Your Mission, Project Thinker
Welcome to the Station! You are a rainforest researcher. Your job: build an ArcGIS StoryMap that tells the true story of the Hoh Rain Forest — a forest in Washington State where it rains more than 12 feet every year!
Everything you need is here at the Station: animals and plants to discover, news about how the forest is changing, videos to watch, and step-by-step help for building your map. Find facts and pictures you like, copy them, and use them in your StoryMap.
Welcome to the Station. You are a rainforest researcher, and your mission is to build an ArcGIS StoryMap about the Hoh Rain Forest — one of the largest temperate rainforests in the United States, with roughly 140 inches of rain a year.
Every wing of the Station was gathered from trusted sources like the National Park Service, so you can research freely: study the species, follow the climate story, watch the films, and use StoryMap HQ when you're ready to build. Every fact block has a Copy for your StoryMap button that brings its source along — that's how real researchers give credit.
The field guide to 32 living things of the Hoh — from Roosevelt elk to banana slugs. Photos you can download, facts you can copy.
Open the field guide →The Station's news desk. Big stories about how climate change is reshaping the Hoh — melting glaciers, shrinking snow, and the scientists fighting back.
Read today's news →Rainforest films and StoryMap how-to videos, hand-picked for the Station. Grab a seat — new films are added after they pass inspection.
Enter the theater →Stuck? HQ has your back: how to sign in, start a story, build an Express Map, add pictures, and publish like a pro.
Get help building →