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| Townsend's chipmunk [Walter Siegmund/WikiCommons] |
Townsend's chipmunk Tamias townsendii
Townsend's chipmunks are found in the northwestern United States. Their
distribution ranges from the the Rogue River in southern Oregon to
southwestern British Columbia along the Pacific coast. Thus they are
found in an oceanic, or marine west coast climate. Townsend's chipmunks
are solitary and demonstrate fairly aggressive behavior toward
conspecifics or other chipmunks. They are said to be territorial. An
individual lives in a single burrow that can reach up to 10 m in length.
(Animal Diversity)
No more COVID testing to enter Canada
Vaccinated travellers will no longer need to show a COVID-19 test to
enter Canada beginning April 1, Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos
officially announced Thursday. The change comes at the very beginning of
the tourist season and the tail end of the Omicron wave in Canada, as
new reported cases of COVID-19 have declined since mid-January. Laura
Osman reports. (Canadian Press)
Celebrities Call on RBC to Stop Funding Coastal GasLink Pipeline
More than 65 Hollywood celebrities and Indigenous climate activists have
signed a petition asking the Royal Bank of Canada and its subsidiary
City National Bank to stop financing fossil fuel projects and defund the
Coastal GasLink pipeline in northern B.C. The petition, called “No More
Dirty Banks,” includes high profile signatories such as Mark Ruffalo,
Leonardo DiCaprio, Scarlett Johansson, Robert Downey Jr., Jane Fonda,
Brandon Boyd, Edward Norton, Ben Stiller and Patti Smith who say they
are City National Bank clients. Binny Paul reports. (The Tyee)
Tofino bans plastic eating utensils for takeout food
Of all the plastic waste that washes ashore around the Pacific Rim,
Tofino Mayor Dan Law says plastic utensils — forks, spoons, knives and
coffee stir sticks — are among the most common. Now the tourist
community on the edge of the Pacific is taking the lead to get rid of
them — and make a small dent in the amount of plastics that end up in
the water and on the beaches. Darron Kloster reports. (Times Colonist)
Deep in the marsh, an ecologist untangles aquatic food webs
Aquatic ecologist Emily Howe catalogs plant species in hopes of
restoring the rich ecosystems between land and sea. Sarah Hoffman
reports. (Crosscut)
Whale Trail Spring Gathering 2022
Welcome Spring with special guests Rachel Aronson (Quiet Sound),
researcher Mark Sears and Whale Trail Director Donna Sandstrom on March
24, 7 p.m., in West Seattle. Rachel will introduce us to Quiet Sound, a
new program to protect whales by reducing noise and disturbance from
large vessel like tankers, container ships and ferries. Mark will share
photos from recent field research, including encounters with southern
resident orcas. Donna will recap news around The Whale Trail, including
upcoming events to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Springer's rescue!
Attendance limited; masks optional but recommended. Register here.
James Webb Space Telescope working as well as astronomers dreamed it would
A supersharp image of a bright star — released by NASA — shows that the
optics seem to be working perfectly on the James Webb Space Telescope.
The $10 billion infrared telescope launched in December after decades of
development and construction, and it thrilled astronomers when it
successfully unfolded itself out in space. Now scientists say that its
18 separate mirror segments have been precisely aligned so that they can
act as one giant mirror that's about 21 feet across. Nell
Greenfieldboyce reports. (NPR)
Salish Sea News Week in Review 3/18/22:
Sleep, old growth, port expansion, heat dome, caffeine, North Shore
sewage, Nooksack flooding, Capitol estuary, perpetual drought, COVID
test
Now, your weekend tug weather--
West Entrance U.S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca-
241 AM PDT Fri Mar 18 2022
TODAY
SE wind to 10 kt becoming 5 to 15 kt in the afternoon.
Wind waves 2 ft or less. W swell 6 ft at 12 seconds. A chance of
showers.
TONIGHT
SE wind 5 to 15 kt. Wind waves 2 ft or less. W swell
5 ft at 12 seconds building to 7 ft at 12 seconds after midnight.
Showers.
SAT
W wind 10 to 20 kt. Wind waves 1 to 3 ft. W swell 8 ft at
12 seconds building to 10 ft at 12 seconds in the afternoon.
Showers likely.
SAT NIGHT
W wind 5 to 15 kt. Wind waves 1 to 2 ft. W swell
9 ft at 12 seconds.
SUN
SW wind to 10 kt. Wind waves 1 ft or less. W swell 8 ft at
12 seconds.
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