A bird's eye view of Puget Sound

ID: 354 ~ Source: Marshall, John, from The Nature Conservancy. “We’re Taking Puget Sound’s Stories to the Nation,” available at https://www.washingtonnature.org/fieldnotes/government-relations-were-taking-puget-sounds-story-to-the-nation.

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On a clear day Mount Rainier watches over the branching inlets of Puget Sound, the largest estuary by water volume in the lower 48 states.

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Puget Sound vs. Salish Sea – For conservation efforts, distinction matters.

By Rachel Baker

Puget Sound is a diverse marine habitat with significant ecological, cultural, and economic importance for people all across Washington. Although there are slight discrepancies among definitions, simply put, a sound is a narrow passage of water…