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We Are Puget Sound: Discovering and Recovering the Salish Sea

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We Are Puget Sound: Discovering and Recovering the Salish Sea

Puget Sound is a magnificent and intricate estuary, the very core of life in Western Washington. Yet itâ€™s also a place of broader significance: rivers rush from the Cascade and Olympic mountains and Canadaâ€™s coastal ranges through varied watersheds to feed the Sound, which forms the southern portion of a complex, international ecosystem known as the Salish Sea.

A rich, life-sustaining home shared by two countries, as well as 50-plus Native American Tribes and First Nations, the Salish Sea is also a huge economic engine, with outdoor recreation and commercial shellfish harvesting alone worth $10.2 billion. But this spectacular inland sea is suffering. Pollution and habitat loss, human population growth, ocean acidification, climate change, and toxins from wastewater and storm runoff present formidable challenges.

We Are Puget Sound amplifies the voices and ideas behind saving Puget Sound, and it will help engage and inspire citizens around the region to join together to preserve its ecosystem and the livelihoods that depend on it.
Country USA
Brand Mountaineers Books
Manufacturer Mountaineers Books
Binding Paperback
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781680512588
ReleaseDate 2019-10-01

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