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Vancouver Island marmot Marmota vancouverensis
The Vancouver Island marmot naturally occurs only in the high mountains
of Vancouver Island, in the British Columbia. This particular marmot
species is large compared to some other marmots, and most other rodents.
Marmots as a group are the largest members of the squirrel family, with
weights of adults varying from 3 to 7 kg depending on age and time of
year. (Wikipedia)
Search for green crab ramps up in Padilla Bay
Staff at the Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve are ramping
up shoreline trapping efforts for the invasive European green crab.
“This is intensive monitoring,” Natural Resources Stewardship and
Restoration Coordinator Roger Fuller said Wednesday as he and reserve
scientists Nicole Burnett and Suzanne Shull set out to collect dozens of
traps from Padilla Bay — from Joe Leary Slough north to the Samish
River. The reserve is on heightened alert after the discovery in
mid-August of a single green crab in Padilla Bay and the retrieval over
the summer of dozens from neighboring Samish Bay. Kimberly Cauvel
reports. (Skagit Valley Herald)
Washington Ecology finds new climate impacts from Kalama methanol plant
An environmental analysis released Wednesday by the Washington
Department of Ecology found additional sources of greenhouse gas
emissions from the $2 billion methanol project proposed on the lower
Columbia River. Ecology found the project would increase the state’s
greenhouse gas emissions by almost 1 million tons, making it one of the
10 largest sources of emissions in Washington. The agency found the
project could generate more greenhouse gas emissions from the extraction
of natural gas than previously estimated and that it would lead to
methanol being burned globally as fuel. Cassandra Profita reports. (OPB)
Drilling, mines, other projects hastened by Trump order
Documents provided to The Associated Press show the Trump
administration is seeking to fast track environmental reviews of dozens
of major energy and infrastructure projects during the COVID-19
pandemic, including the Jordan Cove liquefied natural gas terminal in
Oregon. Matthew Brown reports. (Associated Press)
‘The fish are much, much smaller’: study finds Yukon-Alaska salmon declining in size
Climate change and competition with hatchery fish causing chinook,
sockeye, chum and coho to shrink and produce fewer eggs. Julien Gignac
reports. (The Narwhal)
Why Kitsap Creek went dry — and how a biologist helped get it flowing again
For 50 years, John Mikesell's backyard near Kitsap Lake has abutted
Kitsap Creek, a vibrant local stream that fills each year with runs of
salmon. But one day in late August, the sounds of the creek stopped...
Mikesell turned to Jon Oleyar, a fisheries biologist with the Suquamish
Tribe, to help. Oleyar traced the creek back to Kitsap Lake, where it
begins. He found several berms and barriers in its way. He said that
while it had been reduced to a trickle, it wasn't quite dry, and had
gone "subsurface." Oleyar conducted some rudimentary channeling of the
creek, clearing some debris and vegetation. That seemed to do the trick.
In a few hours, it was flowing past Mikesell's house again. But the
damage had been done, Mikesell said. "What really upset me were the dead
coho (salmon)," he said. "They're such a rarity up here." Josh Farley
reports. (Kitsap Sun)
If you like to watch: Wild dolphin entertains boaters in Tacoma’s Commencement Bay
They call him Cinco — a gregarious long-beaked common dolphin that has
been making a splash in Commencement Bay this week. Cinco spent part of
his day Sunday swimming circles around a pleasure boat off Schuster
Parkway and leaping into the air. Dolphins aren’t native to Washington’s
waters. They’re 21st century arrivals. The young male dolphin arrived
in Puget Sound in 2016 with 15 others. He might be the only one left of
his group, said Olympia-based Cascadia Research Collective research
biologist Dave Anderson. Craig Sailor reports. (Tacoma News Tribune)
Now, your tug weather--
West Entrance U.S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca-
249 AM PDT Thu Sep 3 2020
TODAY
E wind 5 to 15 kt becoming to 10 kt in the afternoon.
Wind waves 2 ft or less. W swell 6 ft at 12 seconds. Areas of fog
in the morning.
TONIGHT
Light wind becoming SE to 10 kt after midnight. Wind
waves 1 ft or less. W swell 5 ft at 11 seconds.
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