Join us for a multimedia event to discover and recover our shared home in the Salish Sea.
Puget Sound is a magnificent and intricate estuary, supporting an abundance of resident and migrating life, notably two iconic, interdependent endangered species: Southern Resident orcas and chinook salmon. Join Town Hall Seattle and Braided River for an evening celebrating a new multimedia book and campaign We Are Puget Sound: Discovering and Recovering the Salish Sea to protect and restore Puget Sound. Featured speakers include book contributors Leonard Forsman (Suquamish Tribal Chairman) and Mindy Roberts (Washington Environmental Council People for Puget Sound director. Also joining the evening will be Les Purce (Orca Recovery Task Force co-chair), and other regional Puget sound protectors. Experience a stunning visual journey through the complex web of marine and terrestrial wildlife, regional economies of fishing and agriculture—and learn how each of us can join in protecting our common home in the Salish Sea.
About We Are Puget Sound
A place where freshwater streams and rivers mix with the sea, Puget Sound is a magnificent and intricate estuary. This astonishingly beautiful waterway surrounded by mountains and forests supports an abundance of resident and migrating life, notably two iconic, interdependent endangered species: Southern Resident orcas and chinook salmon.
Created in partnership with Washington Environmental Council and brought to life by a coalition of Northwest partners, We Are Puget Sound provides inspiration as well as actions individuals and businesses can take to reverse these trends. Experience the region on this stunning visual journey through the complex web of marine and terrestrial wildlife, regional economies of fishing and agriculture, and through the lives of the people who call this place home. Essays by writer David Workman, Suquamish Tribe chairman Leonard Forsman, and WEC Puget Sound program leader Mindy Roberts, alongside striking images from Brian Walsh and more than a dozen other professional photographers bring this place to life. Learn more about www.wearepugetsound.org
ABOUT THE SPEAKERS:
Mindy Roberts leads the People For Puget Sound program at Washington Environmental Council, where she focuses on improving and maintaining the health of our unique ecosystem. WEC’s mission is to protect, restore, and sustain Washington’s environment for all. Mindy’s previous work focused on identifying sources of pollution to Washington’s waters – streams, rivers, lakes, and Puget Sound – and developing management actions to clean them up.
Leonard Forsman has served as tribal chairman of the Suquamish Tribe since 2005 and is president of the Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians. His interests include cultural preservation, sustainable economic development, and habitat protection.
Les Purce serves as the co-chair for the Orca Recovery Task Force, appointed by Governor Inslee to lead representatives of nearly fifty government entities, native tribes, coalitions, and industry groups to take aggressive action to protect and recover the Southern Resident killer whale population.
This event is supported by Braided River and Washington Environmental Coalition, in collaboration with dozens of regional partners. Learn more at www.wearepugetsound.org