7/13 Ceratium, Snake R dam breaching, Webb views, Pulling Together, coastal climate grants

Ceratium [Brittanica]

Ceratium
Genus of single-celled aquatic dinoflagellate algae (family Ceratiaceae) common in fresh water and salt water from the Arctic to the tropics. As dinoflagellates, the organisms have two unlike flagella and have both plant and animal characteristics; their taxonomic placement as algae is contentious. Members of the genus form an important part of the plankton found in temperate-zone seas, and several are known to cause red tides and water blooms. (Brittanica)

White House weighs in on Lower Snake River dam breaching in unusual power play 
The Biden administration released two reports finding dam removal is needed on the Lower Snake to recover salmon to fishable levels in the Columbia and Snake rivers and that replacing the energy produced by the Lower Snake River dams is feasible. Lynda Mapes reports. (Seattle Times)

Baby stars, dancing galaxies: NASA shows new cosmic views
A sparkling landscape of baby stars. A foamy blue and orange view of a dying star. Five galaxies in a cosmic dance. The splendors of the universe glowed in a new batch of images released Tuesday from NASA’s powerful new telescope. Seth Borenstein reports. (Associated Press)

Pulling Together: An eight-day Shuswap canoe journey drawing in Indigenous, law enforcement and public service communities
It was hot — boy, was it hot — but also a perfect day on Tuesday for more than 400 people in 25 canoes to push off from Enderby River Beach and begin an eight-day paddle to Green Lake. The journey is called Pulling Together, a chance for Indigenous peoples and public agents that have historically oppressed their rights to their own language and culture — police, armed forces, child welfare officials — to pursue a shared goal and get to know one another during a canoe journey through the Shuswap. Gordon McIntyre reports. (Vancouver Sun)

Federal grants available for coastal climate change projects
Coastal communities in the state that are threatened by climate change are eligible for $225 million in federal grants. Cities, counties and tribes can apply for coastal resilience projects under the Climate Ready Coasts initiative. The funding is through the $2.855 billion set aside for salmon habitat recovery and coastal resilience in the Biden-Harris Infrastructure Law. (Peninsula Daily News)

Now, your tug weather--
West Entrance U.S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca-  252 AM PDT Wed Jul 13 2022   
TODAY  NW wind to 10 kt rising to 10 to 20 kt in the afternoon.  Wind waves 1 ft or less building to 1 to 3 ft in the afternoon. W  swell 6 ft at 9 seconds subsiding to 4 ft at 7 seconds in the  afternoon. 
TONIGHT  W wind 10 to 20 kt becoming 5 to 15 kt after midnight.  Wind waves 1 to 3 ft. W swell 4 ft at 12 seconds.

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