3/24 Forsythia, Nooksack flood, Snake R dams, BC tech donor, protect BC forests, better hornet name, fossil fuel education, Skagit tulip strike

Forsythia

 
Forsythia
Forsythia is a genus of flowering plants in the olive family Oleaceae. There are about 11 species, mostly native to eastern Asia, but one native to southeastern Europe. Forsythia – also one of the plant's common names – is named after William Forsyth. (Wikipedia)

Our reader points out in response to yesterday's profile of the clematis that we have our own clematis in the Western White Clematis, Clematis ligusticifolia, also known as Western White Virgin’s Bower, Creek Clematis, Creekside Virgin’s Bower, Deciduous Traveler’s-joy, Old-man’s Beard, Pipestems, Peppervine, or Yerba de Chiva (Goatbeard plant).  “Klema” comes from a Greek word meaning twig or branch.  Ligusticifolia refers to its Lovage or Licorice-leaf (Ligusticum)-like leaves. (Native Plants of the Pacific NW)

Rethinking flood control for the Nooksack River
Can restoring the natural balance of the Nooksack River also reduce flood risks? Officials on both sides of the U.S.-Canada border are taking note as climate change raises the stakes. Sarah DeWeerdt writes. (Salish Sea Currents Magazine)

Call for tearing out lower Snake River dams gaining support in D.C. and WA state
For more than two decades Eastern Washington residents have heard proposals to tear out the lower Snake River dams, but only recently has the idea gotten bipartisan support in the nation’s capital, said Rep. Dan Newhouse, R-Wash. He organized a roundtable discussion in Richland on Tuesday, National Agriculture Day, that served as a rally to save the Eastern Washington way of life and a warning that support is growing for removing the dams from Ice Harbor near the Tri-Cities upriver to Lower Granite Dam near Lewiston, Idaho. In the Puget Sound, he said he sees signs scattered along roadways with an X through the words “Snake River Dams.” Annette Cary reports. (Try-City Herald)

Tech entrepreneur donates $14.5M to protect threatened B.C. ecosystems
A tech entrepreneur has given the B.C. Parks Foundation $14.5 million to protect local ecosystems. The donation from Age of Union Alliance, led by Lightspeed Commerce founder Dax Dasilva, is the largest single donation in the history of the foundation, which aims to enhance and expand the province's parks system. Part of the money will go toward buying land in Vancouver Island's French Creek Estuary, a critical eagle habitat. (CBC)

90 scientists call on Trudeau to protect forests ahead of climate plan
As Canada gets set to release its plan to reduce emissions by up to 45% by 2030, scientists say we need to pay more attention to protecting boreal and temperate forests — major carbon sinks that account for 16 per cent of the world's remaining primary forests. Stefan Labbé reports. (Times Colonist)

WA entomologist proposes giving invasive hornet a less-offensive name
Anti-Asian hate and confusion in entomology spur a renaming of the world's largest hornet species. Dr. Chris Looney has been contemplating how we refer to the insect ever since public concerns first arose. Hannah Weinberger reports. (Crosscut)

Should Fossil Fuel Companies Get to Teach Kids about Climate Change?
A new initiative is calling on B.C. schools to ban all fossil fuel advertising in their lessons. The campaign from the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment was sparked when Dr. Lori Adamson, a CAPE member and emergency doctor in Salmon Arm, noticed her seven-year-old son’s homework was branded and designed by FortisBC, the province’s largest natural gas distributor. Michelle Gamage reports. (The Tyee)

Skagit tulip workers strike on eve of festival
With the Tulip Festival little more than a week away, workers at the nation’s largest tulip grower have walked off the job to demand better pay and working conditions. About two-thirds of Washington Bulb Company’s employees halted work Tuesday and voted to form a union, said Edgar Franks, political director at Familias Unidas por la Justicia, an independent union of Indigenous Mexican farmworkers. Work conditions at Washington Bulb have been a concern for the company’s field and warehouse employees for years. Ralph Schwartz reports. (CDN)

Now, your tug weather--
West Entrance U.S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca-  249 AM PDT Thu Mar 24 2022   
TODAY  SE wind 10 to 20 kt. Wind waves 1 to 3 ft. W swell 6 ft  at 11 seconds. 
TONIGHT  SE wind 10 to 20 kt easing to 10 kt after midnight.  Wind waves 1 to 3 ft subsiding to 1 ft or less after midnight. W  swell 5 ft at 10 seconds.

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