It’s time for the next national parks quiz and trivia piece. This particular edition focuses on Mount Rainier, Olympic, and North Cascades national parks, all located in Washington State. Just how much do you know about these Pacific Northwest national parks? Test your parks knowledge and learn a little at the same time.

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A program to relocate non-native mountain goats from Olympic National Park and Olympic National Forest has ended with nearly 400 goats were removed, though only 325 made it to the northern Cascade Mountains in Washington. The others either died in the capture and transport effort, were euthanized, were lethally culled, or placed in zoos.

Olympic National Park rangers were searching Wednesday for a 21-year-old backpacker from Maryland who was overdue from his trek into the park.