4/2 Forsythia, ESA suit, BC logging protest, HEAL Act, Clallam shoreline, Mukileo reserach center, Rena Priest, Week in Review

 

Forsythia

Forsythia
Forsythia, is a genus of flowering plants in the olive family Oleaceae. There are about 11 species, mostly native to eastern Asia, but one native to southeastern Europe. Forsythia – also one of the plant's common names – is named after William Forsyth. (Wikipedia)

Group sues US over inaction to protect threatened species
Decisions by the Trump administration to withhold endangered-species protections for the northern spotted owl, monarch butterflies and other imperiled wildlife and plants could be set aside. That’s the goal of a conservation group’s lawsuit Thursday, challenging inaction on petitions to extend Endangered Species Act protections for several species that warranted them. Monica Samayoa reports. (OPB)

Protesters must clear Vancouver Island blockade or risk arrest after logging company wins injunction
A B.C. Supreme Court judge has granted an injunction against protesters who have been blocking a forestry company for eight months from operating on Vancouver Island.  The Surrey-based logging company Teal-Jones sought an injunction in February to move protesters off logging roads in the Fairy Creek watershed, near Port Renfrew, B.C. (CBC)

Strong environmental justice mandates stripped out of HEAL Act
The legislation, known as the HEAL Act, would push state agencies to decisively address environmental inequities that disproportionately hurt Black, Latino and Asian residents. The bill would prod — but not exactly require — government agencies to meet the needs of communities of color that the state has failed to protect from pollution. Levi Pulkkinen reports. (InvestigateWest)

Clallam County seeks to expand access to Clallam Bay shoreline 
Clallam County officials are pursuing a property acquisition to expand public shoreline access in Clallam Bay. The three commissioners on Monday directed Parks Supervisor Hannah Merrill to seek a property assessment for the parcel at 16401 state Highway 112, which connects Clallam Bay West County Park to State Parks land that is being transferred to the county. Rob Ollikainen reports. (Peninsula Daily News)

Last-ditch effort can’t save NOAA’s Mukilteo research center
A last ditch effort to get more money to rebuild the dilapidated Mukilteo Research Station failed, because bids came in above the $40 million that had been set aside for a new center run by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Andrea Brown reports. (Everett Herald)

Washington state names its first Native American poet laureate
A member of the Lummi Nation, Bellingham writer Rena Priest will bring attention to local poetry, climate change and the loss of vital natural resources. Margo Vansynghel reports. (Crosscut)

Salish Sea News Seeking Review 4/2/21: Ferret Friday, offshore wind, BC emissions, cherry bloom, Alexandra Morton, Shell refinery, TM pipe, shoreline armor, hydrogen fuel, EPA science, West Point sewage, ESA, Mukilteo research center

Now, your weekend tug weather--
West Entrance U.S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca-  248 AM PDT Fri Apr 2 2021   
TODAY  SW wind to 10 kt becoming W in the afternoon. Wind waves  1 ft or less. W swell 5 ft at 10 seconds. 
TONIGHT  W wind to 10 kt becoming SE after midnight. Wind waves  1 ft or less. W swell 5 ft at 12 seconds. A slight chance of rain  after midnight. 
SAT  SE wind 5 to 15 kt. Wind waves 2 ft or less. W swell 5 ft  at 11 seconds. Rain likely in the morning then rain in the  afternoon. 
SAT NIGHT  W wind 5 to 15 kt. Wind waves 2 ft or less. W swell  5 ft at 10 seconds. 
SUN  NW wind to 10 kt becoming 5 to 15 kt in the afternoon.  Wind waves 2 ft or less. W swell 5 ft at 11 seconds.

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