9/19 Rough-mantled doris, BC wildlife, WA lands commissioner, ranked-choice voting, WA AG, Nuchatlaht First Nation, coast junk, gray wolves

 

Rough-mantled doris

Rough-mantled doris Onchidoris bilamellata
The rough-mantled doris has a wide distribution, mostly in colder intertidal waters to a depth of about 20 m. It has been found in the North Atlantic and the North Sea from Britain and France to the Norwegian Sea, Iceland and Greenland; along the North American coast as far south as Connecticut. It has also been recorded in the North Pacific in the Bering Sea, and from Alaska south to northern California.  Onchidoris bilamellata feeds mainly on acorn barnacles in the genera Elminius and Balanus. It uses its rachidian tooth to chew away at the top plates of the barnacles and then sucks out the soft body.

Today's top story in Salish Current:  Inslee announces $1.5 million emergency ferry funding for San Juan Islands / Orange Shirt Day: Indigenous resiliency and bridging communities

B.C.’s cash-strapped wildlife ministry operating in triage mode
Disease monitoring for bighorn sheep, bats, among programs affected by government wildlife funding woes. Ainslie Cruickshank reports. (The Narwhal)

Herrera Beutler and Upthegrove square-off in WA lands commissioner debate
The candidates disagreed on land management and timber strategies as they compete for the job of running the state agency that oversees millions of acres of public land. Laurel Demkovich reports. (Washington State Standard)

What I learned at a ranked-choice voting webinar
The League of Women Voters of Portland recently held a community education webinar titled, “Ranked-Choice Voting: Moving Portland Forward with Confidence.” The League invited four national and local voting experts to share their experiences educating voters about ranked-choice voting (RCV). Lisa Caballero reports. (BikePortland)

Live debates: Washington attorney general with Brown, Serrano
Former U.S. Attorney Nick Brown and Pasco Mayor Pete Serrano will participate in a live debate tonight at 8 p.m. Madeline Happold reports. (CascadePBS)

Nuchatlaht First Nation appeals decision recognizing title to only part of claim area
B.C. Supreme Court Justice Elliott Myers recognized the nation’s Aboriginal title to about 11 square kilometres of Nootka Island, but rejected its claim to a much larger area. Roxanne Egan-Elliott reports. (Times Colonist)

Province provides millions of dollars for communities to tackle effects of climate change
Island projects range from tackling shoreline erosion on Saanich Inlet to planting trees in Saanich and installing cooling infrastructure in Victoria. Andrew A. Duffy reports. (Times Colonist)

How to De-junk the Coast
Let’s Talk Trash and Ocean Legacy are pulling thousands of kilos of plastic from our waters. andrea bennett reports. (The Tyee)

Biden administration seeks to remove gray wolf protections in Lower 48
Conservation groups say putting wolves in states’ hands could imperil species’ recovery. Blair Miller reports. (Daily Montanan) 

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Here's your tug weather—
West Entrance U.S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca-  243 AM PDT Thu Sep 19 2024    
TODAY  SW wind around 5 kt, veering to W 10 to 15 kt this  afternoon. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: W 4 ft at 9 seconds.  Patchy fog early this morning.  
TONIGHT  W wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: W 5 ft  at 8 seconds.

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