Creating an Atlas of the Salish Sea Bioregion
WHEN
Thursday, March 9, 2023
4:30-5:30 p.m. PT
LOCATION
Online on Zoom
And In-person at Western
Academic Instructional Center West,
Room 204
PRICE
Free
Check out this video to watch the Creating an Atlas of the Salish Sea Bioregion.
Environmental Speaker Series
Brought to you by:
WWU College of the Environment
in partnership with the WWU Alumni Association
The Salish Sea Bioregion encompasses an intricate network of inland marine waterways and their upland watersheds in Washington and British Columbia. The concept of a cohesive Salish Sea region has become a critical focal point for local bioregional education, research, restoration, conservation, and policy development.
However, the scarcity of accurate, cohesive, and easily available spatial data and thematic maps covering the entire bioregion is a critical impediment to these efforts. Working with transboundary geospatial data involves many challenges as datasets from different countries must often be spatially, temporally, and conceptually harmonized before they can be combined or directly compared.
The Salish Sea Atlas addresses this need in the form of a digital book with thematic chapters containing interactive maps, illustrations, interpretive text, and a suite of downloadable open access harmonized geospatial datasets.
The Environmental Speaker Series is free and open to the public. Talks are held each Thursday at 4:30 pm in Academic Instructional Center West, room 204. Paid parking is available in lot C. Or join us online on Zoom!
Aquila Flower
Speaker
Aquila Flower is an associate professor of geography at Western Washington University. Dr. Flower is a geographer and ecologist specializing in forest, alpine, and coastal ecosystems of the Pacific Northwest. She uses methods drawn from GIS, statistics, ecology, and dendrochronology to explore long-term patterns of environmental change. Aquila has lived and worked in both Canada and the United States and considers herself a proud resident of Cascadia and the Salish Sea Bioregion. She teaches geography, GIS, climatology, and biogeography in WWU’s College of the Environment.
Questions, Accommodations, and Parking
Contact the WWU Alumni Association for this event. Feel free to call at (360) 650-3353 or email at alumni@wwu.edu if you have any questions or comments.
Advance notice for disability accommodations and special needs is greatly appreciated. Please indicate your special needs on the registration form.
There will be auto-captions available for the Zoom webinar.
Limited paid parking is available in the C lots at the south end of campus and in lots 6V and 7G at the north end of campus. Western provides comprehensive parking details—including lot locations, fees, and campus map.