- Queets River Natural Resources Conservation Area (dnr.wa.gov)
This 601-acre conservation area protects over 250 acres of riparian floodplain habitat in the lower reaches of the Queets River, a river that supports several species of wild Pacific salmon. The site also includes numerous streams and riparian systems flowing into the river, freshwater wetlands, and upland forest on the slopes above the floodplain. Older remnants of the native North Pacific Hypermaritime Sitka Spruce forest system thrive in the riparian corridors, while the remaining forest is a mixture of conifers, including western red cedar and western hemlock.
- Alien (rogerebert.com)
At its most fundamental level, “Alien” is a movie about things that can jump out of the dark and kill you. It shares a kinship with the shark in “Jaws,” Michael Myers in “Halloween,” and assorted spiders, snakes, tarantulas and stalkers. Its most obvious influence is Howard Hawks’ “The Thing” (1951), which was also about a team in an isolated outpost who discover a long-dormant alien, bring it inside, and are picked off one by one as it haunts the corridors. Look at that movie, and you see “Alien” in embryo.