Mount Rainier

Nisqually River

My work rarely gets me away from Puget Sound, topically or geographically, so it was fun to spend the day working our way down the Nisqually, learning about everything from the geology of aggrading rivers downstream of melting glaciers to the restoration of small streams in the Ohop Valley. We began in the National Park and ended at the Nisqually Delta.

Alder Dam

Fortunately, the mountain was well above the heavy smoke that filled the Puget Sound region (from forest fires in BC) much of last week so the views were clear, but it became more evident as we headed downstream. But still nothing as bad as it was farther north.