When it comes to understanding that we are all connected, the sea, the salmon, the orcas, and humans, Kent Prairie Elementary 4th graders really get it. And they are doing something BIG to keep those connections healthy and strong. Find out what they did last school year to become Salish Sea Heroes!
Read MoreWith newfound pandemic freedom, more schools than ever headed out into their ecosystems to research and help to restore health to the Salish Sea. This month’s Salish Sea Heroes feature highlights five of these student groups, including over 200 official Salish Sea Heroes, who participated in an international, cross-cultural project to help heal the waterways of their homes in the very heart of the Salish Sea.
Read MoreWhat happens when an AWESOME teacher and her super smart students team up with an amazing community partner, like Skagit Fisheries Enhancement Group? Let’s just say it helps 137 wildlfe species. Find out how here!
Read MoreFind out what grade 5 students at Tacoma Public School’s Grant Center for the Expressive Arts created after Exploring the Salish Sea with SeaDoc Society’s marine science lessons last spring. Wishing these and all of last year’s Tacoma 5th grade Salish Sea explorers, a happy 6th grade year from Team SeaDoc!
Read MoreSee what one 7 year old girl can do to build hope and healing for the sea she loves.
Read MoreWho needs salmon? Killer whales, seals, porpoises, and 134 more species of life, including us and even trees! Anyone helping salmon recover is an instant Salish Sea Hero, and this month’s heroes qualify in 3 ways!
Read MoreSalish Sea Heroes: Sea Smart Youth Action Teams
Lower mainland British Columbian Salish Sea Heroes are at work in their classrooms, on the beach, and in their own homes to save orcas, sea lions, basking sharks, and leatherback sea turtles, thanks to a super cool sea school called Sea Smart. Find out how!
Read MoreSalish Sea Heroes: Mr. Browning’s Biology Class and Vashon Nature Center. What do you do when you are preparing to study a disease epidemic and get hit with one yourself? That’s what happened to Vashon High school students in Mr. Browning's biology class
Read MoreThis month’s Salish Sea Heroes show us that even 4th graders can be published authors and help teach the world how to heal the sea for shell-bearing creatures and the whole food web that needs them!
Read MoreIs the Sherman Elementary 5th grade going to let a pandemic like COVID-19 stop them from learning to improve the water quality of the Salish Sea? Not these Salish Sea Heroes. They just improvised. Find out how!
Read MoreSalish Sea wildlife is lucky to count 7th grader, Aniela Guzikowski, as a friend, even the mermaids and krakens! Why? Because when she started to understand how plastics harm marine life, she also started to do something about it.
Read MoreLike a lot of grade 3 kids, Mason loved the sea and especially whales and dolphins. But when his mom told him about a man named Rob Stewart and his work to uncover through film the unlawful killing of sharks, Mason was inspired to devote his life to saving sharks and as it turns out, a whole lot more in the ocean.
Read MoreLizzy Ashley, pre-Wildlife Veterinary graduate student, along with volunteer, Khristina Holterman, save the day for a special pup, and many others, in her work as a Marine Mammal Stranding expert and Salish Sea Hero. Love marine mammals? Look up the Marine Mammal Stranding Network near you and learn how to help seals and other mammals in your coves and coastlines of the Salish Sea. You can be a Salish Sea Hero, too!
Read MoreRead about how all of the kids at Queen Elizabeth Elementary, New Westminster Elementary, Lord Nelson Elementary, Vancouver, Trudeau Elementary, Vancouver, Conrad Elementary, Prince Rupert, Veritas Elementary, Terrace, and Kildala Elementary, Kitimat Rocked the Salish Sea while educating their families and communities about taking better care of our watersheds and beaches through the choices we all make at home. This is thanks to Holly Arntzen and Kevin Wright of the Artist Response Team (ART), two rocking musicians with a passion for the Salish Sea as big as the ocean!
Read MoreThese 1st-2nd Grade students from Mrs. Ross’ Class at Island View Elementary in Anacortes, WA turned into Salish Sea explorers to investigate a very important issue in the Salish Sea: forage fish spawning success. As we saw in the last Salish Sea Heroes feature, some forage fish, like surf smelt, spawn right on the beach. They need shade and just the right mix of sand and gravel to survive to hatch, then swim away on a high tide.
Read MoreThese Grade 8 students turned into marine biologists to tackle a very important issue in the Salish Sea: beach restoration. Twenty nine percent, or nearly 1/3, of Puget Sound has seawalls to prevent erosion of shorelines and the homes and businesses above them. This is called shoreline armoring and seems like a great idea, unless you depend on the beach for habitat.
Read MoreMrs. Tidwell and her students were the first to pilot our new curriculum around SeaDoc Society’s book, Explore the Salish Sea: A Nature Guide for Kids. In this space, we will feature the exciting work of Salish Sea Heroes like the ones pictured here.
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