5/21 Royal Coachman, sockeye season, cool river water, sea otters, cleaner air, Cedar LNG

Royal Coachman

Royal Coachman fly
The Royal Coachman is an artificial fly that has been tied as a wet fly, dry fly and streamer pattern. Today, the Royal Coachman and its variations are tied mostly as dry flies and fished floating on the water surface. It is a popular and widely used pattern for freshwater game fish, particularly trout and grayling. (Wikipedia)


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A sockeye season like no other — because Covid-19
...Bristol Bay Native and community groups said on Sunday that without better protections and enforcement, including mandatory Covid-19 testing upon arrival, the commercial fishery should be shut down. The city of Dillingham, the main fishing hub for Bristol Bay, requires testing upon arrival but smaller villages and the state of Alaska do not. John Ryan reports. (KUOW)

EPA releases plan to keep water in Columbia, Snake rivers cool enough for salmon
Salmon need cold water to survive. Dams on the Columbia and Snake Rivers are making the water too hot, in some places by as much as 5 degrees. Now, after a drawn-out lawsuit and direction from the state of Washington, the federal Environmental Protection Agency has released plan to change that.   Last week, the state Department of Ecology used its authority under the Clean Water Act to require the federal operators of eight dams on the lower Columbia and Snake rivers to keep the water at 68 degrees or lower. Right now, it’s routinely hitting 72 or 73 degrees in parts of the system, says Brett VandenHeuvel, executive director of Columbia Riverkeeper, which sued to get the plan. Bellamy Pailthorp reports. (KNKX)

SFU study recommends coastal First Nations' input and leadership in managing sea-otter recovery
A recent study by Simon Fraser University researchers and West Coast First Nations collaborators recommends a transformation of current environmental-management procedures to allow greater Indigenous input and authority in controlling sea otter populations. Martin Dunphy reports. (Georgia Straight) See also: Living with Sea Otters Next Door Ecologists and Indigenous leaders are developing strategies to help communities cope with resurgent sea otter populations.  Brad Badelt reports. (Hakai Magazine)

Less traffic means 40% cleaner skies in W. Wash. - but will it last?
From late March through the end of April, car pollution in Seattle dropped by roughly 40 percent compared to the same time in previous years. Very few people were driving. That’s according to Phil Swartzendruber, a scientist with the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency. Abby Acone reports. (KOMO)

Cedar LNG in Kitimat: 9 things to know about the Haisla’s proposed floating gas export terminal
Kitimat is no stranger to large-scale industry, but this resource town is now considering a project with a twist: a liquified natural gas (LNG) terminal on its own fabricated island. Originally built as an industry town to service the Alcan (now Rio Tinto) aluminum smelter, Kitimat has become a central location for some of the biggest industrial projects in B.C., including the LNG Canada export terminal, which will be fed by the Coastal GasLink pipeline. The Haisla Nation, a staunch supporter of the LNG Canada project, is proposing to build and operate its own facility and one of North America’s first-ever floating LNG terminals: Cedar LNG. Natalia Balcerzak reports. (The Narwhal)


Now, your tug weather--
West Entrance U.S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca-  248 AM PDT Thu May 21 2020   
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON   
TODAY  W wind 15 to 25 kt. Wind waves 2 to 4 ft. W swell 6 ft  at 7 seconds. A chance of rain in the morning then rain likely in  the afternoon. 
TONIGHT  W wind 15 to 25 kt. Wind waves 2 to 4 ft. W swell 7 ft  at 7 seconds. A chance of rain.




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