Salish Sea Content / Salish Sea Content for ٺƵ en Sea Lion Rescued From Deadly Plastic Entanglement /climate/news/sea-lion-rescued-deadly-plastic-entanglement Dramatic footage of a rescue mission with ٺƵ' SeaDoc Society to save a Steller sea lion entangled in plastic. November 18, 2022 - 2:27pm Katherine E Kerlin /climate/news/sea-lion-rescued-deadly-plastic-entanglement Citizen Divers Aid Understanding of Fish in the Salish Sea /news/citizen-divers-aid-understanding-fish-salish-sea <p><span><span><span><span>Hundreds of fish species live in the Salish Sea, and many face a number of threats. Monitoring the health of these fish populations is crucial. But with nearly 5,000 miles of coastline and more than 400 islands, it’s no small task.&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></p> March 24, 2022 - 10:27am Katherine E Kerlin /news/citizen-divers-aid-understanding-fish-salish-sea Bringing the Salish Sea to Tacoma’s Fifth Graders /climate/news/bringing-salish-sea-tacomas-fifth-graders <p>Tacoma Public School students are taking a big step into their local ecosystem.&nbsp;<br> &nbsp;<br> While the pandemic has disrupted in-person schooling nationwide, Tacoma Public Schools is piloting a new Explore the Salish Sea science curriculum district-wide that adventurous fifth grade teachers at two Tacoma schools implemented last year.<br> &nbsp;</p> March 08, 2021 - 2:44pm Katherine E Kerlin /climate/news/bringing-salish-sea-tacomas-fifth-graders Where on Earth Is the Salish Sea? /curiosity/news/where-earth-salish-sea <p>Less than half of the people in Washington and British Columbia have heard of the Salish Sea, even though they live alongside it.</p> May 16, 2019 - 3:09pm Katherine E Kerlin /curiosity/news/where-earth-salish-sea SeaDoc Society Debuts New Video Series /climate/news/seadoc-society-debuts-new-video-series-salish-sea-wild <p>The SeaDoc Society invites viewers to explore the magnificent wildlife of the Pacific Northwest in a new adventure series called <a href="https://www.seadocsociety.org/salish-sea-wild"><em>Salish Sea Wild</em></a>, debuting Jan. 10. <em>Salish Sea Wild</em> is&nbsp;hosted by SeaDoc Science Director Joe Gaydos and will feature a new species or topic each month, starting with <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5pi6wB3Nak">Steller sea lions</a> in January.</p> January 10, 2019 - 11:06am Katherine E Kerlin /climate/news/seadoc-society-debuts-new-video-series-salish-sea-wild Learning From Gorillas to Save Killer Whales /climate/news/learning-from-gorillas-to-save-killer-whales <p>In 2018, the southern resident killer whale population in the Pacific Northwest’s Salish Sea was at its lowest ever. The world watched in September as an orca named Scarlet, or J50, wasted away and died, leaving just 74 of her kind left. Some wondered if this was <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/09/14/what-extinction-looks-like-a-young-orcas-presumed-death-cuts-endangered-whale-population-to-74/?utm_term=.75ca8fff0e9a">“What extinction looks like.”</a></p> November 07, 2018 - 2:45pm Katherine E Kerlin /climate/news/learning-from-gorillas-to-save-killer-whales SeaDoc Book to Inspire the Generations Who Will Inherit the Salish Sea /news/seadoc-book-inspire-generations-who-will-inherit-salish-sea <p>The SeaDoc Society aims to place their new children’s book, <em>Explore the Salish Sea: A Nature Guide for Kids</em>, in the hands of as many middle school students living near the Salish Sea as possible, regardless of their ability to pay. To reach that goal, the ٺƵ-affiliated center has launched an <a href="http://www.explorethesalishsea.com/">Indiegogo campaign</a> aimed at inspiring the next generation who will inherit this special place.</p> March 29, 2018 - 11:46am Katherine E Kerlin /news/seadoc-book-inspire-generations-who-will-inherit-salish-sea Survey Shows Impact of Sea Star Wasting Disease in Salish Sea /news/survey-shows-impact-sea-star-wasting-disease-salish-sea <p>Sea star wasting disease has devastated intertidal populations of these animals on the West coast from Mexico to Alaska. But what about sea stars that live below the low tide line, mostly out of sight? An analysis of data collected by divers in the Salish Sea shows severe impacts on some species, especially the sunflower sea star, <em>Pycnopodia helianthoides</em>.</p> October 26, 2016 - 1:29pm Andy Fell /news/survey-shows-impact-sea-star-wasting-disease-salish-sea Energy development impacts for the Salish Sea /news/energy-development-impacts-salish-sea <p>Energy-related developments in the Salish Sea between Washington and British Columbia underscore the need for a transnational approach to assessing the risks to the entire ecosystem, according to a study by the SeaDoc Society, a program of the ٺƵ Karen C. Drayer Wildlife Health Center, and the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community, part of the area’s indigenous Coast Salish people.</p> January 04, 2016 - 9:00am IET WebDev /news/energy-development-impacts-salish-sea