COLD, DARK, WET
Issue 18, Winter 2022
Hillside seeps forming icicle stalactites along the road. photo by Thomas Noland
COLD, DARK, WET
Issue 18, Winter 2022
Thomas Noland & John F. Williams, Guest Managing Editors
Table of Contents is below this intro
This issue of Salish Magazine is focused on the Cold, Dark, and Wet of Winter. In these grey, wet, and cold days in the Salish Sea, life still goes on. This issue focuses on how plants and animals adapt to the change in seasons. Many animals are very opportunistic in the foraging for food, getting their calories from whatever is available. As you can see from the picture above, sometimes water is available but hard to consume in its solid state. Luckily there are fast moving rivers and streams that don’t freeze up, or even warm water springs. This is one of the many challenges faced in the Cold, Dark, and Wet of Winter.
Issue 18, Table of Contents
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Vashon Glaciation
by Adria Magrath
Winter 2022
On a drippy gray weekend morning near the start of winter, a small group of naturalists and citizen scientists is looking for the eggs of sand lance and surf smelt on the beach
Cold, Dark, Wet Visuals
by Assorted
Winter 2022
A variety of visuals exploring some examples of Cold, Dark, Wet in different habitats and styles: underwater, on the water, on the beach at night, and in our forests.
Winter Characters
by Thomas Noland
Winter 2022
When it’s cold, dark, and wet, my native plant garden provides food and shelter for many winter residents. This photo essay shows birds and small mammals as they are active.
Salish Sea Winter
by Michele Jaenke
Winter 2022
While it makes sense to think about being warm & dry in winter, there is also beauty in the cold, dark, and wet of winter. This photo-essay highlights some of that winter beauty
Salish Coast Cures
by Malaika Rosenfeld
Winter 2022
Winter in the Pacific Northwest again, and I’ve discovered the ideal winter activity to fulfill that human need for companionship and material connection: night tidepooling
Poetry-18
by Gunby & Levine
Winter 2022
Here are four short poems by Jessica Levine and Al Gunby celebrating different aspects of what winter brings to us here in the Salish Sea region: Cold, Dark, and/or Wet
Kelp Forest Decline and Reforestation
by Marina Sannes
Winter 2022
Bull kelp is a foundation species, as it provides nutrients, habitat, and is an efficient carbon dioxide absorber. But there has been an unprecedented decline in these forests
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