See where We Are Puget Sound has been featured!
Environment reporter Lynda Mapes and Muckleshoot Tribe Vice Chair Donny Stevenson lead talk about orcas and salmon.
The talk at the Burke Museum was in honor of the 5th annual Orca Recovery Day, a day of volunteer action on behalf of orcas and salmon around Puget Sound. Lynda, an award-winning Seattle Times journalist who specializes in covering of the environment, natural history, and native cultures of the Pacific Northwest, offers a unique window into these creatures’ lives—their remarkable intelligence, rich culture, lifelong family and elaborate communication—and hope for the future. More about the event at The Seattle Times.
To view the recording of the virtual event, cleck here.
New exhibit opens at the Burke with interactive stations
Exhibit highlights people and ideas that are restoring and protecting the Salish Sea
We Are Puget Sound
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If you call the Puget Sound region home, it's worth it to learn more about the wildlife and cultures that also reside in and around the Salish Sea, from Southern resident orcas and Chinook salmon to community gardeners and Coast Salish tribes. The Burke Museum's new exhibition We Are Puget Sound "explores the marvel of our area" with canoe models, clam baskets, and specimens from its fish, plant, and fossil collections, plus photos and profiles of Salish Sea protectors. This is fascinating stuff, people! (The exhibition is based on the book We Are Puget Sound: Discovering and Recovering the Salish Sea, published by Braided River in partnership with Washington Conservation Action; you can snag a copy from Elliott Bay before you see the exhibit.)
by Lindsay Costello
‘we are puget sound’ family day
Bring the whole family to celebrate the opening of We are Puget Sound! Experience the wonder of Puget Sound through the unique wildlife and living cultures that call the Salish Sea home. We Are Puget Sound highlights people who protect and restore this region through stunning photography, new community insights, and the Burke Museum’s expansive collections. Learn more about the exhibit.
the future of oceans lecture series- port Townsend marine science center
An exciting companion to the We Are Puget Sound photo exhibit is the next Port Townsend Marine Science Center’s Future of Oceans series lecture, “We Are Puget Sound: Discovering and Recovering the Salish Sea,” that aired on Sunday, January 23, 2022. The program featured a discussion panel with some dynamic scientists working to protect and restore the Salish Sea. We were honored to have Mindy Roberts from WEC, SeaDoc Society Science Director Joe Gaydos and Brian Footen, co-founder and president of EarthViews.
“It’s all us. We are not going to have nearly the quality of life without embracing all of the species” - Janine Boire, Port Townsend Marine Science Center Executive Director about the We Are Puget Sound Exhibit (Peninsula Daily News)
We Are Puget Sound is featured in Indian Country Today - Salish Sea love letter (and a call to action). This account gets at the heart of what the We Are Puget Sound book and campaign is working to achieve.
“A new book, “We Are Puget Sound | Discovering & Recovering the Salish Sea,” provides a roadmap to recovering the health of these waters off the coast of inland Washington state and British Columbia, with inspirational stories of what individuals are doing – and essays and photographs that remind the reader of what’s at stake.”
We are honored to be awarded a grant from the Nisqually Indian Tribe to support We Are Puget Sound programming in 2020. We are thankful for the support and the belief in the power of our work.
We are honored to be featured on The Seattle Review of Books as one of three large Seattle-centric books that have been published this year and would serve as beautiful gifts for the Seattleite in your life.
“It’s a book you can read cover to cover or dip into from time to time.
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We are honored to be featured on the Edmonds News collection of holiday gift ideas for book lovers on your list. Search here for local stores where you can pick up your copy!
We are honored to make it on Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association’s bestseller list from local independent bookstores for the week ending Oct. 20.
"I was most captivated by the stories of the local people who have made a difference in protecting, restoring or otherwise improving our region."
-Christopher Dunagan via Kitsap Sun
“We Are Puget Sound is a stunning visual journey through a complex web of marine and terrestrial wildlife."
-Helen Cherullo, via Seattle Times
"Taking a fresh look at the inland sea we know and love, and the people who are helping to preserve it, this new book seeks to remind us all of our long ago and unfulfilled commitment to clean up Puget Sound."
-Brian J. Cantwell via brianjcantwell.com
We are honored to be on Seattle Public Library’s Peak Picks List this October. You can pick up your copy today- no hold and no wait necessary.
