9/22 Crabgrass, Upper Columbia salmon, selling sewage, saving pinks, Coastal GasLink fined, net zero pushback, planting trees, cutting down tree, tugboat death fines, week in review

Crabgrass

Crabgrass Digitaria sanguinalis
Cabgrass may reach up to two feet tall but is often prostrate. Stems lying along the ground may root, forming mats. Crabgrasses are weedy in waste places, cultivated areas, lawns, and other sites, commonly on light soils. (WSU)

Biden administration promises $200 million to help reintroduce salmon in Columbia River
Dams have blocked salmon’s passage, driving them toward extinction and violating tribal fishing rights. The Biden administration agreed Thursday to spend more than $200 million to fully fund Native tribes’ plans to reintroduce salmon in the Upper Columbia River Basin — more than 80 years after construction of the Grand Coulee Dam rendered the fish extinct in parts of Washington, Idaho and British Columbia. Tony Schick reports. (OPB)

Could selling sewage save the Salish Sea?
Waste flushed into Puget Sound harms fish and marine life. A nutrient pricing system — like WA’s cap-and-trade program — may curb pollution. John Stang reports. (Crosscut)

Restoring the flow: Tsleil-Waututh’s race to save salmon habitat in drought stricken southwest B.C.
When tens of thousands of pink salmon became stranded in the Indian River during September’s unrelenting drought, the nation raced into action, continuing their work to rehabilitate culturally significant spawning streams crippled under the twin pressures of climate change and industrial development.  Ainslie Cruickshank reports. (The Narwhal)

Reed canary grass
David Beatty of Bellingham writes regarding yesterday's flora profile: "Reed Canary Grass, a non-native invasive, is intolerant of shade. Consequently, an important role of a functioning riparian zone with a canopy of trees and shrubs along both banks of smaller creeks that have salmon."

Coastal GasLink fined $346K for erosion, sediment control issues and providing false information
Coastal GasLink has been fined $346,000 in total for erosion and sediment control issues in the construction of the natural gas pipeline and for providing false information in inspection records. Coastal GasLink is a 670-kilometre pipeline spanning northern B.C. that will carry natural gas across the province to the LNG Canada processing and export facility in Kitimat, about 206 kilometres east of Prince Rupert on the province's northwest coast. Michelle Gomez reports. (CBC)

Inside the World Petroleum Congress and the pushback against net zero
At one of the largest gatherings of the oil and gas industry, the focus on a transition confronts complexity and profit. Drew Anderson reports. (The Narwhal)

New tree-planting projects to sprout in Washington with help from $36M in grants
Over a dozen communities around the state will share in the federal urban forestry funding, which comes amid concerns about climate change and extreme heat. Laurel Demkovich reports. (Washington State Standard)

100-year-old big leaf maple tree to be removed on Capitol Campus Friday
A 100-year-old big leaf maple tree will be removed from the Washington state Capitol Campus on Friday. The Department of Enterprise Services said in a news release that the 60-foot-tall tree with an 80-foot-wide canopy is decaying from within and has reached the end of its lifespan. DES said it is removing the tree because it poses a safety risk to pedestrians and parked cars in the Pritchard parking lot. Shauna Sowersby reports. (Olympian)

B.C. tugboat owner and company fined $310K for fatal sinking that killed 2 workers
The owners of a tugboat that sank near Kitimat, B.C., killing two, have been fined a total of $310,000 at a sentencing hearing in Prince Rupert.  James Geoffrey Bates was fined $15,000 by Judge Nina Purewal for failing to provide workers with necessary information, instruction, training and supervision. He was also handed 100 hours of community service. Karin Larsen reports. (CBC)

Salish Sea News Week in Review 9/22/23: Astronomy Friday!, TM pipeline, WA cap-and-trade suit, WA litter, Oly Park fires, heat pumps, American Climate Corps, BC firefighters, Upper Columbia salmon.

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Now, your weekend tug weather--
West Entrance U.S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca-  311 AM PDT Fri Sep 22 2023   
TODAY  Light wind becoming NW to 10 kt in the afternoon. Wind  waves 1 ft. W swell 3 ft at 10 seconds. 
TONIGHT  W wind to 10 kt. Wind waves 1 to 2 ft. W swell 3 ft at  10 seconds. A slight chance of rain after midnight. 
SAT  NE wind to 10 kt becoming SE in the afternoon. Wind waves  1 to 2 ft. W swell 3 ft at 9 seconds. A slight chance of rain in  the morning then rain in the afternoon. 
SAT NIGHT  SW wind to 10 kt becoming SE 5 to 15 kt after  midnight. Wind waves 1 to 2 ft. W swell 4 ft at 9 seconds  building to 7 ft at 8 seconds after midnight. 
SUN  E wind 5 to 15 kt rising to 15 to 25 kt in the afternoon.  Wind waves 1 to 2 ft building to 2 to 4 ft in the afternoon. W  swell 4 ft at 8 seconds.

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