The Columbia River Basin, which spans seven states in the Pacific Northwest, is one of the largest freshwater networks in North America. For centuries, the Basin has been a catalyst for economic development through the abundance of natural resources it provides.
I always think of the Pacific Northwest as giant trees and rain and clouds and dampness, like the Native American art from that area. That all says Pacific Northwest to me. Salmon. It really only exists on the Western side of the Cascades.
Life here (in the Pacific Northwest, not in Vancouver, Seattle, Portland or the chain of buildings connecting them but in the rest of the place, out west and east from the north-south I-5 river) can sometimes feel like a half-dream, half-myth.
I am such a Pacific Northwest girl.
I like the whole Pacific Northwest.
Seaplanes are like the taxis of the Pacific Northwest.
In the night there's sometimes a sort of cursed quality to the Pacific Northwest.
The Pacific Northwest depends on inexpensive renewable energy from our dams.
The Pacific Northwest, and particularly Whidbey Island, is extremely suited to be a location in a novel.
I'm from the East Coast, and so therefore, the Pacific Northwest forest is very exotic land to me.
I married an American. He was from the Pacific Northwest but went to law school in the South, so I was living in Virginia and North Carolina.
I'm from Oakland and San Francisco, so I feel like the Pacific Northwest starts there and goes north - so, it's home to me.
They're each on separate coasts but I think that the deep Maine woods shares some similarities to the Pacific Northwest.
I always think of the Pacific Northwest as giant trees, and rain, and clouds and dampness, like the Native American art from that area.
I prefer to be a mother in the Pacific Northwest! I grew up outside of Seattle and personally find it to be the most beautiful place in the world.
The North Korean landscape is strikingly beautiful in places. It could be said to resemble America's Pacific Northwest - but substantially drained of color.