PAGE THE MOUNTAINS ARE FORMED 2 GLACIATION 5 THE SHAPE OF THE LAND TODAY 5 GLACIERS TODAY 6 CLIMATE AND THE WATER CYCLE 9 THE FORESTS AND WILDFLOWERS 11 Rain Forest 13 Mountain Vegetation 16 HOW TO IDENTIFY SOME COMMON PLANTS 23 Trees 23 Shrubs 27 Nonwoody Plants 28 WILDLIFE 35 You and the Animals 36 Seeing the Mammals 37 Birds 42 Fish 46 Other Animal Life 47 PACIFIC COAST AREA 48 MAN IN OLYMPIC 51 Indians of the Olympic Peninsula 51 Exploration by sea 52 Exploration by land 54 Establishment of the Park 56 SUGGESTED READINGS 57 [Illustration: _Here is truly a living wilderness nurtured by the ocean! The Olympic Mountains stand first in line against the moisture-filled Pacific winds. These winds, rising and cooling on the western slopes, drop 12 to 18 feet of rain and snow on forest and mountain each year. Two extraordinary conditions result—a temperate-climate rain forest and an abundance of permanent ice bodies at comparatively low altitudes. Many rushing streams return the water from snowfields, glaciers, and forest slopes to the sea. A complete and endless circuit of water from ocean to land and back to the ocean may be observed from a single mountain vantage point. One can hardly fail to notice a water cycle of this magnitude and completeness or to appreciate its great influence on the Olympic scene._]