10/2 Hatcheries, Enbridge pipe, sewage control, Samish Bay, Navy wharf, KC Golden

Hatchery salmon (Issaquah Press)

New research has found that a hatchery using wild salmon to spawn the next generation can help rebuild endangered salmon runs without passing on genetic problems that threaten future returns. The study, published Monday in the online edition of the scientific journal Molecular Ecology, contrasts earlier research suggesting that hatcheries themselves genetically select for fish that go on to fail once they are released into the wild.  Study: Hatchery fish can succeed if bred from wild  

Alberta Premier Alison Redford met with B.C. Premier Christy Clark on Monday over the Northern Gateway oil pipeline project, and both women agreed the meeting was unproductive and “frosty.” Clark is in Calgary this week and spoke with Redford about the five conditions B.C. says needs to be met before the province will support Enbridge's bid to build the pipeline. The project would run from the Alberta oilsands across B.C. to the port of Kitimat. The five conditions: 1. Environmental review needs to be passed; 2. World-leading marine oil spill prevention, response; 3. World-leading practices for land oil spill prevention, response; 4. First Nations opportunities, treaty rights respected; 5. Fair share of the fiscal and economic benefits for B.C. Redford, Clark make little progress at 'frosty' meeting  

A major goal of the 1972 Clean Water Act was to stop cities and towns from discharging raw sewage. The federal government gave communities billion of dollars to build wastewater treatment plants. But those early grants are gone and those plants have aged. Bonnie Stewart reports. Cities And Towns Still Struggle To Control Sewage 40 Years After The Clean Water Act

Samish Bay was reopened to shellfish harvesting Monday after a month-long closure due to illnesses caused by Vibrio parahaemolyticus bacteria. The state Department of Health had closed the bay to harvest Sept. 11, after a fourth report of sickness from the bay’s shellfish within one month, in accordance with regulation. Samish Bay reopened after month-long closure  

The Whidbey Camano Land Trust, a non-profit preservation group, recently cobbled together nearly $1.2 million to buy 64 acres at Indian Point, at the southwestern edge of Whidbey island, to keep the property from being developed. The land features 2,100 feet of wild beach with sweeping views of the Olympic Mountains, Admiralty Inlet, Puget Sound, Mount Rainier and even the tops of the skyscrapers in downtown Seattle. The purchase included 28 forested acres on top of the bluff and 36 acres of tidelands. Bill Sheets reports. Whidbey land trust buys Indian Point beachfront  

While the Navy was assuring people that a second explosives handling wharf at Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor wouldn't create new safety concerns, the military's explosives safety board was refusing to grant a permit for it. The Department of Defense Explosives Safety Board approved the location and separation distances for three EHWs in Bangor's 1975 master plan, but wouldn't endorse the decision now that the Navy wants to build a second wharf 37 years later. The scenario had changed, it said in papers responding to a lawsuit filed in federal court by the group Ground Zero for Nonviolent Action. The safety board's rejection hasn't stalled the $715 million project. Construction began last week. The Navy apparently chose another avenue — the Secretary of the Navy Explosives Safety Certification — that allows it to deviate from DOD standards if it assumes all risks for exposed sites and potential explosion sites that don't meet DOD safety criteria.  Safety board rejected new explosive wharf at Bangor  

As the climate change crisis looms and presidential campaigns remain quiet on the issue, a local clean energy leader received an unexpected surprise – a $250,000 award for his work in promoting climate solutions. Martha Baskin interviews KC Golden about his work. Slow and Steady Wins the Race to Stop Climate Change  

Now, your tug weather--
WEST ENTRANCE U.S. WATERS STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA- 300 AM PDT TUE OCT 2 2012
TODAY
W WIND 10 TO 15 KT. WIND WAVES 1 TO 2 FT. NW SWELL 9 FT AT 10 SECONDS.
TONIGHT
E WIND 10 TO 20 KT. WIND WAVES 1 TO 3 FT. NW SWELL 9 FT AT 10 SECONDS...SUBSIDING TO 7 FT AT 10 SECONDS AFTER MIDNIGHT.

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