08/27/2026
And that is exactly what these waters teach us.
The colonial line drawn through the Salish Sea never divided the relationships that were already here.
It never divided the tides, the salmon, the orcas, the canoe highways, the families, or the responsibilities carried between these islands.
Rebecca has understood that from the beginning.
PKOLS was founded from the belief that protecting this place requires remembering what the map tries to make us forget: the Salish Sea connects us.
Rebecca's journey to Saturna fulfilling a promise made on the water embodies that beautifully.
Sometimes you make a promise standing on land. Sometimes the water itself becomes the witness.
We are incredibly proud of you, Rebecca.
Thank you for helping build PKOLS, for carrying this work across the water, and for reminding all of us that when we follow relationship instead of borders, the old connections begin appearing again.
Á,LEṈENEȻ ȽTE — OUR HOMELAND.
The islands are not the edges of two countries.
They are the heart of one Salish Sea.
Read Rebecca's story in the San Juan Journal.
Rebecca Feld had never set foot on Saturna Island. Her ancestors had — traveling by canoe between the San Juan and Gulf islands long before an international border cut through waters that once simply belonged to family. Last month, Feld finally made that crossing herself, and she says the trip wou...
