Have fun, see nature, save nature on the Olympic Peninsula

Hike Olympic National Park, volunteer, protect trees, support local farmers, travel sustainably, stop war, get inspired, save the planet.

Planting trees at the Elwha River near Olympic National Park.

The author planting a forest at a former dam site along the now free-flowing Elwha River

Acknowledgement of indigenous homelands

These lands continue to hold deep significance to contemporary Native communities who have lived on the Olympic Peninsula since time immemorial and whose territories were unjustly appropriated. Learn more at Native Land and the tribes’ websites: Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe, Quileute Tribe , Makah Tribe , Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe, Port Gamble S’Klallam , Hoh Tribe Quinault