10/1 Mini Schnauzer, puffins, SRKW footage, Pender Is park, 32 Chunk Fat Bear, democracy watch

Miniature Schnauzer

Miniature Schnauzer
The Miniature Schnauzer is a German breed of small dog of Schnauzer type. It originated in Germany in the late nineteenth century. It may have been developed from the smallest specimens of the Standard Schnauzer,or crosses between the standard and one or more smaller breeds such as the Affenpinscher, Miniature Pinscher, and Poodles,as farmers bred a small dog that was an efficient ratting dog. (Wikipedia) 

Today's top story in Salish Current: The ‘Subdued Saunter’ comes to Bellingham /  Weekend brings annual art festival and Sikh temple open house

Saving Puget Sound's puffins: Bringing these ocean ambassadors back from the brink
In 1954, a Walla Walla College biology professor named Ernest Booth recorded tufted puffins on Williamson Rocks. One of the flamboyant seabirds issued its rumbling growl of a call, while a baby puffin — known as a puffling — shrieked its pleas for its parents to bring fish back to their grassy burrow. Seventy years later, you’re more likely to encounter peanut butter Puffins in the cereal aisle of a Friday Harbor supermarket than an actual tufted puffin anywhere in the San Juan Islands. John Ryan reports. (KUOW) 

Scientists Release Breathtaking Close-Up Drone Footage of Endangered Orca Pod
Stunning drone footage has revealed a close look at an endangered population of orcas off the coast of Washington state. Footage taken by scientists with the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance shows the Southern Resident killer whale pod swimming together in the Salish Sea. (Yahoo News) 

CRD land purchase makes way for 21-hectare regional park on Pender Island
The purchase of two properties and transfer of a former community park had a price tag of $1.8 million. Megan Trudeau reports. (Sooke News Mirror) 

‘Dominant on the river’: 32 Chunk crowned champion in ‘biggest Fat Bear Week yet’
After a record-breaking week of public voting, Katmai national park and preserve in Alaska has announced the winner of its “biggest Fat Bear Week yet”. 32 Chunk, frequently described as “the most dominant brown bear on the river”, won the fatness competition despite suffering for most of the season from a broken jaw, which locals suspected came from battling with another male over a female. (The Guardian) 

Democracy Watch

• What happens now that a government shutdown is underway (AP) 
• Trump calls for using US cities as a ‘training ground’ for military in unusual speech to generals (AP) 
• National Guard mission in Oregon to cost at least $3.8M in federal funds (AP) 
• Trump and Hegseth Recount Familiar Partisan Complaints to Top Military Leaders (NY Times) 

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Here's your tug weather—  
West Entrance U.S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca-  255 AM PDT Wed Oct 1 2025    
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT    
TODAY  SE wind 20 to 25 kt, rising to 25 to 30 kt with  occasional gusts up to 35 kt this afternoon. Seas 8 to 11 ft.  Wave Detail: SE 7 ft at 7 seconds and W 9 ft at 13 seconds.  Showers likely with a slight chance of tstms early this morning,  then showers with a chance of tstms late this morning and  afternoon.  
TONIGHT  SE wind 25 to 30 kt. Seas 9 to 12 ft. Wave Detail: SE  8 ft at 7 seconds and W 8 ft at 14 seconds. Rain. Patchy fog.

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