8/1 Queen Anne's lace, Terry Williams, Sacred Earth Fair, Jim Creek, Fox Is, Fraser dikes, atmospheric river, Ocean Cleanup, Fiero's octopus, net pens, Joseph Hazelwood

Queen Anne's lace

Queen Anne’s lace herb Daucus carota
Queen Anne’s lace is said to have been named after Queen Anne of England, who was an expert lace maker. Legend has it that when pricked with a needle, a single drop of blood fell from her finger onto the lace, leaving the dark purple floret found in the flower’s center. The name wild carrot derived from the plant’s past history of use as a substitute for carrots. The fruit of this plant is spiky and curls inward, reminiscent of a bird’s nest, which is another of its common names. There is a similar-looking plant, called the poison hemlock (Conium maculatum), which is deadly. Many people have died eating what they thought was the carrot-like root of Queen Anne’s lace plant. (Gardening Know How)

Correction: Last Friday's item about the deer tick confused Ixodes scapularis aka black-legged tick with  Ixodes pacificus, the Western black-legged tick, which is the principal vector of Lyme disease on our west coast.

‘Way ahead of all of us’: Mourners remember Tulalip’s environmental champion
Hundreds flocked to the Tulalip Gathering Hall to reflect on the life of Terry Williams, who died last month at 74. Jake Goldstein-Street and Isabella Breda report. (Everett Herald)

Faith communities ally for climate justice; to hold Sacred Earth Fair
A grassroots multifaith network is seeking to increase awareness of — and action to address — climate change issues through its Sacred Earth Fair July 31.  Clifford Heberden reports. (Salish Current) Also: First Sacred Earth Fair draws hundreds of visitors for climate justice  Julia Lerner reports. (CDN)

Jim Creek harbors endangered wildlife and Navy secrets
...Tucked above a quiet U.S. Navy recreation facility that’s used for camping and fishing sits a 1 million-watt radio transmitter nearly a mile wide that can communicate with submarines thousands of miles away in the depths of the Pacific Ocean...  Jim Creek is also a lovely place with salmon-laden streams and centuries-old forests where cute, mysterious seabirds known as marbled murrelets build their nests and raise fluffy little chicks. Andrew Engelson reports. (Crosscut/Kitsap)

A $2.5 million Fox Island deal would mean more shoreline access. Here’s how PenMet voted
The Peninsula Metropolitan Park Board approved a $2.5 million purchase of land on Fox Island, including property next to the DeMolay Sandspit, July 25. According to the special meeting agenda documents, in spring 2022, the property owner notified Peninsula Metropolitan Parks of its interest in selling the properties. Fox Go Bye Bye, LLC, of Tacoma, owns the two parcels of land, located at 52 and 58 Island Boulevard. The purchase price would be $2.5 million. Aspen Shumpert reports. (Tacoma News Tribune)

Half of BC's Fraser River dikes would overtop in repeat of 1894 flood
An analysis of new information suggests higher dikes needed as climate change increases odds of flooding. Hoekstra and Nathan Griffiths report. (Vancouver Sun)

Feds say it's 'premature' to create atmospheric river ranking system promised by B.C. after floods
Environment Canada says there is still no timeline for creating a system to rank atmospheric rivers. (Canadian Press)

How the Ocean Cleanup hauled plastic from the Pacific Ocean
An environmental group dedicated to removing plastic from rivers and oceans recently hit a milestone by hauling more than 100,000 kilograms of plastic out of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. The Ocean Cleanup, a non-profit organization based in the Netherlands, launched an expedition a year ago from Victoria’s Ogden Point to test a system designed to gather floating garbage from the patch, located between California and Hawaii, and haul it onto a ship using a net.

Feiro gains a giant Pacific octopus
After five years with a mostly empty tank, Feiro Marine Life Center now has a giant Pacific octopus to dazzle visitors to the aquarium at Port Angeles City Pier. That is, when creature decides to show itself. Keith Thorpe reports (Peninsula Daily News)

Net Pen Aquaculture in Puget Sound? A Risk Too High 
While most people would agree that feeding a hungry world is necessary and good, most would also agree that damaging or destroying natural ecosystems (or bending regulations) in order to do so is bad – and, with the aquaculture industry, completely unnecessary. Karen Sullivan writes. (Olympic Peninsula News)

Captain Joseph Hazelwood, Former Master of the Exxon Valdez, Passes Away
Captain Joseph Jeffrey Hazelwood, the Master of the Exxon Valdez when it grounded in Alaska in 1989, has passed away, gCaptain can confirm. He was 75. The Exxon Valdez was carrying more than 1.2 million barrels of oil when it grounded on Bligh Reef in Prince William Sound, near Valdez, Alaska on March 24, 1989. An estimated 11 million gallons were spill from the ship’s ruptured tanks, impacting over a thousand miles of shoreline and resulting in catastrophic impacts to fish and wildlife. Mike Schuler reports. (GCaptain)

Now, your tug weather--
West Entrance U.S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca-  258 AM PDT Mon Aug 1 2022   
TODAY  SW wind to 10 kt becoming W in the afternoon. Wind waves  2 ft or less. W swell 5 ft at 7 seconds. 
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 after  midnight. W swell 5 ft at 7 seconds.

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