A Mammoth Undertaking

Hi, I'm the Columbian mammoth whose 8 ½ foot tusk was unearthed in February 2014 at an AMLI Residential construction site in Seattle's South Lake Union neighborhood.

Maybe you heard about it?

It was kind of a BIG deal.

The experts at the Burke Museum are guiding my tusk through a complex conservation process. The Burke and AMLI have created this website to keep everyone up to date on what's happening and what scientists are learning about what the Pacific Northwest was like 20,000 years ago (hint: WAY different).