Swimming mountains: The palouse
After I moved to the Palouse in 1992, I found out that the thing most people miss when moving to the area is that there is no large body of water nearby. Being new to the region, I wondered why. It is true that there is no large body of water, only a few creeks, small rivers, and reservoirs. However, I found myself feeling I was living right there on the waves.
This gallery is my photo investigation Swimming Mountains: The Palouse.
The Palouse is known and a ‘Dry Farming’ land.
Rolling hills shaped by wind blown rich glacial loess that has the ability to retain water, no irrigation is needed here.
The western edge of the Palouse is noted by the seeing of irrigation pipes and basalt cliffs.
Farming has reduced the native plants in the area whose roots were crucial in retaining water.
There are efforts throughout the Palouse to restore it’s native vegetation.
I support those efforts.
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