temperate rainforest, and rare remnants of old-growth forest. The refuge is considered to be a lasting example of what the Pacific Northwest looked like over 100 years ago. And finally ...

Kennedy, Jr., calls the Great Bear Rainforest "the planet's last large expanse of coastal temperate rain forest ... and different Pacific salmon species run the rivers from April through October.

"After more than two weeks of mainly dry weather for places in the Pacific Northwest, such as Seattle, and Portland and Eugene, Oregon, a wind shift from the Pacific will break through and deliver ...