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Mistletoe
Mistletoe
Mistletoe is the common name for obligate hemiparasitic plants in the order Santalales.
They are attached to their host tree or shrub by a structure called the
haustorium, through which they extract water and nutrients from the
host plant. (Wikipedia)
Today's top story in Salish Current: The salmon come home after home is restored / The season of (more!) waste
If you like to watch: Puget Sound Waves Push Into Seattle Suburb
Strong winds just outside of Seattle pushed water from the Puget sound
ashore, entering people’s homes, knocking down fencing and leaving
residents with an extreme mess to clean up. But, this event wasn’t due
to wind alone. Something else is going on. (The Weather Channel)
Montana Supreme Court affirms decision in historic youth climate case
A state limit on the analysis of greenhouse gas emissions is
unconstitutional, the court says. Micah Drew and Blair Miller report. (Washington State Standard)
Federal agencies to revise environmental study for Columbia River Basin dam operations
Supplemental study will consider new data about dam breaching, which
environmental advocates say would restore salmon, steelhead populations.
Mia Maldonado reports. (Washington State Standard)
The Canoe in the Forest
An unfinished boat hidden on a remote island in Alaska illuminates a
missing chapter in the history of traditional Haida and Tlingit canoe
building. Joshua Hunt writes. (Hakai Magazine)
How Whitman College is reckoning with its past
On a recent Friday, the menu at Whitman College’s dining hall looked a
little different than normal. There was roasted elk, fry bread with
huckleberry jam, and cedar plank smoked rainbow trout. These “first
foods” are representative of the region’s Indigenous people. And Whitman
College will now have a station highlighting them on the first Friday
of every month. Susan Shain reports. (NW Public Broadcasting)
Christmas anemone
Reader Wendy Feltham points out that Tuesday's Christmas anemone featured photo was in fact Urticina grebelnyi. Researchers separated it from Urticina crassicornis in 2006, but it takes a very long time for the field guides and Wikipedia to catch up. These are the anemone researchers.
Christmas tree
Regarding traditional decorations of the Christmas tree featured
yesterday, a reader writes that "Sweetmeats" would be a great name for a
death metal band.
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Here's your tug weather—
West Entrance U.S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca-
205 AM PST Thu Dec 19 2024
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING
TODAY
SE wind 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Wave Detail: E 4 ft
at 5 seconds and W 5 ft at 15 seconds. Rain.
TONIGHT
SE wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Wave Detail: SE
3 ft at 7 seconds and W 5 ft at 14 seconds. A chance of rain.
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