5/31 Abalone, Duwamish, ancient forest garden, hatcheries, BC old growth, NW recreation, EVs, Canada gun laws, lithium from water, BC ticks, psilocybin 'shrooms, red barge

Adult pinto abalone [Gemima Garland-Lewis]

The quest to help tiny abalone survive
The pinto abalone was once harvested for food. Now functionally extinct, the shellfish needs all the help it can get. Written and photographed by Gemima Garland-Lewis. (Crosscut)

‘Real’ Duwamish: Seattle’s first people and the bitter fight over federal recognition
....the Duwamish Tribe once more is seeking federal recognition that it is in fact a tribe, in a federal lawsuit filed May 11. Meanwhile, an online fundraising campaign has raised millions of dollars in so-called “Real Rent” for the Duwamish. This claim to sovereign status is at odds with rulings of federal evaluators who have repeatedly found this group of Duwamish descendants are not a continuation of the historic Duwamish Tribe and do not meet the criteria to be federally recognized. Lynda Mapes reports. (Seattle Times) See also: Duwamish recognition fight underscores plight of treaty tribes  (Everett Herald)

How ancient forest gardens could impact Nuchatlaht First Nation's land claim 
New research is shining a light on how the Nuchatlaht people cultivated plants for centuries on Nootka Island in B.C. The findings, published in the Journal of Archaeological Science, challenge some commonly held beliefs about plant cultivation in the territory and could have a significant impact for the Nuchatlaht First Nation's claim of Aboriginal title to more than 200 square kilometres of land on Nootka Island, off Vancouver Island's west coast. (CBC)

The Hatchery Crutch: How We Got Here
From their beginnings in the late 19th century, salmon hatcheries have gone from cure to band-aid to crutch. Now, we can’t live without manufactured fish. Jude Isabella reports in the series "The Paradox of Salmon Hatcheries."  (Hakai Magazine)

Understanding B.C.'s old-growth logging deferrals by the numbers
A process is underway in British Columbia to temporarily defer logging in priority old-growth forests, allowing time for the government to work with First Nations to decide how they should be managed in the long term. The province appointed a five-member panel of ecologists and forestry experts who identified 2.6 million hectares (26,000 square kilometres) of unprotected old-growth forests at risk of permanent biodiversity loss in mapping released last November. At the same time, it asked more than 200 First Nations across B.C. to decide whether they supported the deferral of logging in those areas for two years. Brenna Owen reports. (Canadian Press)

How climate change will impact recreation in the Pacific Northwest
According to Climate Impacts Group Director Amy Snover, “we should expect warmer winters with less snow in higher elevations, earlier springs, with the snowpack melting sooner than what we have typically experienced in the past, and hotter and drier summers.” (UW College of the Environment)

7 factors driving electric vehicle policy forward
Washington state raised the bar with its 2030 target deadline for new electric car registrations. How did we get here? Kate Yoder reports. (Grist)

Canadian government proposes tougher gun laws
Proposed legislation aims to cap number of handguns to those already in Canada, take away gun licences from violent people. Jim Bronskill reports. (Canadian Press) See also: How Washington State Has Done on Gun Control  Jean Godden writes. (Post Alley)

Tri-Cities researchers say they can extract lithium from water. That's a big deal.
Researchers in Washington's Tri-Cities say they have devised a way to use magnets to pull valuable elements like lithium out of groundwater. They say their technology, using iron-based nanoparticles, could supply a large share of the lithium needed for batteries as America transitions to electric vehicles and displace the environmentally harmful methods currently used to mine and process lithium. John Ryan reports. (KUOW)

High-risk areas for ticks in B.C. highlighted in new online map 
It's the season to start being cautious about ticks and Lyme disease, and this year the B.C. Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) has launched an interactive map  to help people assess their risk of being bitten. (CBC)

B.C. company opens Canada's largest licensed psychedelic mushroom growing facility
B.C.-based company Optimi Health has harvested its first cultivation of psilocybin mushrooms at its Health Canada-licensed facilities in Princeton, B.C., positioning itself as a major player in the burgeoning psychedelic sector. The $14-million venture consists of two 10,000-square-feet facilities with a combined total of 10 growing rooms that can produce approximately 2,000 kilograms of dried psilocybin mushrooms a month, according to Optimi's head cultivator, Todd Henderson. Brady Strachan reports. (CBC)

No movement in efforts to free big red barge from Vancouver beach
Six months after washing up at Sunset Beach during a storm, the 5000-tonne vessel remains unmoved. David Carrigg reports. (Vancouver Sun)

Now, your tug weather--
West Entrance U.S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca-  251 AM PDT Tue May 31 2022   
TODAY  NW wind to 10 kt. Wind waves 1 ft or less. W swell 3 ft  at 9 seconds. 
TONIGHT  W wind to 10 kt. Wind waves 1 ft or less. W swell 3 ft  at 9 seconds.

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