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Takeaways From 'Return To The Salish Sea'

, a Canadian professor emeritus at Western Washington University, is the man who came up with the鈥

Return To The Salish Sea: Visionary Bert Webber

Bert Webber is the man who coined the phrase "Salish Sea." He is a professor emeritus from Huxley College at Western Washington University in Bellingham.

Webber says while it may be easy to see the Salish Sea as separate waterways, those waterways actually make鈥

草榴社区 Professor Emeritus Bert Webber to Discuss the Challenges Facing the Salish Sea Oct. 26
New institute at 草榴社区 focuses on health of Salish Sea

As the new Salish Sea Studies Institute gets rolling at Western Washington, Wayne Landis is certain of one thing: It will not be creating studies that collect dust on a library shelf.

鈥淲e won鈥檛 be doing research just because it鈥檚 interesting,鈥 says Landis, a professor of environmental鈥

Event celebrates the Salish Sea

Oak Bay鈥檚 Barbara Adams and Jacques Sirois join a sea of guest speakers celebrating the Salish Sea and the name change of the Shaw Ocean Discovery Centre in Sidney.

The special event this Saturday, April 2, marks the official change to the Shaw Centre for the Salish Sea and raises money鈥

Artists encouraged to share impressions of the Salish Sea

Artists from Oak Bay and around the Pacific Northwest are invited to share their impressions of the Salish Sea in a locally inspired art contest and fundraising auction.

The brainchild of Oak Bay鈥檚 Bill Smith and other volunteers with the Cattle Point Foundation, the art contest and鈥

Chemistry, orchestra and filming in 48 hours
Authors of Salish Sea book to speak at Village Books April 16
Our lives and livelihoods depend on saving the Salish Sea

Bert Webber, a retired professor of environmental and marine science at Western Washington University and the driving force behind the naming of the Salish Sea, is quick to tell you that not having a name can create problems. In the early 1970s, people in Washington state were worried about the鈥

The Northwest鈥檚 Salish Sea comes alive in new book

Perhaps you remember the squabbles a few years ago over the effort to incorporate a new name, 鈥渢he Salish Sea,鈥 into the cartography of inland waters running from Olympia up to Campbell River, British Columbia. This was an international issue of identity 鈥 or lack thereof.

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