8/18 Duckweed, BC LNG, real Salish history, catch more crabs campaign

Common duckweed

Common duckweed Lemna minor
The duckweeds (genus Lemna) and related genera of the duckweed family (Lemnaceae) are the smallest flowering plants known. Individual plants consist of a single, flat oval leaf (technically a modified stem) no more than ¼ of an inch long that floats on the surface of still-moving ponds, lakes, and sloughs. (US Forest Service)

Nurses and Doctors Take Aim at BC’s LNG Ambitions
People heading toward the Tsawwassen ferry terminal last weekend may have spotted an eerie sign of the times — a handful of doctors and nurses, standing under smoky skies, hoisting banners warning against the climate threat from liquified natural gas. The group gathered to launch Unnatural Gas, a public awareness campaign by the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment and Canadian Association of Nurses for the Environment about the climate and health damage from natural gas. Michelle Gamage reports. (The Tyee)

They want to tell the real history, celebrate vibrant people of the Coast Salish
Robert Jago wants Northwesterners to learn the real history of this land. Jago says the places where we work, live and play today are also sites of religious significance or legendary battles for Indigenous peoples. But most of that history is buried and forgotten.  That’s why Jago launched the Coast Salish History Project in July. Ed Ronco & Anya Steinberg report. (KNKX)

Lost to Found: How the Catch More Crab Campaign in Puget Sound, WA is saving crabs AND filling crab pots!
Hilary Wilkinson in her Conservation Cafe podcast talks with Jason Morgan, Derelict Fishing Gear Manager for the Northwest Straits Foundation, about a highly successful campaign which has reduced the number of lost crab pots – and lost crabs! – to the benefit of wildlife and people.

Now, your tug weather--
West Entrance U.S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca-  325 AM PDT Wed Aug 18 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 7 ft at 9 seconds. 
TONIGHT  W wind 5 to 15 kt becoming 10 to 20 kt after midnight.  Wind waves 1 to 3 ft. W swell 7 ft at 9 seconds.

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