We’re celebrating six years of stewardship at Eight Dollar Mountain and Days Gulch Botanical Areas! Read about our victories we are able to accomplish with the support of an amazing volunteer group alongside the US Forest Service!
Read MoreThe mountains of the Kalmiopsis emerged from the ocean floor as result of geological uplift (rather than volcanism) and have been subject to folding and faulting ever since. As a result, the unique soils are packed with heavy metals including nickel, iron, chromium, and magnesium that make life hard for most plant life. To survive in this environment plants have had to evolve and adapt to get by in circumstances that would normally kill most flowering species. More than any other wilderness in the region, the Kalmiopsis is the home of oddball survivors.
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