10/29 Chicken of the woods, Duwamish parks, youth climate, TM pipe, Vancouver climate, Tongass, BC hornet plan

Chicken of the woods

 
Chicken of the woods Laetiporus sulphureus
A brilliant sight to come upon unexpectedly in the woods in late summer and fall on rotting logs or stumps or occasionally from a wound in a live tree. When young the margins are tender and makes an excellent dish. The name Laetiporus means "with bright pores". (The New Savory Wild Mushroom, Wikipedia)

Six Parks Along the Duwamish River Get New Names, Four Are in Lushootseed
After more than six months of community outreach and coordination, six parks along the Duwamish River have new names. The new identities of the parks were announced at a virtual Port of Seattle meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 27.  The public spaces on the industrialized Duwamish River previously all had names with numerical subjects, but now all six of them have names that correspond more with the ecological significance and cultural history of their individual locations. Four of the properties have new names in Lushootseed, the Indigenous language of people who lived near the Salish Sea, and two of the new names are in English.  Jack Russillo reports. (South Seattle Emerald)

Youth-led climate change lawsuit dismissed by Federal Court
A Federal Court judge ruled Tuesday that the Canadian government won't be going on trial for contributions to climate change — striking down a lawsuit brought by 15 young Canadians who argued the government was violating their charter rights. Federal Court Justice Michael Manson rejected a lawsuit initiated by the youths aged 10 to 19 years old. Their case called on the court to compel Ottawa to develop a science-based climate recovery plan. But Manson ruled the claims don't have a reasonable cause of action or prospect of success, so the case cannot proceed to trial. Yvette Brend reports. (CBC)

Trans Mountain expansion may not be economically viable, says think tank report
The future of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project is once again being called into question — this time by a new report that argues the mix of competing pipelines, changes in energy demand and shifts in international prices could wreak havoc on the project's business case.The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, a left-leaning think-tank, warns in an assessment released this morning that the federal government may need to rethink its commitment to expanding the pipeline. David Thurton reports. (CBC)

Vancouver outlines its Climate Emergency Action Plan
The City of Vancouver on Wednesday released its Climate Emergency Action Plan (CEAP), with ambitious proposals to tackle climate change by cutting excess carbon in half by 2030. The city declared a climate emergency in 2019, and since then it has been working to come up with solutions to drastically cut emissions, and accelerate the transition off of fossil fuels. Under the plan, 90 per cent of people would live within an easy walk/roll of their daily needs, more people would work from home and at least 80 per cent of trips would be made on foot, bike or transit in the next decade, according to the report. Tiffany Crawford reports. (Vancouver Sun)

Trump to strip protections from Tongass National Forest, one of the biggest intact temperate rainforests 
President Donald Trump will open up more than half of Alaska’s Tongass National Forest to logging and other forms of development, according to a notice posted Wednesday, stripping protections that had safeguarded one of the world’s largest intact temperate rainforests for nearly two decades. As of Thursday, it will be legal for logging companies to build roads and cut and remove timber throughout more than 9.3 million acres of forest – featuring old-growth stands of red and yellow cedar, Sitka spruce and Western hemlock. The relatively pristine expanse is also home to plentiful salmon runs and imposing fjords. The decision, which will be published in the Federal Register, reverses protections President Bill Clinton put in place in 2001 and is one of the most sweeping public lands rollbacks Trump has enacted. Juliet  Eilperin reports. (Washington Post)

B.C. plans for Asian giant hornet different; Washington "got lucky"
B.C.’s top apiculturist says the province is taking a different approach than Washington state in tracking down the Asian giant hornet, using traps and sightings to root out nests instead of radio tracking. “Radio tagging is only possible when one collects a number of live specimens,” said Paul van Westendorp. “Our survey efforts in the Fraser Valley have focused on trap monitoring and the support of beekeepers and other organizations.” Van Westendorp said monitoring areas on the Lower Mainland and the Island include reporting from 170 beekeepers, several municipalities and their parks departments, RCMP, Canada Border Services, Semiahmoo First Nation and area residents. All sightings are reporting through websites at the Environment Ministry and Invasive Species Council of B.C. Darron Kloster reports. (Victoria Times Colonist)

Now, your tug weather--
West Entrance U.S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca-  256 AM PDT Thu Oct 29 2020   
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE  FRIDAY NIGHT   
TODAY  S wind to 10 kt. Wind waves 1 ft or less. W swell 4 ft  at 9 seconds. 
TONIGHT  SE wind to 10 kt becoming S 15 to 25 kt after  midnight. Wind waves 1 ft or less building to 2 to 4 ft after  midnight. W swell 4 ft at 9 seconds. A slight chance of rain in  the evening then rain after midnight.

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