Puget prairie, also known as South Sound prairie or South Puget Sound prairie, is an endangered type of prairie found along the southern coast of the Puget Sound in northwestern Washington, in the United States. It is home to many endemic species, and is threatened greatly, with under 10% of the native prairie remaining.[1] The prairie was formed due to receding glaciers from the last ice age, which left behind large areas of drained and gravelly soil. Puget prairie once covered almost 150,000 acres of modern Washington, but due to suppression of natural and controlled fires, encroachment of non-native plants, and human development, it receded to its modern size, far smaller than its pre-contact range.[1]
^ ab"Conservation of Prairies in Western Washington". U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Retrieved April 18, 2023.
Pugetprairie, also known as South Sound prairie or South Puget Sound prairie, is an endangered type of prairie found along the southern coast of the...
Rocky Prairie is a Pugetprairie that is about 56 miles (90 km) southwest of Seattle, Washington, and about 10 miles (16 km) south of Washington's capital...
The Puget Sound War was an armed conflict that took place in the Puget Sound area of the state of Washington in 1855–56, between the United States military...
Retrieved December 4, 2009. "The South Puget Sound Prairies: A Unique and Imperiled Landscape - The South Puget Sound Prairies // LandScope America". www.landscope...
in alpine to subalpine habitat to the lowland prairies of the South Puget Sound. At this time, the Puget blue has not yet been designated endangered or...
northern California. In Washington, the Mardon skipper can be found in the Pugetprairies and the South Cascades. Some distinguishing characteristics of this...
South Puget Sound Community College is a public community college in southwest Olympia, Washington. The college contains 125 acres (0.51 km2) and is serving...
zerene fritillary, Puget blue and Taylor's checkerspot. In 1966, the mima mounds were designated a National Natural Landmark. Rocky Prairie "DNR seeks comments...
(1991). The Natural History of Puget Sound Country. University of Washington Press. Mountain Forecast: Prairie Mountain Prairie Mountain photo: Flickr...
corridor of western Washington. The island forms the northern boundary of Puget Sound. It is home to Naval Air Station Whidbey Island. The state parks and...
pocket gopher), T. m. tumuli (Tenino pocket gopher), T. m. glacialis (Roy Prairie pocket gopher), and T. m. yelmensis (Yelm pocket gopher). The Mazama Pocket...
Jackson Prairie Underground Natural Gas Storage Facility is a natural gas storage facility in Southwest Washington, owned by Puget Sound Energy, Avista...
to Horace Chapin Henry of Seattle. The subsidiary Chicago, Milwaukee and Puget Sound Railway Company was chartered in 1905 to build from the Missouri River...
the United States to the Puget Sound area, then in Oregon Country. The original tree stood on Bush's homestead, now Bush Prairie Farm and a land trust,...
United States Chippewa Moraine State Recreation Area, Wisconsin Coteau des Prairies, South Dakota Devil's Lake State Park, Wisconsin Glacial Lake Wisconsin...
of Washington Territory at Muckleshoot Prairie, but the outcome is not known. Later, after the start of the Puget Sound War, along with Quiemuth (half brother...
Northern Pacific Railway – the Tacoma–Lakewood segment in 1874 as part of the Prairie Line, and the Lakewood–DuPont section in 1891. Passenger service on the...
Métis settlement. The Cowlitz river and a direct portage to Puget Sound near Cowlitz Prairie have been used throughout history by various regional Indigenous...
and were eventually defeated by the US Army in the conflict known as the Puget Sound War in 1855–56. On September 9, 1946, the tribe's constitution and...
intermarried descendants of various tribal groups who inhabited Central Puget Sound and occupied the Green and White rivers' watershed, from the rivers'...
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