10/11 Canada geese, Indigenous People's Day, Fairy Cr protest, snow crab, BC LNG, Ostrich Bay Cr, BC trees, suffering trees, goshaw, Cascade R salmon, tsunami modelling, Extinction Rebellion, Skagit dams

Canada Geese [Mick Thompson/BirdNote]

 
Canada Geese - Migratory or Not
Some stay. Some go. Which is which? And why? (BirdNote)

What is Indigenous Peoples' Day?
President Biden became the first U.S. president to formally recognize Indigenous Peoples’ Day. Here’s some of the history behind it. (NY Times)

Judge grants temporary injunction at Fairy Creek, citing economic harm to logging company
A B.C. Court of Appeal judge has granted a temporary injunction at a logging site on southern Vancouver Island, where protesters, police and loggers have been at odds for more than a year. Justice Sunni Stromberg-Stein cited the potential economic harm to Teal Jones if there were no injunction in place as the reason for her decision Friday afternoon. Lawyers for Teal Jones appeared in court Friday to argue for an interim injunction against old-growth logging blockades on southern Vancouver Island, while the company appeals a Supreme Court decision last week that put an end to its original injunction. (CBC)

Alaska snow crab harvest slashed by nearly 90% after population crash in a warming Bering Sea 
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game set the 2022 snow crab harvest at the lowest level in more than 40 years, a move to protect populations that appear to have crashed during a period of higher temperatures in the Bering Sea. The snow crab is a mainstay of the Alaska crab boat fleet — much of it based in Washington — and the 2021-22 catch limit of 5.6 million pounds, announced Friday, is down 88% from the previous season. Hal Bernton reports, (Seattle Times)

Coastal GasLink Blasted Again by Province for Environmental Damage
Company could face hefty fines as sediment and contaminants continue to flow into waterways along the pipeline route. Amanda Follett Hosgood reports. (The Tyee)

Crews put lid on Kitsap Way project helping remake Bremerton's most polluted creek
The Ostrich Bay Creek under Kitsap Way is being remade with a new bottomless box culvert. Crews Friday helped install concrete lids over the new stream bed, just below Kitsap Way near Highway 3. The $1.7 million project, paid for with a loan from the state public works trust fund board, not only removes a 1927-built culvert susceptible to clogging and collapse but also creates space for better fish passage and hopefully increased salmon runs in the future, state and city officials hope. Josh Farley reports. (Kitsap Sun)

On B.C.’s Sunshine Coast, some of Canada’s oldest living trees escape the chopping block
The treasured high-elevation Dakota Bowl has been slated for auction with BC Timber Sales every year for the last five years. Determined to protect the old-growth forest, home to culturally modified trees, hanging lakes and ancient cedar bear dens, a local conservation group brought new tactics and independent science to the table. Judith Lavoie reports. Photography by Shayd Johnson. (The Narwhal)

Trees, fighters of climate change, are also victims of it
As the weather becomes more extreme, the trees that are synonymous with Washington are suffering. Part 1 of 3 Julie Titone reports. (Everett Herald)

In search of Haida Gwaii’s forest-dwelling hawk, one of the most endangered species on the planet
With no provincial endangered species legislation to rely on, the race is on to find the nests of stads k’un, a genetically unique subspecies of the northern goshawk, before logging and habitat loss causes the brave little bird to vanish forever. Matt Simmons reports. (The Narwhal)

Cascade River salmon fishery further extended
The state Department of Fish and Wildlife has extended salmon fishing on the Cascade River to seven days a week through Sunday, Oct. 24 — allowing five more days than previously planned.  The change comes after an early end to tribal fisheries on the river. (Skagit valley Herald)

Indigenous knowledge the cornerstone of new tsunami modelling for Vancouver Island's northwest coast
The results of a collaborative project mapping out tsunami risk between the Strathcona Regional District and the Nuchatlaht and Kyuquot Checlesaht First Nations on Vancouver Island have been released. High-resolution data modelling for the area between Gold River and Cape Scott is now available for the public online. This area is particularly vulnerable to tsunamis, from either an earthquake triggered in the Cascadia subduction zone to the west, or one from the Alaska-Aleutian subduction zone to the north. (CBC)

Extinction Rebellion plans two-week 'October Rebellion' in Vancouver streets
The protest group says it will occupy major intersections, bridges and shut down Vancouver International Airport. Cheryl Chan reports. (Vancouver Sun)

Skagit Environmental Endowment Commission pulled into conflict over dam relicensing
In a Sept. 28 letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), the Skagit County Prosecuting Attorney's Office argues that the apparent involvement of the Skagit Environmental Endowment Commission in the Skagit River dam relicensing represents conflicts of interest on the part of Seattle. Kimberly Cauvel report. (Skagit Valley Herald)

Now, your tug weather--
West Entrance U.S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca-  219 AM PDT Mon Oct 11 2021   
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON   
TODAY  NW wind to 10 kt. Wind waves 1 ft or less. W swell 11 ft  at 12 seconds. 
TONIGHT  W wind to 10 kt becoming S after midnight. Wind waves  1 ft or less. W swell 9 ft at 12 seconds.

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