Our Underwater Backyard: Life at the Lopez Pontoon

My Edmonds News is publishing monthly stories and photographs from the Edmonds Underwater Park, with features written by members of the youth dive team led by Annie Crawley, Edmonds underwater photographer, filmmaker, writer and ocean advocate. The underwater world is full of surprises. Although the average 50-degree temperature of Puget Sound is no tropical paradise, the…

Our Underwater Backyard: How diving connected me to the sea and our community

My Edmonds News is publishing monthly stories and photographs from the Edmonds Underwater Park, with features written by members of the youth dive team led by Annie Crawley, Edmonds underwater photographer, filmmaker, writer and ocean advocate. For as long as I can remember, I have been drawn to the sea. The rocky shores, rolling waves and…

Our Underwater Backyard: Crazy about crabs

My Edmonds News is publishing monthly stories and photographs from the Edmonds Underwater Park, with features written by members of the youth Dive Team led by Annie Crawley, Edmonds underwater photographer, filmmaker, writer and ocean advocate. Standing on the shoreline at Brackett’s Landing North in Edmonds, you are surrounded by soft sand, smooth rocks, sculpted driftwood,…

Our Underwater Backyard: Scientific diving for our future

My Edmonds News is publishing monthly stories and photographs from the Edmonds Underwater Park, with features written by members of the youth Dive Team led by Annie Crawley, Edmonds underwater photographer, filmmaker, writer and ocean advocate. I have always loved the ocean, and aspired to study the creatures that inhabit it. I am a scuba diver…

Our Underwater Backyard: ‘Without you, our ocean has no voice’

My Edmonds News is publishing monthly stories and photographs from the Edmonds Underwater Park, with features written by members of the youth Dive Team led by Annie Crawley, Edmonds underwater photographer, filmmaker, writer and ocean advocate. I grew up exploring beach tide pools and watching ocean movies. These experiences shaped my childhood and my love for…