1/6 Red foxes, south coast weather, Jan 6 rioters, Tulalip clam case, EPA pollutant, MV Sea Lion, Vashon restoration

Red Foxes [David Niewert]

On San Juan Island, 2021 was the Year of the Foxes
It surprises people to learn that there’s a population of red foxes on remote San Juan Island, up in the northwestern-most corner of the Lower 48 states. They’re not a native species, but they’ve been here long enough that they’ve carved a niche into the ecosystem and are now a celebrated component of the island’s phenomenal wildlife. David Neiwert reports. (Daily Kos)

Weather mayhem expected due to snow, freezing rain, wind
The B.C. south coast region is being walloped by a heavy hit of winter weather on Thursday that is expected to last into Friday. Stephanie Ip reports. (Vancouver Sun)

White, employed and mainstream: What we know about the Jan. 6 rioters one year later
Robert Pape, who directs the Chicago Project on Security and Threats at the University of Chicago, has been analyzing the identities of the more than 700 people arrested for breaking through the barricades that day. He’s pored over their court documents and discovered some surprises. After months of looking through the reports, Pape says the picture remains the same: Over and over again, people interviewed by officials said they went to the Capitol on Jan. 6 to support former President Donald Trump and claim Trump as the legitimate president, not Biden. “This isn’t just simply normal criminal behavior or escalations like street fighting,” he says. “This is clearly collective political violence done by hundreds and hundreds of people for essentially the same political purposes.” Scott Tong and Serena McMahon report. (NPR)

Shellfish war: Judge dismisses Tulalip clam-traffick
A day before a trial pitting tribal treaty rights against state law enforcement, a Skagit County Superior Court judge dismissed felony charges against a Tulalip council member and another tribal member who, in turn, accused the state of targeting Native American fishermen. In court pleadings, the defendants claimed state Fish and Wildlife detectives racially profiled and harassed them, and last year they settled an unlawful arrest lawsuit for $50,000. Their lawyers accused the state of violating treaty rights, too. Skagit County deputy prosecutor Rosemary Kaholokula argued the defendants’ state-issued business license gave the court jurisdiction in their case. Judge Brian Stiles on Monday disagreed, saying the allegations in question reportedly took place on the Tulalip Reservation, involving clams purportedly harvested on traditional tribal lands, bought by a business owned by tribal members. Zachariah Bryan reports. (Everett Herald)

For the first time in over 30 years, the EPA adds to its list of hazardous air pollutants
The Environmental Protection Agency has declared a powerful dry-cleaning solvent, 1-bromopropane, too dangerous to breathe. It marks the first time it's expanded its hazardous air pollutant list since 1990. Dino Grandoni reports. (Washington Post)

Oldest tug on west coast dismantled, parts saved for museums
The Sea Lion was built on a one-piece keel from a 120-foot fir log, milled three feet deep and two feet wide, and launched into the waters at Coal Harbour in Vancouver in 1905. Darron Kloster reports. (Times-Colonist)

Time & Again: Shore restoration, where historic business stood
The former location of the Tahlequah Store, just to the west of the Tahlequah Ferry Dock, is the latest example of King County’s beach restoration efforts on Vashon and Maury Islands. Bruce Haulman and Terry Donnelly write. (Vashon Beachcomber)

Now, your tug weather--
West Entrance U.S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca-  330 AM PST Thu Jan 6 2022   
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING 
GALE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY  AFTERNOON   
TODAY  SE wind 10 to 20 kt becoming S in the afternoon. Wind  waves 1 to 3 ft. W swell 8 ft at 9 seconds. A chance of rain in  the morning then rain in the afternoon. 
TONIGHT  SE wind 5 to 15 kt becoming 10 to 20 kt after  midnight. Wind waves 3 to 5 ft. W swell 10 ft at 10 seconds.  Rain.

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