3/2 Oso berry, Tacoma warehouse, salmon rights, protecting GasLink, Anacortes port gasses

Oso berry [Michael Wolf/WikiCommons]

Oso berry Oemleria cerasiformis
Oso berry (also known as Indian plum) is one of the earliest natives to leaf out and bloom each spring, Oso-berry is charming with its white flower clusters hanging from the tips of branches. Delightful among the still dormant maples and alders of its riparian haunts. It likes moist draws and creeksides, but grows in woodlands, and is common in cut-over sites. (Plant Oregon)

Massive warehouse for South Tacoma
A 2.5 million square foot warehouse complex and distribution center is being planned for an area in South Tacoma and some residents are not happy with its environmental impact, requesting that the city extend the public comment period to allow time for more residents to learn about what’s being proposed and to respond to it.  A permit application for Bridge Point Tacoma’s construction of four industrial use buildings have been submitted, covering approximately the size of 50 football fields not counting the additional non-porous surrounding paved parking areas and distribution drives. The center would be built directly over Tacoma’s largest aquifer and cover some of the last open land left in South Tacoma.  Residents opposed to the warehouse development, and the nonporous paving that comes with it, say that a project of this size will choke off critical water infiltration to recharge the aquifer as well as reduce open greenspace and tree canopy needed for soil moisture retention, water-cleaning filtration, and managing heat zones and storm-water run-off. (Tacoma Weekly)

Do salmon have rights?
A legal battle between Seattle and the Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe could test the Rights of Nature movement. Joseph Lee reports. (Grist)

The RCMP Has Spent $21 Million Protecting Coastal GasLink’s Pipeline
The RCMP’s costs for policing a remote resource road on Wet’suwet’en territory have steadily dropped over the past three years, according to information obtained by The Tyee through freedom of information laws. Spending dropped significantly in 2021, but the force still has a significant presence in Wet’suwet’en territory. That may be about to change as officers respond to an alleged attack on a Coastal GasLink worksite last month that the company said caused millions of dollars in damage to equipment. The RCMP has said it is assigning 40 investigators to the case. Amanda Follett Hosgood reports. (The Tyee)

Port of Anacortes to monitor, reduce greenhouse gasses
The Port of Anacortes will take on two greenhouse gas initiatives this year. The first will closely track the emissions of the port, and the second will share those numbers with the Puget Sound inventory so they can be evaluated and a plan formed. Port staff will also take a three-year retroactive look back to 2019 that will capture the switch to greener energy. Sophia Heit reports. (Anacortes American)

Now, your tug weather--
West Entrance U.S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca-  244 AM PST Wed Mar 2 2022   
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING   
TODAY  E wind to 10 kt becoming S in the afternoon. Wind waves  1 ft or less. SW swell 9 ft at 13 seconds. Showers likely and a  slight chance of tstms in the morning then rain likely in the  afternoon. 
TONIGHT  SW wind 5 to 15 kt becoming W to 10 kt after midnight.  Wind waves 2 ft or less. W swell 10 ft at 12 seconds subsiding to  8 ft at 12 seconds after midnight. A chance of rain.

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