6/13 Woodland skipper, False Cr whales, Navy protest, Fed forest rules, pinto abalone, Salish Sea Expeditions, BC forests, plastic bag messages, tree canopy

Woodland skipper

Woodland skipper Ochlodes sylvanoides
The woodland skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in North America from British Columbia south to southern California, east to Montana, Colorado and Arizona. First-stage caterpillars hibernate, complete their feeding the next spring, diapause in the summer as fully-grown caterpillars, then pupate and emerge as adults in the fall. (Wikipedia/Butterflies and Moths of North America)

Killer whale sightings in Vancouver's False Creek thrill onlookers
If you were near False Creek [Wednesday] afternoon you may have been treated to an uncommon sight — killer whales making a rare appearance in Vancouver's waterways. The whales, identified by the Vancouver Aquarium as transient or Bigg's killer whales, could be spotted near the Cambie Street Bridge and Stamp's Landing. (CBC)

Citing possible harm to orcas, Seattle Mayor Durkan protests U.S. Navy training exercises 
Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan filed a letter of protest Wednesday on behalf of the city of Seattle, slamming proposed testing and training by the U.S. Navy that could harm endangered southern resident killer whales and other marine mammals in Puget Sound. Durkan filed the letter as a public comment on the Navy’s draft environmental-impact statement (EIS) on its testing program. Lynda Makes reports. (Seattle Times)

Trump Administration Seeking To Overhaul Forest Management Rules
Federal land managers on Wednesday will propose sweeping rule changes to a landmark environmental law that would allow them to fast-track certain forest management projects, including logging and prescribed burning. The U.S. Forest Service, under Chief Vicki Christiansen, is proposing revisions to the National Environmental Policy Act that could limit environmental review and public input on projects ranging from forest health and wildfire mitigation to infrastructure upgrades to commercial logging on federal land. Kirk Siegler reports. (NPR)

Why it wasn't enough to just leave the pinto abalone alone
Two decades ago, Washington made it illegal to harvest the giant sea snail. Earlier this month, the state added it to the endangered species list. Hannah Weinberger reports. (Crosscut)

Salish Sea Expeditions to join Northwest Maritime Center
Bainbridge-based educational nonprofit Salish Sea Expeditions and Northwest Maritime Center recently announced their intention to merge into a single organization, effective July 1. “At the heart of this was a desire to reduce overhead and improve program quality and sustainability,” said SSE board president Trina Wellman. “We were in between executive directors — a natural time to reconsider how to best deliver our programs.” For 22 years, SSE has provided inquiry-based science/sailing programs to roughly 700 students a year onboard the 61-foot sailing vessel, S/V Carlyn. Luciano Marano reports. (Bainbridge Review)

First Nations push for conservation plan to protect 40,000 sq. km of northern B.C.
First Nations in northern British Columbia are calling on the provincial government to endorse an ambitious proposal for a 40,000-square kilometre conservation area to protect major watersheds and sensitive species. The proposal would cover the ancestral areas of three Kaska Dena First Nations and would be larger than Vancouver Island, taking up a massive section of north-central B.C. Premier John Horgan's government hasn't said whether it supports or opposes the idea after seven months of phone calls, letters and meetings with officials from various ministries, say the project's proponents. Laura Kane reports. (Canadian Press)

Vancouver grocer offers plastic bags with embarrassing slogans to discourage their use
Independent food stores are known for using minimal packaging,encouraging recycling and generally promoting greener living. But a grocer in Vancouver has gone a step further in the battle against single-use plastics, by providing bags with embarrassing slogans to discourage their use. East West Market, a gourmet specialist which sells only local food, hopes to encourage people to bring their own reusable bags. Customers who fail to do so will be charged five cents for a bag printed with messages such as “Into the Weird Adult Video Emporium” and “Wart Ointment Wholesale.” (Daily Telegraph)

Local nonprofit encourages less carbon pollution, more trees for cities and towns
Carbon credits that protect forests have been around for more than 20 years. Companies that want or need to reduce their carbon footprint can purchase offsets, and that money is invested to preserve or plant trees. Trees inhale carbon dioxide, so they help offset climate-warming pollution produced when we burn fossil fuels. But the forests that have generally benefited from carbon credits are in rural areas and in faraway countries that offer the largest stands of trees. Enter City Forest Credits, a new nonprofit in Seattle that specializes in helping preserve urban canopy. It identifies and verifies projects in cities and towns where investments in trees can be counted as carbon credits. Bellamy Pailthorp reports. (KNKX)



Now, your tug weather--
West Entrance U.S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca-  252 AM PDT Thu Jun 13 2019   
TODAY  W wind 5 to 15 kt becoming 10 to 20 kt in the afternoon.  Wind waves 1 to 3 ft. W swell 4 ft at 10 seconds. Patchy fog in  the morning. 
TONIGHT  W wind 10 to 20 kt becoming SW to 10 kt after  midnight. Wind waves 1 to 3 ft subsiding to 1 ft or less. W swell  4 ft at 10 seconds. A slight chance of drizzle.



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