6/10 Spencer Spit, Snake River dams, Gulf Islands, crows, heat dome pollen, 'real' Duwamish, week in review

 

    Spencer Spit  [Pete Simowsky]                   Spencer Spit [Catherine Collins]

Fav Place: Spencer Spit, Lopez Island
Pete Zimowsky from Boise writes: "I love this place. I wish I could live on Lopez but I’m an old salty stuck in the sagebrush. I go there every chance I can get. I’d move there in a second if I could."

Fav Place: Spencer Spit, May 2022
Catherine Collins from Port Townsend writes: "I just spent several days on land supporting a Bellingham school program aboard Adventuress on Lopez. My favorite place at present is Spencer Spit (and the State Park there) on Lopez Island. It’s especially beautiful with a view of Puget Sound’s environmental tall ship Adventuress."

Dear Readers: Dan Buecking writes, not meaning to be rude: "Not everyone wants to tell everyone else where their favorite spots are! For instance, tell everyone where your fishing hole is and you can expect a bunch of people will be there next time you go, or soon after, and it might not be so special to you anymore." OK, but we'll leave that up to readers, so, if you would like to share a photo of a favorite place you like to visit in the Salish Sea and tell us why it's special to you, send the photo in jpg format with your full name and where you're writing from to msato@rockisland.com  

Replacing benefits of Snake River dams would cost billions
The benefits provided by four giant hydroelectric dams on the lower Snake River in Washington state can be replaced if the dams are breached to save endangered salmon runs, according to a new report released Thursday. But it would be expensive. Finding other ways to provide electricity, irrigation and enabling commerce would cost between $10.3 billion and $27.2 billion, said the report commissioned by Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, a Democrat, and U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash. (Associated Press)

Dreams Die Hard
Anyone who has sailed with BC Ferries on its Vancouver-Victoria route will already have experienced some of the magic of the Gulf Islands. ..The scenic splendour of the islands is indeed breathtaking, but that beauty is fading fast as human needs are given priority. Nature, meanwhile, with no voice of its own, has little defence against powerful anthropocentric forces. Things were not supposed to turn out this way for the islands. Frants Attorp and Maxine Leichter write. (Watershed Sentinel)

Scolding Crows
David B. Williams in Street Smart Naturalist writes: "Tis the season when crows are out and about protecting their youngsters and their nests. I got to experience this on a run the other day. I was minding my own business heading down an alley when I heard squawking and wing flaps as a crow skirted my head. The bird landed on a fence, scolded me for bothering his or her territory, and then flew up to buzz me. And again, again, and again. Finally, I reached the end of the bird’s territory and continued my run in peace."

How last year's heat dome helped unleash the clouds of pollen now plaguing Western Canada
If you're a seasonal allergy sufferer, you may have been reaching for the Reactine a little more than usual this year.  Pollen has appeared in clouds across much of Western Canada, piling up on cars, decks, driveways and even beaches. Christy Climenhaga reports. (CBC)

The Real Duwamish
David Buerge weighs in on who are the 'real Duwamish:' "A battle has broken out between the Duwamish Tribe and the Muckleshoot, Suquamish and Tulalip Tribes.  Dueling ads between the Muckleshoot and Duwamish have appeared in the Seattle Times and the Muckleshoot have aired TV spots claiming to be the “real” Duwamish.  A recent Sunday front-page feature by Lynda Mapes in The Seattle Times, “Who are the Duwamish?” bravely presents the conflict in a balanced, long-form report." (Post Alley)

Salish Sea News and Weather Week in Review 6/10/22: King Kam Day, Tokitae, yelloweye, carbon credits, BC bees, 'Smellicopter,' seafood labeling, Nootka Is, BC kelp, Snake River dam removal

Now, your weekend tug weather--
West Entrance U.S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca-  610 AM PDT Fri Jun 10 2022   
TODAY  SW wind to 10 kt. Wind waves 1 ft or less. SW swell 7 ft  at 9 seconds. Patchy fog. A chance of showers this morning. A  chance of rain in the afternoon. 
TONIGHT  SW wind 5 to 15 kt becoming W to 10 kt after midnight.  Wind waves 2 ft or less. SW swell 5 ft at 10 seconds. Patchy fog  in the evening. A chance of rain in the evening then a slight  chance of rain after midnight. 
SAT  S wind to 10 kt becoming SW 5 to 15 kt in the afternoon.  Wind waves 2 ft or less. SW swell 5 ft at 9 seconds. A chance of  showers. 
SAT NIGHT  W wind 5 to 15 kt becoming to 10 kt after midnight.  Wind waves 2 ft or less. W swell 5 ft at 9 seconds. SUN  W wind to 10 kt rising to 15 to 25 kt in the afternoon.  Wind waves 1 ft or less building to 2 to 4 ft in the afternoon. W  swell 5 ft at 9 seconds.

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