Map: Upper Columbia Plateau WA - PNWRMS - 2018 gray wolf cap including Bend

including Bend

and campgrounds

Contributions of Aldo Leopold

and Utah's National Parks) and provides an almost endless stream of backroad adventures

Map: Upper Columbia Plateau WA - PNWRMS - 2018 gray wolf cap including BendThe Upper Columbia Plateau is a diverse and fascinating region of eastern Washington just to the east of the Cascade Mountains. Forests of Douglas fir and ponderosa pine dot a landscape that is otherwise dominated by shrub steppe vegetation, with various species of sagebrush and bunchgrasses. Other special habitats include sand dunes, thin layered lithosols, alkali lake and vernal pools, talus slopes, and riparian areas. This is the hottest and driest