Map: Upper Columbia Plateau WA - PNWRMS - 2018 gray wolf cap and Kaiser

and Kaiser

and Utah's National Parks) and provides an almost endless stream of backroad adventures

travel the Sherman Pass Scenic Byway east to the Columbia River

While in Tucson scenic drive Mount Lemmon Hwy to the ski area

and campgrounds

Map: Upper Columbia Plateau WA - PNWRMS - 2018 gray wolf cap and KaiserThe Upper Columbia Plateau is a diverse and fascinating region of eastern Washington just to the east of the Cascade Mountains. Forests of Douglas fir and ponderosa pine dot a landscape that is otherwise dominated by shrub steppe vegetation, with various species of sagebrush and bunchgrasses. Other special habitats include sand dunes, thin layered lithosols, alkali lake and vernal pools, talus slopes, and riparian areas. This is the hottest and driest