2/15 Common periwinkle, Verna Tunnicliffe, chicken fram suit, wave testing, Miller Peninsula

Common periwinkle [David Beaulieu]

 
Common periwinkle Vinca minor
Tough, low-maintenance, and pest-free, periwinkle has pretty broadleaf foliage and flowers. It is also useful for providing ground cover and is known for its creeping habit. Common periwinkle is considered an invasive species in parts of the United States. Periwinkle is toxic to pets. (The Spruce)

Pioneering UVic marine biologist honoured for her deep-sea exploration
Verena Tunnicliffe helped discover thermal vents off the B.C. coast and has aimed her sites now at deep-underwater mining. Gordon McIntyre reports. (Vancouver Sun)

Draper Valley Farms settles lawsuit with environmental nonprofit 
Under a legal agreement approved Monday, local chicken processor Draper Valley Farms will invest about $2 million in Skagit River watershed projects and an undetermined amount in upgrading its facility after admitting to contributing to water quality issues in the river and Puget Sound. The nonprofit Waste Action Project sued Draper Valley, which is owned by Perdue Foods, in June 2020, alleging the facility was violating the federal Clean Water Act by what it was sending to the Mount Vernon wastewater treatment plant from its facility in Mount Vernon. Kimberly Cauvel reports. (Skagit Valley Herald)

US Department of Energy awards $25M for wave energy testing at first-in-nation Oregon facility
Just south of Newport, a new wave energy facility called PacWave is about a year away from being operational. It will be the first commercial-scale, grid-connected wave energy test site in the U.S. and one of few in the world. Alex Hasenstab reports. (OPB)

Residents want Miller Peninsula in its natural state
Although comments varied about how much development they’d want to see — including no development at all — people were mostly united in their message to State Parks officials: Keep Miller Peninsula State Park as close to its natural state as possible.ion about plans to change the park on the Miller Peninsula just east of Blyn into a “destination park.”  Michael Dashiell reports. (Peninsula Daily News)

Now, your tug weather--
West Entrance U.S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca-  242 AM PST Tue Feb 15 2022   
TODAY  SW wind to 10 kt becoming NW in the afternoon. Wind  waves 1 ft or less. W swell 7 ft at 9 seconds. 
TONIGHT  W wind 10 to 20 kt. Wind waves 1 to 3 ft. W swell 7 ft  at 10 seconds.

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