8/24 Snow goose, Pebble Mine, aquaculture, beach walking, Kristian Lindhardt

Snow goose [Greg Lavaty]

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Snow goose Chen caerulescens
A large goose, the Snow Goose occurs in a white or a dark morph. The white morph, the most common, is all white with black primaries. The dark morph, known as the Blue Goose, is extremely rare in Washington and has a dark gray body and white head. Both morphs have orange legs. Juveniles are gray overall with dark legs. The Snow Goose is similar in appearance to the smaller and far less common Ross' Goose, but the Snow Goose has a 'grin-patch' (a dark patch on the side of the beak that makes it appear to be open or grinning) that the Ross' Goose lacks. There are two subspecies of Snow Goose, the Greater and the Lesser Snow Geese, which vary in size. (BirdWeb/Audubon)

Trump administration to pause permit for Alaska’s Pebble Mine on Monday
The Trump administration will say Monday that it is not ready to grant a permit for a controversial gold and copper mine in Alaska, according to three individuals briefed on the decision, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations, on the grounds that the firm must do more to address how it will harm the environment. The move represents a blow to Pebble Mine, which was vetoed under Barack Obama but has been revived under the Trump administration. Several high-profile Republicans, including the president’s eldest son, Fox News host Tucker Carlson and Vice President Pence’s former chief of staff Nick Ayers, have campaigned against the project on the grounds it could harm the world’s largest sockeye salmon fishery in Bristol Bay. Juliet Eilperin and Ashley Parker report. (Washington Post) See also: How Pebble Mine opponents used Fox News push Trump to delay the Alaska project  The unusual, pro-environment campaign from Tucker Carlson and others will pay off this week. Dino Grandoni reports. (Washington Post)

Big Fish: The Aquacultural Revolution
As the world’s population swells to 9.7 billion, industry and governments say aquaculture is the way to provide protein to the people—if that’s true, can we learn from the past and avoid screwing over the planet and each other?b (Hakai Magazine)

Does the public have a right to walk across a private beach? The answer is still unresolved
Even before Washington became a state in 1889, Puget Sound beaches had been exploited as log dumps, farmed for shellfish, occupied as homesites and enjoyed for recreation. But today, after 131 years of statehood, residents of this region still don’t know if they have a legal right to walk across a privately owned beach at low tide. That’s because neither the Washington State Supreme Court nor the Legislature has ever clearly spelled out the limits of the Public Trust Doctrine — an ancient legal principle that provides for common citizens to retain certain rights to themselves, regardless of property ownership. For example, the right of navigation allows anyone to float a boat practically anywhere in Puget Sound, even directly over private property. But what if someone decides to step out of the boat into shallow water and stand on the bottom? That’s where things become murky. Christopher Dunagan reports. (Puget Sound Institute)

A Danish Journalist Arrived to Cover the TMX Pipeline. The Guard at YVR Decided to Deport Him
Danish journalist Kristian Lindhardt arrived at the Vancouver airport on Friday with international press credentials from Denmark’s version of CBC and a statement from Chief Reuben George of the Tsleil-Waututh First Nation explaining that Lindhardt is here to report on the Trans Mountain pipeline. Lindhardt had also made all the necessary arrangements for a 14-day quarantine in Vancouver. Lindhardt, however, was questioned by a border guard for hours and made to fly back to Denmark. Geoff Dembicki reports. (The Tyee)

Now, your tug weather--
West Entrance U.S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca-  217 AM PDT Mon Aug 24 2020   
TODAY  SW wind to 10 kt becoming NW in the afternoon. Wind  waves 2 ft or less. W swell 5 ft at 7 seconds. 
TONIGHT  W wind 5 to 15 kt becoming SW after midnight. Wind  waves 2 ft or less. W swell 4 ft at 8 seconds.

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