The Salish Sea - A Single Body of Life

If you understood that the Salish Sea functions like a tree, a single living organism, would you appreciate the Salish Sea more? What if, on this metaphorical tree for example, Átl’ka7tsem/Howe Sound was an upper branch on a tree that stretched from Campbell River to Olympia Washington, with a trunk that runs past Victoria down the Strait of Juan de Fuca, and with roots In the open Pacific Ocean?