Jeff Clark thought the existing maps of the Salish Sea didn’t have enough detail. So he set out to make a much more detailed map, “to increase the geographic literacy of the area.” ...

Only 5 percent of Washington residents surveyed could name the Salish Sea when described to them geographically, and only 9 percent named the location when the region was circled on a map. The ...

Clark’s previous map of the Salish Sea was named the “best reference map” of 2022 in a competition held by the Cartography and Geographic Information Society in the U.S. Clark set out to ...