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Sitka mountain ash

Sitka mountain ash Sorbus sitchensis
Found in coniferous forests, parkland, stream banks and clearings such as meadow bogs and roadsides. Berries generally not eaten by the Northwest coast peoples; however the Haida ate the berries raw. The berries are now used occasionally to make a tart jelly to eat with game. (Plants of the Pacific Northwest Coast)

Ottawa opens door to First Nations fisheries authority
Fisheries and Oceans Minister Bernadette Jordan said today the federal government is open to the creation of a First Nations fisheries authority, if that's the direction Mi'kmaw chiefs want to take. Three Mi'kmaw parliamentarians wrote a letter to Jordan, Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett, Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller and First Nation leaders yesterday proposing a new management body that would allow First Nations to work directly with the Crown to establish fisheries, instead of using the existing band-by-band process through the Department of Fisheries and Oceans. Olivia Stefanovich reports. (CBC)

Youth activists say Canada has legal duty to protect vital resources as public hearing ends
Fifteen young Canadians attempting to sue the federal government say the country has a duty to all its citizens to protect vital natural resources like the air and shorelines — a duty it's failing by emitting greenhouse gases. The case, La Rose et al. v. Her Majesty the Queen, was initially filed on Oct. 25, 2019, and involves more than a dozen children and teens from across the country who are making a relatively novel legal argument — that their rights to life, liberty, security and equality are being violated because Ottawa has not done enough to prevent climate change. Jon Hernandez reports. (CBC)

Blue carbon: the climate change solution you’ve probably never heard of
Coastal ecosystems like salt marshes sequester millions of tonnes of carbon, but have been whittled away over the decades. Now Canadian scientists are looking to re-flood marshes in an effort to mitigate the impacts of sea-level rise and store carbon, and seaweed is having its moment in the spotlight. Stephanie Wood reports. (The Narwhal)

Snow geese will overfly Coast this month
When October arrives almost all of our summer resident songbirds have departed, the warblers, thrushes, vireos, etc. Seed-eating birds such as the sparrows are still moving to their winter quarters, some species leaving the Sunshine Coast and others arriving. Up in the mountains the largely unseen migration of the raptorial birds is underway. Thousands of waterbirds, the ducks, grebes and loons will arrive on the Salish Sea, and October is the month when the snow geese fly overhead. That is the broad picture of what is happening in our area. Tony Greenfield reports. (Coast Reporter)

Trail coalition plans Puget Sound regional trail network connecting existing trails to new ones
A network of trails may someday traverse the Puget Sound region, including Kitsap County, thanks to a new partnership between counties, non-profits, businesses and community groups. Leafline Trails Coalition hopes to expand and connect 450 miles of trails throughout central Puget Sound to create an integrated trail network. The goal is to provide safe off-road access to travel for pedestrians, bikers, and others. Kitsap, King, Pierce, and Snohomish counties are all involved in Leafline’s trail network.  Jessie Darland reports. (Kitsap Sun)

Now, your weekend tug weather--
West Entrance U.S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca-  240 AM PDT Fri Oct 2 2020   
TODAY  Light wind becoming NE to 10 kt in the afternoon. Wind  waves 1 ft or less. W swell 6 ft at 12 seconds. Patchy fog in the  morning. 
TONIGHT  W wind 5 to 15 kt easing to 10 kt after midnight. Wind  waves 2 ft or less. W swell 5 ft at 11 seconds. 
SAT  N wind to 10 kt becoming NE in the afternoon. Wind waves  1 ft or less. W swell 6 ft at 15 seconds. 
SAT NIGHT  W wind to 10 kt. Wind waves 1 ft or less. W swell  7 ft at 13 seconds. 
SUN  W wind to 10 kt becoming NW in the afternoon. Wind waves  1 ft or less. W swell 6 ft at 12 seconds.

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