8/26 Locust, Fairy Cr protest, Stillaguamish R reroute, tribal lands, BC chemicals, oil-eating bacteria, kelp forest

Locust

Locust
Locusts are a group of certain species of short-horned grasshoppers in the family Acrididae that have a swarming phase. These insects are usually solitary, but under certain circumstances they become more abundant and change their behaviour and habits, becoming gregarious. (Wikipedia)

Fairy Creek is set to become the largest act of civil disobedience in Canada’s history
Amid escalating tensions with the RCMP, old-growth logging blockades on Vancouver Island show no signs of letting up. B.C.’s response, experts say, will determine the legacy of the new war in the woods. The Fairy Creek blockades are on the verge of setting a record for the number of arrests at a civil disobedience protest. At the time of publication, RCMP have arrested 796 people.   Sarah Cox reports. (The Narwhal)

Stillaguamish River project underway to help region's chinook salmon
In an area where the south fork of the Stillaguamish River moves from mountain terrain to valley before winding its way toward the saltwater near Camano Island, the Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians and U.S. Forest Service are working to reroute the river’s flow in order to improve habitat for fish. This rerouting of the river is taking place in what’s called the Gold Basin reach, near Granite Falls. In exchange for healthier water for threatened chinook salmon and other Stillaguamish River fish, some campsites at the Forest Service’s Gold Basin Campground are being removed. (Skagit Valley Herald)

Everett City Council adopts tribal land acknowledgement
The statement about the sduhubš and Tulalip Tribes people will be part of each council meeting. Ben Watanabe reports. (Everett Herald)

Environmental Law Centre calls for independent review of proposed B.C. petrochemical, plastics complex
Lawyers at the University of Victoria Environmental Law Centre are calling for an independent assessment of three proposed petrochemical and plastics facilities in Prince George, B.C., that they say pose "profound risks to the global environment." The request filed with Minister of the Environment and Climate Change Strategy George Heyman asks him to refer West Coast Olefins' proposals for Prince George to an independent panel of experts that can assess the project in its entirety. Kate Partridge reports. (CBC)

Can 'Oil-Eating' Bacteria in Canadian Arctic Help Clean Up Oil Spill?
A new study suggests that a certain type of bacteria in the Canadian Arctic can break down diesel and oil, which could 'respond well to an oil spill' in the region. Scientists at the University of Calgary said these 'mysterious' microbes can be found in the icy waters of the Arctic, 'capable of biodegrading' the fossil fuels present in the Labrador Sea. Miguel Brown reports.. (Nature World News)

An Amazon Rainforest of the sea fights for survival beneath Puget Sound
An undersea expedition to a mysterious world beneath the waves has come to West Seattle's Lincoln Park. It's just one stop on a week-long mission to help understand and save one of our area's most important natural resources, its kelp forests. Jim Dever reports. (KING)

Now, your tug weather--
West Entrance U.S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca-  210 AM PDT Thu Aug 26 2021   
TODAY  Light wind becoming SE to 10 kt in the afternoon. Wind  waves 2 ft or less. W swell 2 ft at 7 seconds. A chance of rain  in the morning then rain in the afternoon. 
TONIGHT  W wind to 10 kt becoming 5 to 15 kt after midnight.  Wind waves 2 ft or less. W swell 3 ft at 9 seconds. A chance of  rain in the evening.

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