Salish Sea News Week in Review 7/2/21: Flag, Millenium coal, salmon heat, A/C, BC salmon fisheries, Saturnina Island, Fairy Cr protest, green energy planning, net pen rules, hornet traps, Camano orcas, mass bird death. boreal forest protection

 

Aloha Flag Friday!

Iris versicolor is also commonly known as the blue flag, harlequin blueflag, larger blue flag, northern blue flag, and poison flag, plus other variations of these names, and in Britain and Ireland as purple iris. It is a species of Iris native to North America, in the Eastern United States and Eastern Canada. Wave on! (Wikipedia)

Justices deny Wyoming, Montana coal suit against Washington state

Pacific Northwest heat wave sets up ‘grim’ migration for salmon on Columbia, Snake rivers

Washington state board to uphold temperature limits in Columbia, Snake rivers

Environmentalists hope for silver lining to Seattle’s surging A/C demands

Ottawa to close 60 per cent of commercial salmon fisheries in B.C., Yukon to conserve stocks

$4 million donation helps save unique Salish Sea island ecosystems

Inside the Pacheedaht Nation’s stand on Fairy Creek logging blockades

NW tribes want to be at the table for green energy planning

Public comment sought on net pen aquaculture 

How to make a trap for Asian giant hornets — and why one Puyallup teen has already made 40 of them

Orca takes Camano family by surprise pushing, spinning boat in Saratoga Passage

Mass bird death event in Seattle attributed to record heat Monday

Canada lobbies against California proposal to protect boreal forests, respect Indigenous Rights

Now, your weekend tug weather--
West Entrance U.S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca-  212 AM PDT Fri Jul 2 2021   
TODAY  Light wind becoming NW 5 to 15 kt in the afternoon. Wind  waves less than 1 ft becoming 2 ft or less in the afternoon. W  swell 5 ft at 9 seconds. 
TONIGHT  W wind 5 to 15 kt in the evening becoming light. Wind  waves 2 ft or less. W swell 5 ft at 8 seconds. 
SAT  Light wind becoming NW 5 to 15 kt in the afternoon. Wind  waves less than 1 ft becoming 2 ft or less in the afternoon. W  swell 5 ft at 8 seconds. 
SAT NIGHT  W wind 5 to 15 kt becoming SW to 10 kt after  midnight. Wind waves 2 ft or less. W swell 6 ft at 8 seconds. 
SUN  SE wind to 10 kt becoming W in the afternoon. Wind waves  2 ft or less. W swell 6 ft at 8 seconds.

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