12/21 Joe Gaydos, J-Pod calf, park rangers, coal facts

Oak and Holly Kings

Celebrate the Winter Solstice. In a few hours, we’ll begin to have more daylight minutes. Hang in there.

Congratulations! SeaDoc Society director Joe Gaydos elected chair of Puget Sound Partnership Science Panel  

Orca Network says J-Pod has a new calf, brining to 27 the number of J-Pod members and 89 the members of the Southern resident pods. Southern Resident Orcas Have a New Calf! (12/20/11)

Sad that 83 of the state’s 189 full-time rangers stand to lose their current jobs. To stay on, most would have to take a major pay cut and work as little as five months of the year in one of 63 new seasonal jobs being created.83 park rangers will get pink slips next week

Your homework for the week: Eric de Place of Sightlines gives a basic tutorial about coal exports. Some Basic Facts About Coal Exports

Now, your tug weather---
WEST ENTRANCE U.S. WATERS STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA- 831 AM PST WED DEC 21 2011
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING
TODAY
W SWELL 11 FT AT 12 SECONDS. SE WIND 5 TO 10 KT. WIND WAVES 2 FT OR LESS.
TONIGHT
LIGHT WIND...BECOMING E 10 TO 15 KT. WIND WAVES 2 FT OR LESS. W SWELL 8 FT AT 12 SECONDS.

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