Cascadia - Maps & Graphics

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Median PBDE Levels in Northwest Women

Sightline's study shows that levels of PBDEs, or toxic flame retardants, in the Pacific Northwest are 20 to 40 times higher than levels in Japan and Sweden.

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Map of Oil Pipelines in Cascadia

Oil pipelines in the Pacific Northwest are vulnerable to disruption.

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Map of Natural Gas Pipelines in Cascadia

The Pacific Northwest's international network of natural gas pipelines.

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Map of Electricity Transmission Lines in Cascadia

The Pacific Northwest's vulnerable power network.

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1998 Map of Dam Proliferation in Cascadia

Cascadia's power dams have decimated its salmon runs.

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1965 Map of Dam Proliferation in Cascadia

The distribution of power dams in Cascadia in 1965; the dams have decimated the Northwest's salmon runs.

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1930s Map of Dam Proliferation in Cascadia

The distribution of power dams in Cascadia in 1930; the dams have decimated the Northwest's salmon runs.

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Map of Cascadia

The Cascadia bioregion, defined by the watersheds of the rivers that flow into the Pacific Ocean through North America's temperate rainforest zone.

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PBDE Levels in Humans Since the 1980s

Since the 1980s, levels of the toxic flame retardants, PBDEs, in human tissue and fluids in North America have risen 20 to 30 times.

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Rising Levels of the Toxic Flame Retardants, PBDEs (animation)

A flash animation of the results from Sightline's 2004 study of persistent bioaccumulative toxics. It found high levels of the toxic chemicals, PBDEs, in the bodies of 40 Northwest women tested.

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Map of the Cascadia Scorecard's Five Forest Study Areas

An overview of the Scorecard's study areas, including BC's Inland Rainforest and the Williams Lake Region; the Olympic Peninsula and Central Cascades; and Southern Oregon.

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Carbon Dioxide Emissions Per Mile Traveled

What's the cleanest way to travel--car, flight, bus, or bike? The answer might surprise you.