Oct 15, 2023
The Olympic Peninsula of Washington state is a wild and wooly
place, even now in the 21st century. That’s no doubt largely
because the heart of the peninsula is taken up by Olympic National
Park, a more than 900,000-acre jigsaw puzzle of glaciers and peaks,
rainforests, rivers, and Pacific coastline.
You might view Olympic National Park as three parks in one: The
coastal area battered by the Pacific Ocean, the inland rain forests
that cloak the Hoh, Quinault, and Sol Duc areas, and the high,
craggy landscape embracing nearly 200 glaciers. If you’ve never
visited the park, or have only experienced it once for a few days,
our guest on today’s show will no doubt make you want to start
planning for a trip to Olympic National Park.
Tim McNulty is a prolific writer who lives in the shadow of the
national park. He has a new book out. Salmon, Cedar, Rock and Rain,
that is a perfect introduction on the ecosystem of not just the
national park but of the surrounding Olympic Peninsula.