Cascades

McLellan was involved in efforts to restore grizzlies in the North Cascades in Washington state and the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness Area in Montana and Idaho.

It is not a coincidence that the mountain ranges of the West — the Cascades, the Rockies, and even the relatively more modest San Jacintos — divide the region up into different precipitation patterns.

By early Wednesday, winds in the region had caused widespread power outages and some tree damage, and were expected to bring blizzard conditions throughout the Cascades, the agency said.

Oregon’s 5th Congressional District unfurls from the outskirts of Portland, rolling south and east through the forested Cascades, across table-flat farmland and high desert to the recreational mecca of Bend.

How you feel about Monterey Park’s Cascades Park fountain depends on who you are.