It is all thanks to subduction, the process of recycling that sends old oceanic crust back into the mantle. For the Cascades, this is subduction of three very small tectonic plates: the Juan de Fuca, ...

Although people are most familiar with Mount St. Helens, a new study shows it is really the Cascade volcanoes in Central Oregon and Northern California that are the most active. Yet, for a volcanic ...

Fisher Creek Basin in North Cascades National Park, where the last known grizzly bear killed in the Cascades was shot in 1967. Biologists Bill Gaines and Scott Fitkin look for hair snag locations in ...

EUGENE, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Oregon’s Cascade Range mountains might not hold gold, but they store another precious resource in abundance: water. Scientists from the University of Oregon and their partners ...

We don't know when the next eruption in the Cascades might happen, but we can prepare for one by pretending it's happening. It has been over 12 years since the last volcano erupted in the Cascade ...

Saul Weisberg seems to find his muse every time he paddles or hikes around the North Cascades. He’s penned two books about the area: “Headwaters: Poems & Field Notes” and “North Cascades: The Story ...

A powerful storm system is bringing heavy rain and several feet of snow to the Pacific Northwest. Blizzard warnings are in effect for the Washington Cascades, with dangerous travel conditions expected ...

The first widespread, accumulating snow of the season could hit Washington’s mountain ranges through Monday, forecasts show. Some of the lower passes and foothills of the Cascade Mountains won’t see ...

WORCESTER ― When one thinks of Worcester, images of the WooSox and their smiley-faced mascot, Polar Beverages and its iconic white bear, or perhaps even the idyllic imagery of a heart comes to mind. A ...