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Henbane [WA St. Noxious Wed Control Board]

Henbane Hyoscyamus niger
Hyoscyamus niger is an herbaceous annual or biennial with a gray‐green color that grows to around 3.3 feet tall. It has a foul odor and is covered in sticky, glandular hairs. It is commonly found in disturbed and overgrazed areas including riparian areas, roadsides, fence rows, waste areas, pastures, meadows, abandoned gardens, and other non‐crop areas. Hyoscyamus niger was introduced to the United States as a cultivated medicinal and ornamental plant from Europe, likely in the 17th century. From Western Washington, the earliest online collection is from King County, Washington, collected in 1938, from a newly seeded lawn (WTU 17494). Overall, most records and observations of H. niger are from eastern Washington. (Washington State Noxious Weed Control Board)

The Alaskans Are Coming
Underwater recordings confirm that a new killer whale population is poking its head into British Columbia. Larry Pynn reports. (Hakai Magazine)

Court Rules Dakota Access Pipeline Must Be Emptied For Now
A federal judge has ruled that the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline must be emptied for now while the Army Corps of Engineers produces an environmental review. In a decision posted Monday, U.S. District Judge James Boasberg said that it was clear shutting down the pipeline will cause disruption. But he said "the seriousness of the Corps' deficiencies outweighs the negative effects of halting the oil flow" during the estimated 13 months it will take to complete the environmental impact statement. Laurel Wamsley reports. (NPR)

Recreational anglers rally against chinook fishery closures
An angling advocacy group rallied outside the Vancouver offices of Fisheries and Oceans Canada on Monday to protest restrictions on the recreational salmon fishery on B.C.'s South Coast. On June 19, Fisheries and Oceans Canada announced that because of the presence of endangered Fraser chinook, recreational fishers would not be permitted to keep any chinook until July 15 in most areas and until Aug.1 in the Strait of Juan de Fuca and southern Strait of Georgia. Last year, the fishery was also shut down but for a shorter period of time. (CBC)

B.C. eyes emissions trading to offset effects of LNG development, government documents show
Province considers trading under Paris Agreement a ‘priority’ to ensure it can push forward with industrial development and meet its climate commitments. But the COVID-19 pandemic has delayed international negotiations on trading rules, creating uncertainty on if and when this will be possible. Ainslie Cruickshank reports. (The Narwhal)

Bringing coal back
In a desperate economic moment, Alberta is abruptly reshaping a decades-old balance in the Rockies and Foothills, chasing opportunity in the volatile market of coal exports, at the risk of the very land that defines the province and its people. Robson Fletcher, Drew Anderson and Jordan Omstead report. (CBC)

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Won’t Cross the Border for Washington Summit
Mr. Trudeau was invited to the meeting this week to celebrate the official start of a new trade deal. But as Canada’s coronavirus preventer-in-chief, he hardly could go, experts said. Catherine Porter reports. (NY Times)

The Salish Sea BioBlitz!
Georgia Strait Alliance and Ocean Bridge host the Salish Sea BioBlitz: A BioBlitz is a form of citizen-science where community members try to identify as many species as they can in a short period of time. This helps give us a snapshot of an area’s diversity of wildlife, or biodiversity. Hosted through iNaturalist, the virtual program is accompanied by a series of webinars this week that explore different aspects of biodiversity in the Salish Sea, including Indigenous knowledge, intersectional identity and barriers to blue spaces, as well as all our favourite critters: from the intertidal to birds to marine mammals! Click here to register.

Washington State ferry may have struck and injured whale near Mukilteo
The humpback surfaced feet in front of the ferry, which could not stop, WSF said. Nearby whale watchers said the animal was injured and may have died. Ted Land reports. (KING)



Now, your tug weather--
West Entrance U.S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca-  234 AM PDT Tue Jul 7 2020   
TODAY  Light wind becoming W 5 to 15 kt in the afternoon. Wind  waves 2 ft or less. SW swell 2 ft at 15 seconds. A chance of  showers. 
TONIGHT  W wind 5 to 15 kt in the evening becoming light. Wind  waves 2 ft or less. W swell 4 ft at 14 seconds. A chance of  showers in the evening then a slight chance of showers after  midnight.




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