7/20 Black-eyed susan, border, spotted owl, tire pollution, Lower Elwha restoration, murder hornets, forest protected, derelict boats, glacial flour, BC LNG, Discovery Bay

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Black-eye Susan [Lee Page]

Black-eyed Susan Rudbeckia hirta
This cheerful, widespread wildflower is considered an annual to a short-lived perennial across its range. Bright-yellow, 2-3 in. wide, daisy-like flowers with dark centers are its claim-to-fame. They occur singly atop 1-2 ft. stems. The stems and scattered, oval leaves are covered with bristly hairs. Coarse, rough-stemmed plant with daisy-like flower heads made up of showy golden-yellow ray flowers, with disk flowers forming a brown central cone. (Wildflower)

Canada Announces US Border Reopening
Fully vaccinated residents of the United States will be allowed to cross the 49th Parallel and visit Canada beginning August 9 at 12:01, the Canadian government announced on Monday. Visitors from “the States” will not be required to undergo a quarantine. Children too young to be vaccinated will be allowed across the border but are advised to stick with their parents and avoid large gatherings...Travelers to the Great White North will have to meet conditions.  They must have received two doses of the Pfizer, Moderna,or AstiaZeneca-Oxford vaccines, or one dose of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, at least 14 days before arrival. They must provide proof of a negative COVID-19 test within 72 hours of arrival.  Air travelers must show they have been tested within 72 hours of boarding a Canada-bound flight. Canada-bound travelers must submit vaccination information using the ArriveCAN app. They are then emailed a receipt to show at the border, along with proof of vaccination. Joel Connelly reports. (Post Alley)

With rollback of Trump proposal, new Biden plan cuts just 2% of spotted owl protections
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to withdraw the previous administration’s rule that slashed millions of acres of critical habitat protections for the northern spotted owl. The proposed new rule would reduce the protected habitat area in Oregon by 200,000 acres — leaving far more land protected for the threatened owl than called for by the Trump administration. This comes after the Biden administration’s U.S Interior Department delayed and reviewed the Trump administration’s Jan. 15 rollback of 3.4 million acres of designated critical habitat protections for the imperiled species in Washington, Oregon and California. Monica Samayoa reports. (OPB)

Salmon-killing tires get congressional hearing
A study that pinpointed a chemical from car tires as the cause of salmon die-offs in West Coast creeks has prompted a congressional hearing. The toxic effects of tire dust and skid marks on coho salmon were the subject of a U.S. House of Representatives Natural Resources Committee hearing Thursday. Washington State University researcher Jenifer McIntyre said 6PPD-quinone, a chemical recently discovered in used tires, has been washing off roadways and killing coho salmon. John Ryan reports. (KUOW)

Lower Elwha restoration project in progress
The Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe is conducting a beach restoration project at the former Olympic Rowing Club site on Ediz Hook through mid-August. The tribe’s restoration crew will remove existing piers and shoreline armoring such as concrete, creosote beams, riprap and metal, said Tiffany Royal, Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission spokesperson. The area will be restored with logs and clean beach sand. A former building pad and parking area will be removed and prepped to be planted with native dune grass in 2022. (Peninsula Daily News)

Citizen scientists enlist in fight against WA's murder hornets
Thousands of volunteers are looking for the invasive, bee-killing insect, leaving officials optimistic about keeping the hornets at bay. Hannah Weinberger reports. (Crosscut)

Great Peninsula Conservancy receives grant for North Kitsap Divide Block Forest
The North Kitsap Divide Block Forest won’t be developed if Great Peninsula Conservancy has anything to say about it — and a recent $2,935,000 state conservation grant will help. According to Great Peninsula Conservancy (GPC), the 490 acres of habitat known as The Divide is one of the last remaining large blocks of private timberland in North Kitsap, part of the massive Kitsap Forest and Bay Project to preserve a historic forest south of Port Gamble. Jesse Darland reports. (Kitsap Sun)

Abandoned boats washed up at Howarth Park slated for removal
Two beached boats at Howarth Park in Everett have overstayed their welcome, authorities say. The Everett Police Department is working with state agencies and the county’s Marine Resources Committee to remove the pair that washed up earlier this month. Joseph Thompson reports. (Everett Herald)

Commencement Bay clouded by 'glacial flour' after historic heat wave
The waters of Commencement Bay off the shores of Tacoma continue to be clouded by what is called “glacial flour” after extreme temperatures led to an increase in snowmelt in recent weeks. Glacial flour is fine sediment produced by the grinding of glaciers on rock as they move across the ground. When glaciers melt, this powdery sediment often ends up reaching rivers and streams, clouding the water and making it appear milky. (KING)

B.C. First Nation and partners propose new $10B LNG megaproject
A First Nation in British Columbia is proposing a new liquified natural gas (LNG) export facility to be built on the community's treaty land and is making an environmental pledge to reach net-zero emissions within three years of commencing operations. The Nisga'a Nation, whose territory is north of Prince Rupert near the Alaska border, is partnering with a group of Western Canadian natural gas producers called Rockies LNG Partners and a Texas-based energy company called Western LNG. The project is called Ksi Lisims LNG and would include a pipeline to transport natural gas from the northeast corner of the province to the coast. The facility itself is estimated to cost $10 billion. Kyle BaKx reports. (CBC)

Biotoxins in shellfish lead to closure at Discovery Bay
Discovery Bay is closed to shellfish harvesting due to high levels of marine biotoxins discovered in the water. Shellfish samples taken from Discovery Bay were found to contain elevated levels of the marine biotoxin that causes diarrhetic shellfish poisoning, resulting in the state Department of Health closing the beaches around the bay for all shellfish harvesting, Jefferson County Environmental Health said in a press release. Zach Jablonski reports. (Peninsula Daily News)

Now, your tug weather--
West Entrance U.S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca-  233 AM PDT Tue Jul 20 2021   
TODAY  SW wind to 10 kt becoming W 10 to 20 kt in the  afternoon. Wind waves 1 ft or less building to 1 to 3 ft in the  afternoon. W swell 2 ft at 7 seconds. 
TONIGHT  W wind 10 to 20 kt becoming 5 to 15 kt after midnight.  Wind waves 1 to 3 ft. W swell 2 ft at 6 seconds.

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