Media Items
SPIDER CRAB SHEDS ITS SHELL
Whenever you look at a crab molt the “how does it do that?” factor is pretty high. Here’s a video of a crab molting that’s pretty amazing.
Art in the Company of Science
The International Marine Conservation Congress (May 14-18, 2011 in Victoria BC) distinguished itself by incorporating art into the long days of technical talks by scientists. I reported earlier on a beautiful and moving song by a 10 year old who performed at the conference. A tall totem pole, a permanent part of the conference center
SHALLOW WATERS
“If we do nothing it will all be gone…” This haunting line is from a beautiful music video featuring ten year old Ta’Kaiya of the Sliammon First Nation in British Columbia.
Eggs on the Beach
Of course you’re wondering what important creatures live on our beaches, yet are invisible to us. Eggs on the Beach premiers at the 13th Annual Celluloid Bainbridge Film Festival, Sunday, March 20, 2011 at 11:30 a.m. in the Historic Lynwood Theatre.
Our Home
This video about the impact of ocean acidification upon our shellfish and the Puget Sound was created, directed and co-filmed by a group of dedicated Suquamish High School youth who want to bring about community awareness of this iss
Bear & Salmon
This speaks of the full circle of life and how we are all connected. The bear feeds on the salmon and as it travels it contributes to the growth and well being of all that grow on our mountains.
Stormwater runoff: A flood of crud
Would we drink the water flowing along the sides of our roads and in our stormdrains? What’s in it anyway? Where does it go?
Laura James did a great job of highlighting these questions with some video showing some of West Seattle’s crud entering Puget Sound underwater.
Pacific Marine Imaging
Oceans contain habitats as different from one another as rainforests are from deserts. From coastlines to the deepest ocean trenches there lives a vast array of marine life – some rare, some bizarre, some astonishingly beautiful.
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Long Overdue Update
SEA-Media is publishing Salish Magazine, a quarterly, advertisement free, on-line publication that reveals the inter-connectedness of our natural world through visual rich stories about outdoor features in our Salish Sea region. We now (Nov. 2019) have 5 issues online, and a 6th coming in December 2019. You can see it at: SalishMagazine.org This has monopolized
Wrapping Up 2017
In last December’s blog, I talked briefly about expanding SEA-Media’s horizons to include significant ecosystem connections with our waters — even when it meant paying attention to the (shudder) terrestrial parts of our environment 🙂
Olympic Peninsula Environmental News
- A Quote worth noting on Refuge Management April 27, 2026As the controversy over the possible transfer of management and ownership of the Dungeness Wildlife Refuge and Protection Island to the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe continues, I was sent this quote which sums up the issue of approving this transfer. At the moment, the Refuge decision making process is theoretically one for the protection of its […]
Salish Sea News & Weather
- 4/27 Monk seal, Sunrise pipeline, wildfire cost, BC interior fires, fish-trucking, Skagit battery energy storage, slime mold, flood mitigation, meme war, marathon milestone, democracy watch. April 27, 2026Dear Readers: Salish Sea News and Weather will take a break and return on May 11. Mahalo. Hawaiian Monk SealHawaiian Monk Seal Neomonachus schauinslandi The Hawaiian monk seal is a vulnerable species of earless seal in the family Phocidae that is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. The Hawaiian monk seal is one of two extant […]