3/23 Clematis, AK salmon take, OR climate rules, Hansville Greenway, WA patrol boats

Clematis

Clematis
Clematis is a genus of about 300 species within the buttercup family, Ranunculaceae. Their garden hybrids have been popular among gardeners, beginning with Clematis × jackmanii, a garden standby since 1862; more hybrid cultivars are being produced constantly. They are mainly of Chinese and Japanese origin. (Wikipedia)

Groups urge Alaska to protect B.C.-bound salmon, criticize treaty
A coalition of Canadian groups is calling on Alaska's governor to stop the state's harvest of Canadian-bound salmon, while it criticizes the international treaty that prevents overfishing of Pacific salmon. Watershed Watch Salmon Society and three other groups say they have written to Gov. Mike Dunleavy alerting him to a report that shows Alaskan boats intercepted 650,000 Canadian-origin sockeye last summer. The society and SkeenaWild Conservation Trust commissioned the report, which says only 110,000 sockeye were commercially harvested in all of B.C. in 2021, and the coalition questions why the Pacific Salmon Treaty is failing to address issues of interception and overfishing. (Canadian Press)

Businesses challenge Oregon’s new climate program in court
A coalition of businesses wants a court to block Oregon’s new Climate Action Plan administrative rules. The rules, passed by the Oregon Environmental Quality Commission in December, target a 90% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from transportation fuels and natural gas by 2050. In a petition for judicial review filed Friday, 12 industry trade groups say the rules “hold fuel suppliers directly accountable” for the state’s greenhouse gas emissions. The groups represent farming, ranching, fossil fuel, logging, manufacturing and retail businesses. April Ehrlich reports. (OPB)

Neighbors rally to purchase 100-acre Hansville Greenway addition, now open to public
Michael Szerlog and Ken Shawcroft stroll across a rolling slice of what was once North Kitsap timber land, showing off the center of a flurry of volunteer work in recent months. Here, on a new 100-acre addition to the Hansville Greenway, visitors can look out over Hood Canal, out toward the Olympic Mountains. There, atop a dirt knoll, a view toward the Cascades. A short distance down a path, frogs croak in a small pond. (Kitsap Sun)

A look at new patrol boats for Washington, Ohio and Texas
North River Boats, Roseburg, Ore., delivered a 30'×10' patrol boat to the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) last August. It mainly works the waters of Puget Sound with a two-man crew. Thus the 30-footer is operating in the relatively protected waters of Puget Sound, whereas a larger 38-footer that North River will deliver soon to the WDFW will work offshore. (WorkBoat)

Now, your tug weather--
245 AM PDT Wed Mar 23 2022
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...
TODAY...W wind 15 to 25 kt becoming NW in the afternoon. Wind waves 3 to 5 ft. W swell 9 ft at 12 seconds. Rain in the morning then a slight chance of rain in the afternoon.
TONIGHT...NW wind 15 to 25 kt becoming N 5 to 15 kt after midnight. Wind waves 3 to 5 ft subsiding to 1 to 3 ft after midnight. W swell 9 ft at 11 seconds.

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