9/20 Shaggy mane, voting day, foraging, Fairy Cr protest, Seattle Light, Bedwell R, Bristol Bay sockeye, tufted puffin, Greenpeace, BC COVID passport

Shaggy mane

 
Shaggy mane Coprinus comatus
Shaggy Mane has an elongated bullet shaped, shaggy cap, with brownish upturned scales and a straight fairly smooth stem.These grow in summer and fall in grass, wood chips, rocky, or hard packed soil often appearing shortly after a soaking rain. They may grow singly or scattered but often in large, tightly packed groups. Some years they are very common in city and suburban locations, pastures, lawns, gardens, along driveways, etc. Sometimes they are found in huge quantities presenting quite a dilemma since they require almost immediate preparation. (Mushroom Collecting)

It's voting day! Here's what British Columbians need know about the federal election
After a snap election was called on Aug. 15, Canadians will finish voting today to elect a new federal government. Up for grabs in the 44th general election are 338 seats in the House of Commons, 42 of which are in B.C. (CBC)

Foraging for mushrooms this fall? Here are some dos and don'ts
"Focus on the ones you know, and harvest those properly."  Michelle Gomez reports. (CBC)

Fairy Creek’s old-growth logging protests injunction remains temporarily: judge
A British Columbia Supreme Court judge suggested Thursday he will consider new options to address the future of an injunction against blockades by people opposed to logging old-growth trees on part of Vancouver Island. Justice Douglas Thompson expressed concern about the situation that’s unfolding in the Fairy Creek area north of Port Renfrew after hearing from lawyers representing protesters and the RCMP. “Perhaps, the only thing everybody agrees upon right now is what’s being done is not working,” said Thompson, who instructed lawyers to come to court Friday prepared to discuss the structure of the injunction. He said he will not deliver a decision Friday on the company’s application and his ruling will come after Sept. 26. (Canadian Press)

Sauk-Suiattle tribe sues Seattle City Light, demands it can’t call itself ‘green’
The Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe took the city of Seattle to task in a class-action lawsuit filed Friday on behalf of its members and the public, stating the electric utility’s green power claims are misleading and hurting the tribe. The lawsuit filed in King County Superior Court seeks an injunction restraining Seattle City Light from advertising itself as a fish-friendly, green and environmentally responsible utility until Seattle provides fish passage at its three Skagit River dams. Lynda Mapes reports. (Seattle Times)

‘A lot of salmon died’: Ahousaht Guardians look to watershed restoration amid B.C.’s dangerously dry summer
The province’s prolonged drought is exacerbating the damage done to Bedwell River by decades of forestry around Tofino. Now, First Nations and conservation groups are teaming up to protect salmon and bring the watershed back to life Stephanie Wood reports. (The Narwhal)

The lessons for British Columbia in Alaska’s epic Bristol Bay sockeye
The world’s most abundant sockeye fishery is teeming with 10 million more fish than anticipated this year. Experts on both sides of the U.S.-Canada border are wondering if the six uninterrupted river basins of the Bristol Bay watershed — free of fish farms and hatcheries but currently threatened by the proposed Pebble mine — might hold key insights for salmon populations dwindling all across the province of B.C. Sarah Cox reports. (The Narwhal)

Nonprofit teaching youths, community about imperiled Salish Sea bird
The black-bodied, orange-billed tufted puffin can be difficult to find not only because it’s a seabird that spends most of its time bobbing on the water and obscured by waves, but also because its population has plummeted in Washington. Some local youths, though, got about as close as possible this summer to one of the birds’ two remaining nesting sites in state waters of the Salish Sea...On Sunday, Sept. 12, the Salish Sea School took adults on an outing to Smith Island as a fundraising event that featured tufted puffins at the end of their nesting season. Kimberly Cauvel reports. (Skagit Valley Herald)

At 50, Greenpeace is an environmental success story — with a daunting future
Fifty years ago, an ad-hoc group of environmentalists gathered around living rooms and kitchen tables in Vancouver's Kitsilano neighbourhood with a shared goal of stopping the United States from testing nuclear weapons off the western coast of Alaska.
 hey decided to sail a leaky, 24-metre-long halibut fishing boat directly toward the blast zone as a form of protest. The ship was ultimately forced back, but the move drew international attention. Nuclear testing in the area ended months later. Today, the group with small beginnings in Vancouver has grown into one of the most recognizable environmental organizations in the world. Greenpeace has a presence in more than 55 countries, with nearly three million members globally. (CBC)

B.C.’s COVID-19 vaccine passport system succeeds where Alberta’s incentives failed
On Aug. 23, with the fourth wave of COVID-19 starting to build – and queues at vaccine clinics shrinking – the B.C. government announced plans to require vaccine passports to access restaurants and bars, sports events, theatres and gyms. Angry protests followed. But the policy has also driven a marked increase in vaccination rates. While Alberta tried lotteries and $100 cash cards to entice vaccination holdouts, B.C. health officials, along with those in Ontario, Quebec and other provinces, calculated that it would take a tougher policy to boost rates. This week, after repeatedly ruling out such a policy, Alberta and Saskatchewan announced their own vaccine passport systems. And it seems Alberta is finally getting results. Justine Hunter reports. (Globe and Mail)

Now, your tug weather--
West Entrance U.S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca-  202 AM PDT Mon Sep 20 2021   
TODAY  W wind to 10 kt becoming E. Wind waves 1 ft or less. W  swell 11 ft subsiding to 7 ft at 11 seconds. A chance of rain. 
TONIGHT  Light wind becoming SE to 10 kt after midnight. Wind  waves less than 1 ft becoming 1 ft or less after midnight. W  swell 5 ft at 10 seconds.

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