3/10 Sandwort, Set'suwet'en clans meet, CN derailment, herring protest

Seabeach sandwort [Mary Jo Adams]

Seabeach sandwort Honkenya peploides
Honkenya peploides forms low mounds about 10 inches high on the backshores of sandy beaches.  It has small inconspicuous white or greenish white flowers that bloom May to September.  This plant belongs to the pink family.  It is native in the Pacific Northwest and its range extends from northern Oregon to Alaska, out the Aleutian chain, and along the Arctic shoreline to Greenland and Iceland.  Another common name for it is sea purslane. (Mary Jo Adams/Sound Waters Stewards)

All five Wet’suwet’en clans meet to discuss tentative land titles agreement
All five Wet’suwet’en clans have met to discuss a two-page tentative agreement struck between hereditary chiefs and the government. The first meeting — among the Laksilyu clan — was held on Tuesday in Witset and the final meeting was held Sunday by the Tsayu clan. The Gilseyhu clan held its meeting in the Office of the Wet’suwet’en in Smithers, while the others were held in the Centennial Hall in Witset. At those meetings clan members were shown and discussed a two-page agreement on self government and land title that was struck on March 1 after three days of meetings between some Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs and the B.C. and federal government. The meeting was held after weeks of escalating protests and blockades Canada-wide after police arrested some Wet’suwet’en members preventing Coastal GasLink contractors from accessing a work site on the Morice Forest Service Road, southwest of Houston in Northern B.C. David Carrigg reports. (Vancouver Sun)

Train that derailed near B.C. school was carrying extremely flammable propane: TSB
A CN derailment that forced a school evacuation in B.C. last week included seven train cars carrying liquefied petroleum gas, an extremely flammable, dangerous good, according to the Transportation Safety Board. The TSB had two investigators at the derailment site on the CN main line, about 44 km east of Prince George in Giscome. CN did not reply to repeated requests to identify the contents of all the cars. Transport Canada's website says liquefied petroleum gas, also known as LPG or propane, is extremely flammable, easily ignited by heat and able to form explosive mixtures when mixed with air. Betsy Trumpener reports. (CBC)

Herring moratorium supporters come out in droves for protest
One of the organizers of a flotilla protest against the Salish Sea herring fishery is calling it a success. Locky MacLean from Conservancy Hornby Island said around midday yesterday, supporters began congregating on the beaches of Denman Island and Hornby Island, specifically at Ford’s Cove and Bill Mee Park. MacLean said the turnout exceeded expectations. “I would say there were about 500 people,” he said. Troy Landreville reports. (My Powell River Now)



Now, your tug weather--
West Entrance U.S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca-  300 AM PDT Tue Mar 10 2020   
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON   
TODAY  SE wind 10 to 15 kt...becoming SW and rising to 15 to 25  kt. Wind waves 3 to 5 ft. W swell 4 ft at 11 seconds. Rain likely  in the morning then rain in the afternoon. 
TONIGHT  W wind 15 to 25 kt. Wind waves 2 to 4 ft. W swell 7 ft  at 10 seconds. Rain in the evening then a chance of rain after  midnight.



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