3/18 Oxeye daisy, dam breaching, WA revenue, Growler noise, shores and salmon, oiled snapped, Irish sea

Oxeye Daisy [Derek Ramsey/Chanticleer Garden]

 
Oxeye Daisy Leucanthemum vulgare
The Oxeye Daisy is the prototype for the "daisy-like" term used to describe the structure of many flowers in the Asteraceae family with radial ray florets and a densely-populated central disk. This much-loved flower is an import from its native Europe and Asia, and is naturalized in every state in the United States and almost all of Canada. It is officially considered a noxious weed in Colorado, Montana, Ohio, Washington, and Wyoming.

Lower Snake River dam-breaching proposal a 'nonstarter' for more than a dozen regional environmental groups
More than a dozen regional environmental groups, including the Spokane Riverkeeper, are publicly opposing a proposal to breach the four lower Snake River Dams, calling the concept a “nonstarter.” The environmental advocates in Washington and Oregon who announced their opposition to the plan on Tuesday say the proposal will neuter two bedrock environmental laws – the Endangered Species and Clean Water acts.  Eli Francovich reports. (Spokesman-Review)

Battle over Washington’s budget looms as revenue picture improves
...Wednesday's March revenue forecast...showed the state returning to pre-pandemic revenue levels... Washington’s improving fiscal picture isn’t an anomaly. A recent New York Times analysis shows that nearly half of states saw their revenues increase from April to December of last year. And many more experienced only slight declines. A key factor was federal aid that allowed even laid off workers to keep spending. Now, more federal money is headed to states from the latest stimulus package. Austin Jenkins reports. (NW News Network)

Studies: Noise from Navy's Growler jets could impact wildlife
A battle continues over jets at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, with the most recent fight being over how the noise generated by a growing number of EA-18G Growler jets stationed at the military base impacts wildlife. Based on research published in November, the nonprofit Citizens of Ebey’s Reserve, or COER, is threatening to sue the Navy, as well as NOAA Fisheries and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, if the federal agencies don’t reconsider how Growler flights may impact endangered Southern Resident orcas and threatened marbled murrelets. The threat of legal action is based on two studies, each published in peer reviewed journals. Kimberly Cauvel reports. (Skagit Valley Herald)

Coastal Squeeze
Rising sea levels pit preserving salmon against protecting homes and communities. Can we have both? Michelle Gamage reports. (The Tyee)

Regarding bird memory
Yesterday's news clip regarding bird brain prompted Tony Angell to write: "Clark's nutcracker also posses remarkable memories when stashing pine nuts to be retrieved later for winter sustenance. Studies found their success rate at recovery of seeds was close to 90 percent.  What wasn't  found typically germinated and produced another pine.  These species are given credit for reforesting vast areas in the mountain Southwest.  Credit where credit is due, right?"

Red Snapper in the Gulf show signs of stress after Gulf oil spill
Nearly all of the Red Snapper sampled in the Gulf of Mexico over a six-year period following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill showed evidence of liver damage. (ScienceDaily)

Bass note
San Juan County Environmental Resources project manager Byron Rot writes that yesterday's item about bass left out important information: "Bass are native to the East-Central Canada-US, not native to Pacific Northwest, where they are introduced.  Where introduced, bass predate on juvenile native species such as trout and salmon.  Bass are a significant problem to salmon recovery for stream and river-connected wetlands, ponds, and lakes where bass are introduced.  People watch bass-fishing shows and then want to introduce them to their favorite lake.  They don’t belong here.  You need a permit from WDFW for this!  WDFW planting of bass in WA State lakes has evolved over the past few decades, and they are much more careful now (and could be more restrictive in my opinion).  It is difficult to impossible to get rid of bass once they are established."

To Speak of the Sea in Irish
A new dictionary project aims to safeguard coastal Irish words and the unique perspectives they provide.
Text by Claudia Geib. Animations by Aurélie Beatley. (Hakai Magazine)

Now, your tug weather--
West Entrance U.S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca-  257 AM PDT Thu Mar 18 2021   
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH  FRIDAY AFTERNOON   
TODAY  E wind 5 to 15 kt. Wind waves 2 ft or less. W swell 5 ft  at 10 seconds building to SW 8 ft at 10 seconds in the afternoon.  Rain likely. 
TONIGHT  E wind 15 to 25 kt. Wind waves 2 to 4 ft. SW swell  9 ft at 10 seconds. Rain likely in the evening then showers and a  slight chance of tstms after midnight.

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