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This
region offers many splendid resources including
a large elk population, many fine steelhead streams
and one of the only wild fall Chinook salmon runs
in the state.
This southwest corner contains the state's only
active volcano, Mount Saint Helens. Also located
here are the only active sandhill crane nests
and the last western pond turtles in the state.
Other varied habitats in the Columbia River Gorge
National Scenic Area support a unique grouping
of rare and potentially endangered species, such
as western gray squirrel, peregrine falcon, pileated
woodpecker and steelhead trout. |