Media Items
Let the Rodent Do the Work
This isn’t just a review, it’s a review of a review. I recently listened to a Science Talk podcast from Scientific American. The podcast was titled A Breakdown of Beavers and it was a conversation between Science Talk host Steve Mirsky and Ben Goldfarb who wrote the book: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and
Our Underwater Backyard
This photo-rich article offers an experiential view of some of the life in Edmonds Underwater Park as seen through the eyes of a 12 year old SCUBA diver. The article also round out the experience with some of the important context surrounding it.
A Look at Intertidal Life: Through Her Eyes
Go on a “biodiversity treasure hunt” of False Bay with Drew Harvell, PhD, Professor of Ecology. See three habitats: the mudflats, the rocky intertidal zone, and eelgrass meadows.
Explore the Salish Sea
This beautiful book inspires kids to become “nature detectives” of a wide variety of mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, and tiny invertebrates barely visible to the naked eye.
Birds: Large and Small
The Winter 2019 issue of Salish Magazine tells stories about some of our local birds: some year-round residents and some seasonal ones; some large and some tiny; some land-based and some seabirds.
How to Give Up Plastic: A Guide to Changing the World, One Plastic Bottle At A Time
How to Give Up Plastic offers practical ways to reduce plastic where we live: the bathroom, the bedroom, the kitchen, on the go, at the office, in the community.
We Are Puget Sound: Discovering & Recovering the Salish Sea
“We Are Puget Sound” is a celebration of the ecosystem that is the Salish Sea, and even more it is a celebration of us: the community of people who choose to live here.
2019 Environmental Conference — March 10
The 2019 Association of Bainbridge Communities (ABC) Environmental Conference will be on March 10. This year’s topic is Wells to Whales: Protecting our Waters.
Ebb and Flow – A Japanese family and an Oyster
“Ebb and Flow” is a story about the Yamashitas, a three-generation family, known and loved as pioneers in the Washington’s shellfish industry.
SEA-Media in 2018
Seven years ago, SEA-Media launched our first big project. Soon, SEA-Media will begin publishing media, not just reviewing it.
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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 (Oct. 2026) have 32 full issues online (that’s 8 years!), and more in the works. You can see it at: SalishMagazine.org This
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
- Astonishing Wins for the Environment November 4, 2026The scope of the win for the environment last night can’t be overemphasized. It wasn’t just that the Democrats took back control of the House and the Senate by margins that will preclude Democratic traitors like Senator John Fetterman or House member Glusenkamp Perez of Washington State. They can vote with the Republicans all they […]
Salish Sea News & Weather
- 11'5 Woodfibre LNG, Bill C-39, cetacean dust-up. November 5, 2026Dead Link: A reader pointed out that the link to donate to the NewsMatch campaign has not been connected the last few days— and maybe that's why you've been silent? News and Weather and Salish Current are free for all to read without a paywall. It's a nonprofit community service and we ask our readers to help […]