Focus on Oregon geology and paleontology. Links to local surfing, pow-wows, Columbia River Gorge, Oregon fun, etc. Named after "Metasequoia Creek" (see picture on the right), which is located in The Columbia River Gorge and has Metasequoia needle and cone fossils in it's creek-bed. Metasequoia, known as the 'Dawn Redwood', is Oregon's state fossil.