9/3 Cranberrybush, Salish Current, weirs, Bill Curtsinger, BC natgas, week in review

 

American Cranberrybush [Native Plants PNW]

American Cranberrybush Viburnum opulus
The American Cranberry Bush (also known as V. trilobum) is a variety of the European Cranberry Bush.  The species and some of its cultivated varieties are known in in other parts of the world as Guelder Rose, Water Elder, European Cranberrybush, Cramp Bark, or Snowball Tree. It is found from southern British Columbia and in scattered locations in Washington State (on the fringes of Lake Washington, the Columbia River Gorge). (Native Plants PNW)

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Like a Hotel California for Fish
Unearthed weirs in K’ómoks territory offer a window into an ingenious past technology for a sustainable coastal fishery. Brian Payton writes. (The Tyee)

Undersea photographer’s show open in Port Townsend
...Bill Curtsinger, whom many know as co-owner of Sunrise Coffee, has witnessed many of the world’s strange and beautiful scenes. A National Geographic photographer for more than three decades before moving to Port Townsend, he created a body of work now sampled in the show simply titled “Curtsinger” at the downtown Grover Gallery, 236 Taylor St. Diane Urbani de la Paz reports. (Peninsula Daily News)

‘If They Destroy This, They’re Wiping Us off This Territory’
Wet’suwet’en say BC is allowing Coastal GasLink to obliterate an important cultural site. Experts say it’s all too common. Amanda Follett Hosgood reports. (The Tyee)

Salish Sea News Week in Review 9/3/21: Food bank Friday, War in the Woods, Columbia steelhead, Bristol Bay mine, kelp, no drain wetlands, climate change office, BC name change, BC fish farm, weirs

Now, your weekend tug weather--
West Entrance U.S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca-  215 AM PDT Fri Sep 3 2021   
TODAY  W wind to 10 kt becoming NW 5 to 15 kt in the afternoon.  Wind waves 2 ft or less. NW swell 1 ft at 5 seconds. Patchy fog  in the morning. A slight chance of rain in the afternoon. 
TONIGHT  W wind 10 to 20 kt easing to 10 kt after midnight.  Wind waves 1 to 3 ft subsiding to 1 ft or less after midnight. W  swell 3 ft at 9 seconds. A slight chance of rain. 
SAT  SE wind to 10 kt. Wind waves 1 ft or less. W swell 3 ft at  9 seconds. A chance of rain. 
SAT NIGHT  SE wind 5 to 15 kt becoming SW to 10 kt after  midnight. Wind waves 2 ft or less. W swell 3 ft at 8 seconds  building to 5 ft at 8 seconds after midnight. 
SUN  W wind to 10 kt becoming 5 to 15 kt in the afternoon. Wind  waves 2 ft or less. W swell 7 ft at 11 seconds.

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