Article: STATE BOARD ON GEOGRAPHIC NAMES APPROVES 'SALISH SEA'

Article: Salish Sea added to our watery lexicon.(NWSaturday)
The Seattle Times (Seattle, WA);  October 31, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... nearly official: the Salish Sea. The Washington State Board on Geographic Names Friday voted 5-1 in favor of adding Salish Sea as an approved name for ... by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names and its Canadian counterpart ...

Article: Inland waters in Wash. tabbed Salish Sea.
UPI Energy Resources;  November 13, 2009 ;     439 words ...The U.S. Board of Geographic Names says inland waters residing in ... Canada, will now be called the Salish Sea. The (Portland) Oregonian reported ... University Professor Bert Webber. Salish Sea is in reference to the American ...

Article: COAST SALISH, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY COMMIT TO RESTORING ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  July 2, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... study and improve water resources in the Salish Sea, July 8-29. Water quality has deteriorated ... looked at our most sacred site (the Salish Sea) as a dump site," said Swinomish Chairman ... nonpoint pollution - and it ends up in the Salish Sea. It's up to this generation and future ...

Article: PADDLING FOR A PURPOSE: TRIBAL JOURNEY IN SALISH ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  July 13, 2009 ;     580 words ... ... paddle to study and help improve the Salish Sea environment during their second Tribal ... probes along various routes throughout the Salish Sea, which includes Puget Sound and the ... study and help improve management of the Salish Sea. Come interview experts and get an up ...

Article: Green winters on the Salish Sea.(Brief Article)
Canadian Geographic;  November 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... straight. I've joined a cross-border campaign to nominate Salish Sea as the single official name. It is a way to honour the Salish ... well. It's still a maple, but its roots are tied to the Salish Sea. Sewn onto a Canadian flag, the huge floppy golden leaf ...

Article: Should we call it the Salish Sea, not Puget ...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  May 19, 2009 ;     404 words ... ... Washington University is getting some traction with an idea to name the inland waters that Washington and British Columbia the Salish Sea. The intent would be to supplement, not replace other names Bert Webber told The Bellingham Herald that the name would reinforce ...

Article: SEAL SITTING BY THE SALISH SEA KEEPING DANGER AT ...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  August 22, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Byline: BRENDA PETERSON GUEST COLUMNIST When reports of a "beached" baby seal near crowded Alki Bath House reached us, we neighborhood Seal Sitter volunteers rearranged our busy lives to sit shifts in a quiet circle round the seal pup. He was simply resting at low tide while his mother was far out