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Olympic National Park: Rainforest, Glaciers, and Coastline in One Park
Olympic National Park in Washington packs four ecosystems into 922,650 acres: a 60-mile wild Pacific coastline, the 140-inch-a-year Hoh Rain Forest and its giant Roosevelt elk, and the shrinking glaciers of 7,965-foot Mount Olympus. We cover its 1909 origin as a national monument, its 1938 upgrade to national park status, the Daniel J. Evans Wilderness covering 95% of the park, and the climate-driven glacier decline from 266 glaciers in 1982 to 184 by 2009. Next episode: Badlands National Park.
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