"Salish Sea" is now the official name of the Strait of Georgia and Puget Sound. It has now been approved by mapmakers on both sides of the border.
The Salish Sea name change is further recognition that the Pacific Northwest, despite including two countries, is a distinct and cohesive bio-region, known to geographers as Cascadia.
The hope is that it will foster bi-national cooperation within this Puget Sound-Georgian Basin ecosystem on a host of crucial environmental issues, particularly regarding our threatened ocean waters, where once-plentiful supplies of salmon, cod, clams, mussels and even Orca whales are dwindling.
A tiny step, and obviously a symbolic one. But in hope that it is a healthy gesture toward a sustainable future.
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