Salish Sea Institute reports, convenings, resources, and curricula address these issues to invite people on and beyond campus to collectively care for the Salish Sea now and into the future.
2024
Mega-Projects, Cumulative Impacts, & Indigenous Nationhood on the Multinational Salish Sea, Natalie J.K. Baloy and Isabella Pipp
Why Evidence-Based Hope is Crucial to Salish Sea Recovery and Beyond, Dr. Elin Kelsey and Ginny Broadhurst
2023
Using Ethnohistoric Data to Correct Historical Ecological Baselines: Urbanization and the Collapse of Forage Fish in Vancouver, Jesse Morin, Blake Evans, and Meaghan Efford
How Much Noise is Too Much for Southern Resident Killer Whales in the Salish Sea? The Case for a Carrying Capacity Study., Rob Williams, Cindy R. Elliser, and Ginny Broadhurst
2022
Emerging Issues in the Salish Sea: Salish Sea Governance, Jacob Jones, Peter Keller, and Eileen van der Flier Keller
2021
Vignette 19: Invasive European Green Crab, Jeff Adams, Emily Grason, P. Sean McDonald, Allen Pleus, Jude Apple, Roger Fuller, Lucas Hart, and Alexandra Simpson
Vignette 23: Indigenous Management Systems Can Promote More Sustainable Salmon Fisheries in the Salish Sea, William I. Atlas, Natalie C. Ban, Jonathan W. Moore, Adrian M. Tuohy, Spencer Greening, Andrea J. Reid, Nicole Morven, Elroy White, William G. Housty, Jess A. Housty, Christina N. Service, Larry Greba, Sam Harrison, Katherine IR Butts, Elissa Sweeney-Bergen, Donna Macintyre, Matthew R. Sloat, and Katrina Connors
Vignette 10: Biological Repercussions from Microplastics in the Salish Sea, Ashley Bagley and Iris Kemp
Vignette 12: The Blob, Nicholas Bond
Section 7: The Future of the Salish Sea? A Call to Action, Ginny Broadhurst, Natalie Baloy, and Kathryn L. Sobocinski
Vignette 03: Birds of the Salish Sea, Rob Butler
Vignette 21: How Ecological Time-Series Inform Response to Stressors, Jackson W.F. Chu
Vignette 14: Eelgrass Wasting Disease, Olivia Graham, Morgan Eisenlord, and Drew Harvell
Vignette 17: Salish Sea Jellyfish, Correigh Greene
Vignette 07: Stormwater Effluent Exerts a Key Pressure on the Salish Sea, Emily Howe
Vignette 20: Fraser River Estuary in Need of Urgent Intensive Care, Laura Kehoe and Tara G. Martin
Vignette 13: The Salish Sea Model, Tarang Khangaonkar P.E.
Vignette 18: Bellingham Bay, Legacy Contamination Under Repair, Olivia Klein
Vignette 09: Derelict Fishing Gear, Jason Morgan
Vignette 11: Ecological Consequences of Built Shorelines in the Salish Sea, Stuart H. Munsch
Vignette 05: Blocking Culverts Impact Salmonid Survival, Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission
Vignette 16: Vulnerability and Climate Change Adaptation, Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission and Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe
Vignette 02: Lower Trophic Levels in the Salish Sea, Ian Perry
Section 1: Introduction, Kathryn L. Sobocinski
Section 2: Context, Kathryn L. Sobocinski
Section 3: Urbanization and Human Impacts to the Seascape, Kathryn L. Sobocinski
Section 4: Climate Change: A Global Problem With Local Impacts, Kathryn L. Sobocinski
Section 6: Opportunities for Improving Assessment and Understanding of the Salish Sea, Kathryn L. Sobocinski
State of the Salish Sea: Executive Summary, Kathryn L. Sobocinski
The State of the Salish Sea, Kathryn L. Sobocinski
Section 5: Cumulative Ecosystem Effects, Kathryn L. Sobocinski, Jennifer Boldt, Todd Sandell, Jaclyn Cleary, Michael Schmidt, Isobel Pearsall, Iris Kemp, Brian Riddell, and Lynda V. Mapes
Vignette 15: Eelgrass Variations Ties to Sea Level Variations, Ronald Thom
Vignette 06: Living Shorelines in Puget Sound, Jason Toft
Vignette 04: Olympia Oysters, Jodie Toft and Betsy Peabody
Vignette 22: Sense of Place, David J. Trimbach
Vignette 08: Connection to Place: Indigenous Leadership in səlilwət (Burrard Inlet), Tsleil-Waututh Nation’s Treaty Lands and Resources Department
Vignette 01: The Salish Sea Estuary System, Bert Webber