Naming of the Salish Sea

The name “Salish Sea” was first proposed by marine biologist Bert Webber in 1988. Below are a collection of links covering the naming process.

VIDEO:

• Official Naming of the Salish Sea (Coast Salish Gathering, 2010)
  • https://www.coastsalishgathering.com/official-naming-of-the-salish-sea
• The Salish Sea: What’s in a Name (Bert Webber, Speaking of Maps, 2016)
  • https://cedar.wwu.edu/somlectures/all_speakers/all_speakers/4/ 
• The Salish Sea, with Bert Webber (Whatcom Historical Society, 2018)
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZnQwIQ_oKc

AUDIO:

• Return To The Salish Sea: Visionary Bert Webber (KNKX, 2017)
  • https://www.knkx.org/post/return-salish-sea-visionary-bert-webber
• Visionary Bert Webber: “Good Science Is Stewardship” (KNKX, 2017)
  • http://apps.knkx.org/SalishSea/visionary/

ARTICLES

• Meet the Man Behind the Salish Sea (The Globe and Mail, Sid Tafler, 2008)
  • https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/meet-the-man-behind-the-salish-sea/article17981749/
• “Salish Sea”: WA Inland Waters Name now Official (Investigate West, 2009)
  • https://www.invw.org/2009/11/14/salish-sea-wa-inland-waters-name-now-official/
• Setting Sail for the Salish Sea (Crosscut, Knute Berger, 2009)
  • https://crosscut.com/2009/01/setting-sail-for-salish-sea
• The ‘Discovery’ of the Salish Sea (Crosscut, Bert Webber, 2011)
  • https://crosscut.com/2011/06/the-discovery-salish-sea
• How the Salish Sea got it’s Name (SeaDoc Society, Bert Webber, 2011)
  • https://www.seadocsociety.org/how-the-salish-sea-got-its-name/
• Naming the Salish Sea: How and Why it Happened (Bert Webber, 2011)
  • https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DKqS6SkEoruVF2ppLQikyH_vdjU6mvLh/view
• Naming the Salish Sea (Green Angles)
  • https://greenangels.com/blog/naming-salish-sea-dr-bert-webber
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