It shows how the land works on many levels. It explores the natural and cultural integrities of this place, making it a coherent and whole bioregion. In linking land and sea together, it shows the North Pacific seafloor and Cascadia Subduction Zone in dramatic relief. The map also provides for the first time an integrative cross-border framework to understand regional vegetation and shared ecosystems.

It also shows Cascadia in the wider context of the macro-Bioregions of Western North America. This is the original Cascadia Map created by Dr. David McCloskey, the model copied by many others…