11/6 Anemone, WA wildfires, grizzly faces

Red beaded anemone [Mary Jo Adams]

 
Red beaded anemone Urticina coriacea
This is a fairly large anemone with a diameter to about 6 inches. The column ranges from brick red to bright red but is rarely visible because sand and bits of shell cling to and cover it. Tentacles are short, blunt, and banded, often red and gray. Look for Urticina coriacea in areas of coarse sediment low in the intertidal of rocky beaches and divers can find it to a depth of 50 feet. (Mary Jo Adams/Sound Water Stewards)

What 13,000 wildfires teach us about Washington forests
The state Department of Natural Resources is Washington’s largest firefighting organization, with about 600 year-round and seasonal employees working to control fires on more than 13 million acres of forestland across the state. DNR has kept records of every reported wildfire in the state since 2008. With the help of Angie Lane, DNR’s assistant division manager of plans and information for wildfire, Crosscut took a deep dive into these 13,452 fire records to highlight some numbers that help put this year into context and tell the broader story of our state’s fires. Mandy Godwin reports. (Crosscut)

Grizzly facial recognition a potent new tool for wildlife management
A facial recognition system for grizzly bears could usher in a new wave of celebrity animals that scientists and the public could follow through their lifetimes. Biologists at the University of Victoria have teamed up with software experts to create an artificial intelligence (AI) that can recognize individual bears even though they don’t have much in the way of identifiable facial features. Randy Shore reports. (Vancouver Sun)

Now, your weekend tug weather--
West Entrance U.S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca-  305 AM PST Fri Nov 6 2020   
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT   
TODAY  NW wind to 10 kt becoming 10 to 20 kt in the afternoon.  Wind waves 1 ft or less building to 1 to 3 ft. W swell 10 ft at 12  seconds. 
TONIGHT  NW wind 10 to 20 kt. Wind waves 1 to 3 ft. W swell  10 ft at 12 seconds. 
SAT  NW wind to 10 kt. Wind waves 1 ft or less. W swell 14 ft  at 12 seconds building to 17 ft at 11 seconds in the afternoon. 
SAT NIGHT  N wind 10 to 20 kt rising to 15 to 25 kt after  midnight. Wind waves 1 to 4 ft. W swell 13 ft at 11 seconds  subsiding to 9 ft at 11 seconds after midnight. 
SUN  N wind 5 to 15 kt becoming SE in the afternoon. Wind waves  2 ft or less. W swell 7 ft at 11 seconds.

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