- Skagit Bald Eagle Natural Area Preserve (dnr.wa.gov)
This 1,546 acre preserve is a critical bald eagle winter roosting site that complements other areas protected along the Skagit River to provide habitat for bald eagles feeding on salmon carcasses. The preserve has mature forests of Douglas-fir, Pacific silver fir, western hemlock, and western redcedar, which provide the large trees that eagles prefer for protective winter night roosts.
- Butte (Wikipedia)
In geomorphology, a butte (/bjuːt/ BEWT) is an isolated hill with steep, often vertical sides and a small, relatively flat top; buttes are smaller landforms than mesas, plateaus, and tablelands. The word butte comes from the French word butte (French: ), meaning ‘knoll’ (of any size); its use is prevalent in the Western United States, including the Southwest, where mesa (Spanish for ’table’) is used for the larger landform.