Pacific Northwest

By Lawrence L. C. Jones, William P. Leonard, Deanna H. Olson

Beneath Cold Seas

The Underwater Wilderness of the Pacific Northwest

By David Hall. Introduction by Sarika Cullis-Suzuki. Foreword by Christopher Newbert

Winner of the National Outdoor Book Award Foundation Award for Design and Artistic Merit

This book is a work of art from every possible angle - from the exquisite photographs, to the book's design, to its...

The North Cascades Highway

A Roadside Guide

By Jack McLeod

Each year thousands of drivers travel Washington State’s breathtakingly beautiful North Cascades Highway (State Route 20), observing the region’s alpine flora and fauna and its dramatic geologic features. The North Cascades Highway, an illustrated natural...

North Pacific Temperate Rainforests

Ecology and Conservation

By Gordon Orians, John Schoen

The North Pacific temperate rainforest, stretching from southern Alaska to northern California, is the largest temperate rainforest on earth. This book provides a multidisciplinary overview of key issues important for the management and conservation of...

Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Washington

By Pamela Camp, John G. Gamon

Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Washington offers a window into the beauty and diversity of the rarest plants in the state.

The field guide includes:

- 317 vascular plants, six mosses, and one lichen

- Full-color...

Living with Wildlife in the Pacific Northwest

By Russell Link

Living with Wildlife in the Pacific Northwest is all about coexisting with the animals commonly found in gardens, ponds, attics, crawl spaces, and other places where humans and wildlife cross paths throughout Oregon, Washington, and...

Restoration of Puget Sound Rivers

By David R. Montgomery, Susan Bolton, Derek B. Booth, Leslie Wall

The recent listing of Pacific salmon under the Endangered Species Act has led to substantial interest in the scientific basis for river restoration in the Pacific Northwest. Millions of dollars in state and federal funding...