8/20 Catkins, Duwamish R cleanup, Namu the Killer Whale, punishing protests, week's news in review

Catkin

Catkin
A catkin or ament is a slim, cylindrical flower cluster, with inconspicuous or no petals, usually wind-pollinated but sometimes insect-pollinated. They contain many, usually unisexual flowers, arranged closely along a central stem that is often drooping. (Wikipedia)

Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition calls on EPA to maintain standards set in 2014 
A polluted river runs through the heart of industrial Seattle. The Lower Duwamish waterway was designated a Superfund site in 2001. Now the community coalition that has spent years helping shape the cleanup plan for this 5-mile stretch of the river says that plan is under assault.  For 13 years, the Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition worked with federal regulators at the EPA to reach a pact on how to remove and contain polluted sediment. That agreement came out in 2014. Bellamy Pailthorp reports. (KNKX)

Namu the Killer Whale premieres at Orpheum Theatre in Seattle on August 1, 1966.
On August 1, 1966, at a charity event at the Orpheum Theatre in Seattle, an audience views the first showing of the movie Namu the Killer Whale, produced by Ivan Tors (1916-1983) and filmed in the San Juan Islands and at Rich Cove in Kitsap County. Lynn Weber/Roochvarg writes. (HistoryLink)

Erin O’Toole vows to increase criminal punishment for people who disrupt pipelines and railways
The Conservative Party leader wants to amend Canada’s Criminal Code to stop protests that disrupt key infrastructure, in a move some say will unfairly target Indigenous land defenders and criminalize those who challenge government and industry to respond to the global climate crisis. Fatima Syed
reports. (The Narwhal)

Salish Sea News and Weather Week in Review 8/20/21: World Mosquito Day, sage grouse, BC steelhead, K21, ghost boats, sea otters, Coast Salish stories, Chuck Sams, skinny orcas, AK drilling, chlorpyrifos, Duwamish R, Namu

Now, your weekend tug weather--
West Entrance U.S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca-  239 AM PDT Fri Aug 20 2021   
TODAY  SE wind to 10 kt in the morning becoming light. Wind  waves 1 ft or less. W swell 8 ft at 9 seconds subsiding to 6 ft  at 9 seconds in the afternoon. A slight chance of showers in the  morning then a chance of showers in the afternoon. 
TONIGHT  Light wind becoming W to 10 kt after midnight. Wind  waves less 1 ft or less. W swell 6 ft at 8 seconds. A slight  chance of showers. 
SAT  W wind to 10 kt rising to 10 to 20 kt in the afternoon.  Wind waves 1 ft or less building to 1 to 3 ft in the afternoon. W  swell 5 ft at 8 seconds. 
SAT NIGHT  W wind 10 to 20 kt becoming 5 to 15 kt after  midnight. Wind waves 1 to 3 ft. W swell 5 ft at 8 seconds.
SUN  W wind to 10 kt. Wind waves 1 ft or less. W swell 5 ft at  8 seconds.

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