Disclaimer: Entries written prior to 2007 do not take into consideration Kittitas County, Washington where I live and work now. When I wrote the 2005 and 2006 entries I was in Mendocino County, California. The regional differences between the two locations are manifested in the precipitation, forest types, invasive plants, insects, diseases, soils, wildlife and much more. Stay tuned for entries specific to the east side of the Cascades.
