12/22 Anemone, Solstice pix, flood management, Fairy Cr logging, bag ban law delay

 

Ten-tentacled anemone [Mary Jo Adams]

Ten-tentacled anemone Halcampa decemtentaculata
Because this anemone’s column is usually buried, only the crown with its 10 short tentacles will be visible.  Maximum diameter of the tentacle crown is 1 inch (2.5 cm.)  It is found in areas with sand, gravel, or shell debris substrates and also among algae holdfasts and the roots of surfgrass (Phyllospadix).  The tentacles may be colored pink, white, brown, or purple and sometimes have V-shaped bands.  This species lives from the low intertidal zone to a depth of 1300 feet (398 meters).  It is sometimes called the ten-tentacled burrowing anemone. (Mary Jo Adams/Sound Water Stewards)

COVID be damned — if you could be anywhere in the world on the Winter Solstice, where would you choose?
Readers were invited to share their ideal locations for marking December’s Solstice this year … if it weren’t for COVID-19. (Salish Current)

Managing ocean flooding: Wetlands, not walls, may be key to dry future
As sea levels rise, building higher walls may not be the best way to protect property, infrastructure and ecosystems in southwestern B.C., according to the leader of a four-year project aimed at co-ordinating local adaptation efforts. Low-lying wetlands, salt marshes and natural assets are not just valuable habitat for wildlife, they might also be potent tools to manage flooding as sea levels rise by up to one metre over the next 80 years, said Kees Lokman, director of the UBC Coastal Adaptation Lab. The traditional approach to flood management has led to the construction of nearly 300 dikes stretching more than 1,000 kilometres around B.C., much of that concentrated in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley. Randy Shore reports. (Vancouver Sun)

Protesters maintaining logging road blockade for five months to protect old-growth
 A group of protesters trying to protect old-growth forests have been blocking a logging road near Port Renfrew for nearly five months and say they’ll remain as long as the trees are threatened. Protesters set up a blockade in early August to prevent logging company Teal Jones from building a road into the Fairy Creek headwaters and have maintained a constant presence for more than 140 days. Roxanne Egan-Elliott reports. (Times Colonist)

Gov. Inslee delays implementation of plastic bag law
Gov. Jay Inslee has issued a proclamation delaying the implementation of a law banning retailers from using single-use plastic bags. Inslee issued the proclamation on Friday, saying a law that passed the 2020 legislative session that was set to go into effect on Jan. 1 will be on hold at least through January because of the coronavirus pandemic. (Associated Press)

Now, your tug weather--
West Entrance U.S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca-  214 AM PST Tue Dec 22 2020   
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON   
TODAY  NW wind 5 to 15 kt becoming W to 10 kt in the afternoon.  Wind waves 2 ft or less. W swell 12 ft at 11 seconds subsiding to  10 ft at 10 seconds in the afternoon. 
TONIGHT  SW wind 5 to 15 kt becoming E after midnight. Wind  waves 2 ft or less. W swell 8 ft at 11 seconds subsiding to 6 ft  at 11 seconds after midnight.

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