2/25 Kneeling angelica, ocean acid, Quiet Sound, no scrub water, GasLink attack, BC budget, old growth protests, secret sea life, week in review

 Kneeling angelica [Qwert1234/WikiMedia]

Kneeling angelica Angelica genuflexa
Kneeling angelica grows in moist places from southernmost B.C. to California. Care must be taken not to confuse kneeling angelica with the poisonous water hemlock. The species name genuflexa, meaning to genuflect, refers to the bending 'knees' in the leaf stalks. (Plants of the Pacific Northwest Coast)

Salish Sea providing a 'window' into the future of ocean acidification
WDFW is currently studying whether crabs could be impacted by ocean acidification, a process some scientists say Puget Sound is particularly susceptible to. Erica Zucco reports. (KING)

Quiet Sound aims to expand efforts to protect endangered orcas from marine traffic
Underwater noise from vessel traffic... interferes with the killer whales' ability to find increasingly scarce salmon. A new initiative is underway to alert ship operators when whales are near so they can slow down. Quiet Sound — part of the Port of Seattle-funded nonprofit Maritime Blue — is working to expand voluntary participation in a whale report alert system, an app that can be used on a smartphone or a desktop computer. Bellamy Pailthorp reports. (KNKX)

Port of Vancouver to restrict release of scrubber wash water from ships
Port says scrubber discharges into the ocean "could result in concentrations of metals that exceed thresholds set for the protection of aquatic life." David Carrigg reports. (Vancouver Sun)

Tracking what we know — and don’t know — about the attack on a Coastal GasLink worksite
Following millions of dollars in estimated damages at a natural gas pipeline worksite in northwest B.C., no arrests have been made and many questions remain. Matt Simmons writes. (The Narwhal)

BC Budget Fails to Deliver on Climate Change, Say Experts
$1 billion in new climate spending is welcome but falls short of what’s needed, they say. Michelle Gamage reports. (The Tyee)

Second judge to consider stay of proceedings application for old growth logging protesters in B.C.
A judge hearing a request to stay proceedings against people arrested at old-growth logging protests on Vancouver Island says the application has a reasonable prospect of success, but he wants another judge to consider it with "fresh eyes.'' Over 1,100 people have been arrested since the injunction against blockades in the Fairy Creek watershed northwest of Victoria was granted last year to logging company Teal Cedar Products Ltd. (Canadian Press)

Hanky-Panky in the Sea
Street Smart Naturalist David Williams shares the secret lives of rockfish, geoducks, Olympia oysters— and raccoons. Adults only.

Salish Sea News Week in Review 2/25/22: Skip the straw, pipeline expansion, bald eagles, toxic makeup, native bees, WA lege budget, wildfires, AK mine road, DAPL appeal, ocean acid, GasLink attack

Now, your weekend tug weather--
West Entrance U.S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca-  240 AM PST Fri Feb 25 2022   
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH  LATE SATURDAY NIGHT   TODAY  SE wind to 10 kt becoming E 15 to 25 kt in the  afternoon. Wind waves 1 ft or less building to 2 to 4 ft in the  afternoon. W swell 3 ft at 13 seconds. 
TONIGHT  SE wind 15 to 25 kt. Wind waves 2 to 4 ft. W swell  2 ft at 11 seconds. 
SAT  SE wind 15 to 25 kt. Wind waves 2 to 4 ft. W swell 3 ft at  17 seconds. A chance of rain in the morning then rain in the  afternoon. 
SAT NIGHT  E wind 20 to 30 kt becoming SE after midnight. Wind  waves 3 to 5 ft. SW swell 12 ft at 12 seconds. 
SUN  S wind 15 to 25 kt. Wind waves 2 to 4 ft. SW swell 12 ft  at 11 seconds.

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