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American Kestrel Falco sparverius
North America’s littlest falcon, the American Kestrel packs a predator’s
fierce intensity into its small body. It's one of the most colorful of
all raptors. Hunting for insects and other small prey in open territory,
kestrels perch on wires or poles, or hover facing into the wind,
flapping and adjusting their long tails to stay in place. (All About
Birds)
Today's top story in Salish
Current: The housecat: PNW’s quiet killer
Newest J-Pod orca calf missing, presumed dead
A calf born into the endangered southern resident killer whales group in
September is presumed dead. The Center for Whale Research said its
latest observation of J-Pod on Oct. 23 did not find J64 when it
encountered the entire pod, including the calf’s mother, J42, in Swanson
Channel off Mayne Island. Darron Kloster reports. (Times Colonist)
Forest Service restarts effort to change decades-old Pacific Northwest forest policy
The U.S. Forest Service is going back to the drawing board with an
update to the Northwest Forest Plan, a set of policies that broadly
dictates where logging can occur on 25 million acres of forests in
Oregon, Washington and northwest California. It came out of the timber
wars of the 1980s and ‘90s. April Ehrlich reports. (OPB)
Federal protection sought for Olympic Peninsula marmots
The nonprofit Center for Biological Diversity petitioned the U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service in May 2004 to protect the housecat-sized rodent,
known for its loud whistle, under the Endangered Species Act. The agency
is required to issue an initial determination on such petitions within
90 days. Within one year, it is required to make a final determination
whether the species warrants federal protection. The environmental
advocates sued the wildlife service and its parent agency, the U.S.
Department of the Interior, on Thursday for missing both deadlines. John
Ryan reports. (KUOW)
The blob is back in the Northern Pacific Ocean
Climate scientists say the marine heat wave could be altering the jet
stream, potentially leading to a wetter than normal winter in the
Pacific Northwest. Tiffany Crawford reports. (Vancouver Sun)
Settlement money fuels $25M grant to modernize Washington’s diesel fleets
A new $25 million ‘Rails, Keels and Wheels’ grant from the
Washington State Department of Ecology will help replace diesel-powered
fleet vehicles with electric ones to lower diesel pollution across the
state. Lauren Paterson reports. (NW Public Broadcasting)
Contraception for Oak Bay deer led to drop in numbers
Positive numbers were seen in the trial use of contraceptives to control
Oak Bay’s deer population, including a close to 50 per cent reduction
in the municipality’s adult-deer population density within four years of
fertility-control measures. There was also a reduction of close to 60
per cent in the number of fawns after the first year contraceptive
injections were used, the Urban Wildlife Sustainability Society said.
Jeff Bell reports. (Times Colonist)
Metro Vancouver opens Widgeon Marsh Regional Park 33 years after acquiring land
More than three decades after it acquired the land, the Metro
Vancouver Regional District allowed public access to Widgeon Marsh
Regional Park for the first time on Saturday. The park is located around
20 kilometres northeast of Coquitlam's city centre, and the majority of
its land was acquired by Metro Vancouver in 1992, via a partnership
with Ducks Unlimited and the Nature Trust of B.C. Akshay Kulkarni
reports. (CBC)
Democracy Watch
- FDA restricts use of kids’ fluoride supplements citing emerging health risks (AP)
- Trump administration must restart SNAP benefits by Wednesday, judge rules (Washington State Standard)
- Federal judge rules Trump can’t require citizenship proof on the federal voting form (AP)
- Federal government shutdown threatens to delay home heating aid for low-income families (AP)
- Pentagon rolls out new policy targeting transgender troops (AP)
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West Entrance U.S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca- 255 PM PST Sun Nov 2 2025
MON E wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. Wave Detail: E 4 ft at 5 seconds and W 8 ft at 13 seconds. A chance of rain. MON NIGHT E wind around 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Wave Detail: E 4 ft at 5 seconds and W 7 ft at 13 seconds. A chance of rain.
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