12/1 Red ribbon, vanishing lichen, scrapped tires, Everett Herald

 Red ribbon [Seaweeds of the PNW]

Red ribbon Palmaria mollis
Red ribbon grown on rocks tin the mid-intertidal to upper sundial. It can be found along semi-protected and semi-exposed shorelines from the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands to southern California, as well as Russia. Red ribbon is edible and packed with good nutrients, including vitamins A and C. (Biodiversity of the Central Coast)

Vanishing lichens a sign rare B.C. rainforest is approaching ecological collapse
Lichens are a canary in the coal mine for the inland temperate rainforest and their demise is sounding the alarm about widespread biodiversity loss. Sarah Cox reports. (The Narwhal)

2,400 scrapped tires were removed from a small B.C. island. No one's sure how they got there
A mountain of scrapped vehicle tires has been removed from an islet in B.C.'s Sunshine Coast region. Staff and volunteers with the Ocean Legacy Foundation and Let's Talk Trash program moved 2,409 tires off the islet near Nelson Island over the course of two days last month. The organizations received a grant through the province's Clean Coast, Clean Waters Initiative Fund, which aims to support marine shoreline cleanups and the removal of derelict vessels. (CBC)

Big changes coming to The Daily Herald of Everett
The Herald of Everett will no longer be a daily paper when it stops its Sunday and Monday print editions and expand its Saturday edition to include Sunday materials. Monday news will be available digitally, and the paper will be mailed instead of delivered by carriers. Brier Dudley writes. (Seattle Times)

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Now, your tug weather--
West Entrance U.S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca-  229 AM PST Thu Dec 1 2022   SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY   
TODAY  E wind 15 to 25 kt easing to 10 to 20 kt in the  afternoon. Wind waves 2 to 4 ft. W swell 6 ft at 12 seconds. A  slight chance of rain in the morning. 
TONIGHT  SE wind 5 to 15 kt becoming E 15 to 25 kt after  midnight. Wind waves 2 ft or less building to 2 to 4 ft after  midnight. W swell 5 ft at 10 seconds. A chance of rain after  midnight.

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