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| Opalescent nudibranch [Wikipedia] |
Opalescent nudibranch Hermissenda crassicornis
The opalescent nudibranch, also known as the thick-horned nudibranch, is a species of brightly coloured sea slug, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Facelinidae. This nudibranch lives from Kodiak Island, Alaska, to Northern California. (Wikipedia)
Today's top story in Salish Current: Local malls transform through economic concerns
Environmental groups sue to stop 400 acres of logging in WA’s Elwha Watershed
The lawsuit argues that the state failed to study possible environmental harms of cutting the forests, which include trees that are 140 years old. Aspen Ford reports. (Washington State Standard)
UVic data highlights devastation of Vancouver Island kelp forests from climate change
New research from the University of Victoria has revealed that kelp forests around Vancouver Island started disappearing far earlier than scientists previously thought. The discovery highlights the fact that climate change has been altering our ecosystems for longer than most people have been aware of the problem, the report said. Rory Dickinson reports. (Victoria Buzz)
The lawsuit argues that the state failed to study possible environmental harms of cutting the forests, which include trees that are 140 years old. Aspen Ford reports. (Washington State Standard)
UVic data highlights devastation of Vancouver Island kelp forests from climate change
New research from the University of Victoria has revealed that kelp forests around Vancouver Island started disappearing far earlier than scientists previously thought. The discovery highlights the fact that climate change has been altering our ecosystems for longer than most people have been aware of the problem, the report said. Rory Dickinson reports. (Victoria Buzz)
Edgemoor subdivision approved despite years-long opposition from neighbors
The Bellingham Hearing Examiner on Friday
approved a proposal by The Woods at Viewcrest project to develop 38
single-family home lots and three open-space tracts on about 38 acres of
land situated near an area known as the Mud Bay Cliffs, which rise
above the Chuckanut Bay estuary below. Rachel Showalter reports. (Bellingham Herald)
Another 154 acres of Skagit County farmland protected from development
The Skagit County Board of Commissioners approved Monday the payment of $335,000 to three property owners for placing perpetual conservation easements protecting 154 acres of agricultural land through the county's Farmland Legacy Program, bringing the total amount of farmland protected in the county to about 15,550 acres since the program was established in 1997. Cameron Martinez reports. (Skagit Valley Herald)
Another 154 acres of Skagit County farmland protected from development
The Skagit County Board of Commissioners approved Monday the payment of $335,000 to three property owners for placing perpetual conservation easements protecting 154 acres of agricultural land through the county's Farmland Legacy Program, bringing the total amount of farmland protected in the county to about 15,550 acres since the program was established in 1997. Cameron Martinez reports. (Skagit Valley Herald)
In a warming Arctic, gray whales struggle to find nourishment
Doug Nussbaum is a retired logger whose morning rituals include a walk down to the bluff behind his house that overlooks a bend in the Willapa River... On April 1, he heard a breeching sound, then was stunned to see a gray whale — some 35 feet in length — swimming in circles. Hal Bernton reports. (Washington State Standard) Emaciated grey whales washing up on B.C. beaches 'canary in coal mine,' researcher warns Two dead emaciated grey whales on Haida Gwaii part of concerning trend worldwide, DFO says. Catherine Garrett reports. (CBC)
Doug Nussbaum is a retired logger whose morning rituals include a walk down to the bluff behind his house that overlooks a bend in the Willapa River... On April 1, he heard a breeching sound, then was stunned to see a gray whale — some 35 feet in length — swimming in circles. Hal Bernton reports. (Washington State Standard) Emaciated grey whales washing up on B.C. beaches 'canary in coal mine,' researcher warns Two dead emaciated grey whales on Haida Gwaii part of concerning trend worldwide, DFO says. Catherine Garrett reports. (CBC)
A record die-off of sea stars was followed by something that stunned biologists
Six months ago, Bruce Menge’s team published exciting research – five-legged sea stars were undergoing a significant “baby boom.” The tide pools were denser than they had been before the disease, and the juveniles were eating mussels and clearing space for other species. Casey Parks reports. (Washington Post)
Six months ago, Bruce Menge’s team published exciting research – five-legged sea stars were undergoing a significant “baby boom.” The tide pools were denser than they had been before the disease, and the juveniles were eating mussels and clearing space for other species. Casey Parks reports. (Washington Post)
Leaking chemicals found at another WA mill, records show
Toxic and highly corrosive chemicals — similar to those spilled in the fatal disaster at the Nippon Dynawave Packaging mill late last month — are leaking out of another pulp mill, Cosmo Specialty Fibers in Cosmopolis, some 90 miles to the northwest, federal records show. Conrad Swanson report. (Seattle Times)
Democracy Watch
Trump issues pardon to former Republican congressman convicted of insider trading (AP)
Park Service orders removal of ‘woke’ quotes at Boston’s Bunker Hill monument (Washington Post) US Senate blocks Trump’s SAVE America Act, thwarting restrictions on voting (Washington State Standard)
Republicans push $70B for immigration enforcement through US Senate, with no limits on ICE (Washington State Standard)
Toxic and highly corrosive chemicals — similar to those spilled in the fatal disaster at the Nippon Dynawave Packaging mill late last month — are leaking out of another pulp mill, Cosmo Specialty Fibers in Cosmopolis, some 90 miles to the northwest, federal records show. Conrad Swanson report. (Seattle Times)
Democracy Watch
Trump issues pardon to former Republican congressman convicted of insider trading (AP)
Park Service orders removal of ‘woke’ quotes at Boston’s Bunker Hill monument (Washington Post) US Senate blocks Trump’s SAVE America Act, thwarting restrictions on voting (Washington State Standard)
Republicans push $70B for immigration enforcement through US Senate, with no limits on ICE (Washington State Standard)
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