11/19 Wild turkey, Coastal GasLink protest, road ban in Tongass, fire and flood, insurance 'wake up,' Skagit project funding, week in review

Wild turkey [Tom Grey]

 
Wild turkey Meleagris gallopavo
One of the largest birds found in North America, the wild turkey is the only bird from the Western Hemisphere to gain worldwide importance through domestication. Wild turkeys were introduced in Washington from the eastern United States by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. The eastern subspecies has been released west of the Cascades in Cowlitz, Grays Harbor, Lewis, Mason, Pacific, Thurston, and Wahkiakum Counties. (BirdWeb)

Land defenders arrested on Wet’suwet’en territory as RCMP enforces Coastal GasLink injunction
Elders, legal observers and media have been detained as police advance into Gidimt’en territory where land defenders closed road access earlier this week in an effort to prevent drilling under a sacred waterway. Matt Simmons reports. (The Narwhal) See also: Coastal GasLink Failed to Warn Camp Employees about Blockade, Worker Says  (The Tyee)

Biden officials to propose road ban on much of Alaska’s Tongass National Forest
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on Friday will propose restoring roadless protections on more than 9 million acres of the Tongass National Forest in Alaska, a move that would overturn one of Donald Trump’s most significant changes to public lands. Juliet Eilperin reports. (Washington Post)

First fires, now floods: British Columbia and Washington reeling from atmospheric river
First they baked, then they burned, and now they’re inundated. Kasha Patel, Amanda Coletta, Jason Samenowm and Laris Karklis report. (Washington Post.)

Insurance industry describes latest extreme weather as 'wake-up call' on climate change
While B.C. had been relatively spared the effects of previous extreme weather events compared to other provinces and countries, all that changed in 2021. Kevin Griffin reports. (Vancouver Sun)

Funding awarded to local fish habitat, stormwater projects
The latest National Fish and Wildlife Foundation grant package for Southern Resident orca recovery includes funding for two Skagit County projects. The awards include about $108,500 for the Skagit River System Cooperative to design options for reconnecting salmon habitat at the south end of the Swinomish Channel through the McGlinn Island Jetty and about $74,400 for Friends of Skagit Beaches to expand its stormwater monitoring program.  Kimberly Cuavel reports. (Skagit Valley Herald)

Salish Sea News Week in Review 11/19/21: Toilet Day, returned  Crown lands, estuaries for salmon, Chumash Heritage NMS, land abuse and flooding, Coastal GasLink protest, road ban in Tongass, fire and flood

Now, your weekend tug weather--
West Entrance U.S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca-  214 AM PST Fri Nov 19 2021   
TODAY  NW wind 5 to 15 kt. Wind waves 2 ft or less. W swell  4 ft at 10 seconds. 
TONIGHT  NW wind 10 to 20 kt becoming N to 10 kt after  midnight. Wind waves 1 to 3 ft subsiding to 1 ft or less after  midnight. W swell 5 ft at 9 seconds. A slight chance of rain. 
SAT  SW wind to 10 kt. Wind waves 1 ft or less. W swell 4 ft at  8 seconds. A chance of rain. 
SAT NIGHT  S wind to 10 kt. Wind waves 1 ft or less. W swell  4 ft at 10 seconds. 
SUN  E wind to 10 kt. Wind waves 1 ft or less. W swell 3 ft at  9 seconds.

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