2/18 Ghost pipe, Puget Sound methane, GasLink violence, BC sturgeon, week in review

Ghost Pipe [Chantelle DeLay]

Ghost Pipe Mootropa uniflora
Ghost pipe (also known as Indian pipe) is found in humus in deep, shady woods at low to moderate elevations. t is striking in appearance because it is completely white in appearance. This plant survive without the green pigment chlorophyll by sapping nutrients and carbohydrates from tree roots through an intermediate source, myccorhizal fungi in the genera Russula and Lactarius. (US Forest Service)

Mysterious bubbles in Puget Sound: UW researchers track hundreds of seeping gas plumes
Data collected since 2011 shows 349 methane plumes in Puget Sound and Hood Canal. Researchers are exploring a potential correlation between the distribution of plumes and fault lines. Nicholas Turner reports. (Seattle Times)

Violence erupts at Coastal GasLink site near Houston, B.C.
Very early Thursday, just after midnight, Coastal GasLink security called RCMP for help, reporting it was under attack by about 20 people, some wielding axes. CMP Chief Supt. Warren Brown, commander for the north district, called the attack a “calculated and organized violent attack that left its victims shaken and a multi-million dollar path of destruction.” Cheryl Chan reports. (Vancouver Sun)

Photo of B.C. sturgeon with smaller sturgeon in mouth highlights Fraser River food supply concerns
A photo of a large sturgeon in B.C.'s Fraser River with another sturgeon in its mouth has raised questions about food supply. (CBC)

Salish Sea News Week in Review 2/18/22: Pluto Friday!, Zim Kingston, crab season, WA sewer discharge, Snohomish R recovery, PS no-discharge zone. Pacific Salmon Treaty, green crab eDNA, GasLink, methane bubbles

Now, your weekend tug weather--
West Entrance U.S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca-  252 AM PST Fri Feb 18 2022   
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH  LATE SATURDAY NIGHT   
TODAY  W wind to 10 kt. Wind waves 1 ft or less. W swell 6 ft  at 15 seconds. 
TONIGHT  W wind to 10 kt. Wind waves 1 ft or less. W swell 5 ft  at 11 seconds. A chance of rain after midnight. 
SAT  SW wind 5 to 15 kt becoming W 15 to 25 kt in the  afternoon. Wind waves 2 ft or less building to 2 to 4 ft in the  afternoon. W swell 5 ft at 12 seconds. Rain. 
SAT NIGHT  W wind 15 to 25 kt becoming NW 10 to 20 kt after  midnight. Wind waves 2 to 4 ft. W swell 4 ft at 12 seconds. 
SUN  NW wind 5 to 15 kt. Wind waves 1 to 2 ft. W swell 8 ft at  14 seconds.

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