Assuming said valley is not shrouded in fog, the first thing your visitor says is something akin to, “Oh, look at the mountains ... the western Cascades are our own personal snow-capped end ...

While this is a concerning scenario for those living in the southwestern U.S., the Pacific Northwest, while extremely dry in the summer months, receives a lot more rain as prevailing winds off the ...

The Cascade mountain range was uplifted by magma ... geothermal drill hole temperature depth profiles essentially to map out where the water is. Miller: How is it that this data that came from ...

Oregon’s Cascade Range mountains were built by volcanoes and ... The team of researchers was able to map the extent of the aquifer by relying on previous field work in the 1980s and 1990s ...

receives a lot more rain as prevailing winds off the Pacific Ocean and mountain ranges, such as the Cascades, unleash months of moisture on the region. Now, a new study from the University of ...