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Animals found only in the Pacific Northwest (California, Oregon, Washington (state), British Columbia, and Alaska). Subcategories This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total.
The Pacific salmon in particular played a central role in the diet and culture of the Northwest, so much so that the Native Nations of the region define themselves as the Salmon People. [22] The salmon were caught with hook and line or small nets, and then pierced with cedar skewers and roasted or smoked over open pit fires.
The protruding tongue is associated with lightning, supernatural power, and the transfer of power from an animal source to a novice. Crescents may represent stylised scales or the segments of a caterpillar. [2] Other depictions, by the Kwakwaka'wakw or other Pacific Northwest peoples, omit or modify some of these features.
The list of mammals of Washington lists mammalian species that live in the U.S. state of Washington, [1] [2] including 9 introduced mammal species. [3] The list does not include species found exclusively in captivity.
This list of mammals of Oregon includes all wild mammal species living in or recently extirpated from the U.S. state of Oregon or its coastal shores. This list includes all species from the lists published by the American Society of Mammalogists or found in the comprehensive text Land Mammals of Oregon published in 1998. Rare instances where ...
In recent years, at least 15 native Pacific Northwest tree species have experienced growth declines and die-offs, 10 of which have been linked to drought and warming temperatures, according to ...
The list includes several anadromous species, and two normally marine species (starry flounder and shiner perch) that are occasionally found in freshwater. Only one species (Olympic mudminnow) is a Washington endemic, however three others (Nooksack dace, Salish sucker, and margined sculpin) have very limited distributions outside the state ...
The whale, which can weigh 60,000 pounds (27,215 kilograms), typically lives in the northern Pacific Ocean. What is a whale native to the North Pacific doing off New England? Climate change could ...