10/7 Black Twin-berry, dead humpback, spiders, BC emission credits, Pt Hudson jetty

Black Twin-berry [Native Plants PNW]

 
Black Twin-berry Lonicera involucrata
Black Twinberry is also known as Involucred, Bracted, Bearberry, Fly or Fourline Honeysuckle; or Coast Twinberry.  Involucrata refers to the involucres, or bracts that surround the flowers and fruit. Twin berry refers to the 2 berries surrounded by the bracts. This species is found from southeast Alaska to southern California; across most of Canada; from western Montana to Chihuahua in northern Mexico; with isolated communities in the Great Lakes region; listed as endangered in Wisconsin and threatened in Michigan. Dana Kelley Bressette writes. (Native Plants of the Pacific Northwest)

Dead humpback found in West Coast waters suffered blunt force trauma, researchers say
A young humpback whale who was found dead in the Strait of Juan de Fuca last week was in good health but appears to have been struck in the head before it died, a necropsy has revealed. The dead animal, which has been identified as a male known as Hawkeye or MMX0094, was first spotted on Sept. 27, according to the Pacific Whale Watch Association. (CBC)

Notice all those spiders? It's mating season in Puget Sound
Take a look outside and you'll see an abundance of big webs and the chunky spiders who built them. After a summer of fattening up on bugs and garden pests, the spiders are ready to settle down.  It's spider mating season around Puget Sound, but don't worry, they aren't interested in you. (KING)

B.C. eyes opportunities to secure emissions credits for ‘lower carbon’ LNG, metals
The B.C. government is looking at a suite of the province’s natural resources — including liquefied natural gas — that could be marketed globally as “clean” products in an effort “to create new markets for B.C.’s goods and services.”  Draft government documents obtained by The Narwhal through a freedom of information request suggest the province may also be looking to secure credits through international emissions trading for any reductions that result from the export of lower carbon products, such as lumber, copper, and aluminum, from B.C. to help meet Canada’s climate targets. What’s unclear, according to Simon Donner, a climate scientist and geography professor at the University of British Columbia, is how it would work in practice. Ainslie Cruickshank reports. (The Narwhal)

Port of Port Townsend approves grant application for Point Hudson jetty
The Port of Port Townsend commissioners unanimously agreed to resubmit a grant application to the federal Economic Development Administration to assist with reconstruction of the Point Hudson Breakwater jetty.The Economic Development Administration (EDA) initially deferred its decision for the $11.28 million grant the port requested. But now the EDA has said it is open to reconsidering funding the project with about $9.3 million. Zach Jablonski reports. (Peninsula Daily News)

Now, your tug weather--
West Entrance U.S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca-  252 AM PDT Wed Oct 7 2020   
TODAY  E wind to 10 kt. Wind waves 1 ft or less. W swell 5 ft  at 11 seconds. Areas of fog in the morning then patchy fog in the  afternoon. 
TONIGHT  W wind 10 to 20 kt becoming SW to 10 kt after  midnight. Wind waves 2 ft or less. W swell 5 ft at 11 seconds.

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