7/27 Great horned owl, Cherry Pt, world warming, Dickerson Cr, fish guts, refinery fine, BC ferries, bad fisherman

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Great Horned Owl [Lee Barnes/BirdWeb]

Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
Great Horned Owls are large, powerful owls with prominent ear-tufts, prominent facial disks, and bold yellow eyes. Their plumage is a mix of mottled brown with white-and-black barring, with some white at the throat. There is much variation in the darkness and shade of these colors across their range.(BirdWeb)

Whatcom council to vote on permanent ban of new fossil fuel industries at Cherry Point
It could become a model for refinery communities around the country when it votes on Tuesday night. That’s what some advocates are saying about Whatcom County as its council gets ready to decide the fate of industrial land at Cherry Point, north of Bellingham. Bellamy Paithorp reports. (KNKX)

The Heat, Floods and Fire We Don’t Hear Enough About
From India to Turkey, it’s not just “crazy weather.” It’s the world at 1.2 degrees of global warming, explain climate scientists. Laura Millan Lombrana reports. (Bloomberg)

A new stream bed is being built on Dickerson Creek. Here's how it will help salmon.
From his log cabin off Northlake Way, Bernie Fleming has a front-row seat for the rebirth of a salmon stream.  Earthmovers on Fleming's property are building a new, meandering route for Dickerson Creek, a waterway important to fish migration but plugged up by concrete and other debris for decades. Fleming and his wife, Elaine, have watched as fish runs have nearly ground to a halt in recent years. Josh Farley reports. (Kitsap Sun)

Anglers and researchers delve into fish guts to save salmon
Micah Quindazzi has spent a good chunk of his science career elbows deep in pungent fish guts. Squeezing out stomachs and poking through intestines seems like distasteful and ignoble work, but it’s part of a wider collaborative effort by researchers and recreational fishermen to save endangered salmon and divine changes to the marine food web as climate change advances. Rochelle Baker reports. (National Observer)

A refinery spewed black smoke into this NW community. Now this oil giant will pay
The Northwest Clean Air Agency slapped Shell with a $60,000 penalty Monday, July 26, after its Puget Sound Refinery in Anacortes spewed odorous black smoke into the air in August and September. Ysabella Kempe reports. (Bellingham Herald)

B.C. Ferries hopes for whale-free weekend to handle expected crush of traffic
B.C. Ferries is hoping for a little cooperation from the Salish Sea’s whale population as it prepares for the busiest weekend of the season. With reservations already booking up for the August long weekend, B.C. Ferries is hoping to avoid any repeat of the sailing cancellation it had to make due to orcas frolicking in Fulford Harbour on the weekend. Andrew Duffey reports. (Times Colonist)

Province wants cash, house from banned commercial fisherman for alleged illegal fishing
The B.C. government is asking to seize a Gabriola Island home and more than $1.3 million in cash from a commercial fisherman who is banned from fishing until 2038. In a petition filed on June 28 in B.C. Supreme Court, the B.C. Civil Forfeiture Office says the cash and the home are proceeds of illegal fishing and money laundering. Gordon Hoekstra reports. (Vancouver Sun)

Now, your tug weather--
West Entrance U.S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca-  235 AM PDT Tue Jul 27 2021   
TODAY  SW wind to 10 kt becoming NW in the afternoon. Wind  waves 2 ft or less. W swell 2 ft at 9 seconds. Areas of fog in  the morning. 
TONIGHT  W wind 5 to 15 kt. Wind waves 2 ft or less. W swell  2 ft at 10 seconds.

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