What Is Salish Magazine?
Salish Magazine is a free, online magazine that takes inquisitive readers outdoors. We use visually rich storytelling about things people can see firsthand in the public forests and beaches of our Salish Sea region. Our content includes articles, poetry, artwork, photos, video, and even music!
We also try to illustrate the interconnectedness woven through our ecosystems.
In addition to the magazine, we have a Virtual Explorations section to bring more of our local nature to you: see EXPLORATIONS in the main menu.
Barred owl. photo by John F. Williams
We are in our EIGHTH year of publishing Salish Magazine!
Scroll down to see the complete list of our past issues and more about the magazine.
Call for Submissions for Issue #32: Forest Places
We are inviting you to share stories, poems, photos, video, art, and/or sound recordings about a forested place that fills your mind with tales of forest inhabitants depending on each other to make their home robust.
For more details to go Call for Submissions #32
Our Latest Article
Backyard Bird Habitat
by Sarah Ottino
Spring 2026
Some birds have an affinity for wild forests, the slopes of the Cascades, or murky wetlands. Others have adapted to living alongside humans, using backyards as habitat.
Our Latest Issue
Issue 31: Spring 2026
Backyard Birds
Backyards are becoming a larger part of our environment, and Backyard Birds is the theme for this spring’s issue of Salish Magazine. We’ll be treated to stories and poetry about hummingbirds, red-winged blackbirds, wrens, eagles, nuthatches, crows, juncos, and much more. And, of course, we’ll have some discussion of the backyard habitats in which we see them.
Take a look:
https://salishmagazine.org/issue-31/
More content will be added throughout the spring.
We’ll let you know via this newsletter when we add more content throughout the spring.
Virtual Explorations
These Virtual Explorations began as a way to help people get virtually out of the house during the pandemic. But they have turned out to be a popular, fun, and informal way to explore some new places and new ideas.
EXPLORATIONS in the menu above will take you to a list of all of the available Virtual Explorations.
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Salish Magazine
Publisher: John F. Williams
Managing Editor: Sara Noland
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SEA-Media
P.O. Box 1407 Suquamish WA 98392
www.salishmagazine.org
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Extra special thanks to:
Sara & Tom Noland, Grant Blackinton, Nancy Taylor, Ren Alea, Kathy Haskin, Andrea Benson, Brianna Clark, Heather Hesslink, Allison Richard, Phillip Rosaaen, Katrina Simmons, Michele LaMaistre, Adelia Ritchie, Susan Merrill, Mary Johnson, and all of the credited authors and image contributors.
Sincere thanks also to our Patreon patrons:
Amy Lawrence
Beverly Parsons
Brooke Thompson
Bruce Wade
Carolyn E Hart
Catherine Whalen
Clare
Doug
Jeffrey Duda
Jeffrey Thompson
Jennifer
John A. Wiles
Jordon Griffith
Joyce & Steve Nishimura
Judy Atkins
Karen Best
Marie Magrath
Marion Allen
Mark Hoffman
Michele LaMaistre
Patricia Thompson
Patricia Weagant
Ray, Charlotte Garrido
Robyn Jackson
Tena and Earl Doan
Terry Jackson
Wendy McClure
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