7/7 Sanddab, green crab, manure-to-energy, lasers, Cayou Channel, Meares Is totem, foraminifera, shipping containers

Pacific sanddab [WikiCommons]

Pacific sanddab Citharichthys sordidus
Sanddabs are called lefty or left-handed flounders because their right eye migrates to the left side of their body. Pacific sanddabs are common on sand below 50-ft depth and feeds inamphipods, sysidsm shrimp and worms. An important year-round sport fish from Bering Sea to Baja California. (Marine Life of Puget Sound, the San Juans, and the Strait of Georgia)

Green crabs in Hood Canal raise questions about invasion; further response is coming
The discovery of a green crab in Central Hood Canal was fairly shocking for those involved. Despite an extensive trapping effort, green crabs had never been spotted in Central or South Puget Sound, and this green crab in Hood Canal was more than 30 miles by water to the nearest confirmed sighting. Chris Dunagan writes. (Puget Sound Institute)

Cow pie power! Monroe manure-to-energy project expands
Cow manure may soon power as many as 675 homes thanks to a new partnership between the Snohomish County Public Utility District, Tulalip Tribes and Werkhoven Dairy. Qualco has been turning cow poop into electricity since 2008. A new generator could turn on by mid-August. Jacqueline Allison reports. (Everett Herald)

Lasers help WA scientists find potential landslide hazards
Eight years after the deadly Oso slide, researchers are using the LiDAR program to scan landscapes that could be dangerous. Michael Crowe reports. (High Country News/Crosscut)

State approves proposal to rename San Juan Islands channel after Indigenous leader
The proposed name, Cayou Channel, would honor one of the first Indigenous elected officials in Washington state, Henry Cayou. Adel Toay reports. (KING)

New totem pole raised on Meares Island, the first in decades
About two years ago, Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation master carver Joe Martin was asked to carve a totem pole by his brother, Nookmis. As the head of their family’s house of Ewos, Nookmis wanted it to be carved in remembrance of “the pandemic we all faced together,” Martin said. With the help of various local artists, including his daughter Gisele, Gordon Dick, Patrick Amos, Robin Rorick, Ken Easton, Robinson Cook and Nookmis, Martin began carving the totem pole on June 18, 2021. Over a year later, it was transported from the Naa’Waya’Sum Coastal Indigenous Gardens (formerly the Tofino Botanical Gardens) in Tofino to the Tla-o-qui-aht’s ancient village site on Meares Island in preparation for its raising on July 1. Melissa Renwick reports. (Ha-Shilth-Sa/Times-Colonist)

This single-celled sea critter could help scientists learn about climate change
Foraminifera, or forams for short, are a single-celled oceanic organism that could provide big answers to questions about climate change. Courtney Flatt reports. (NW News Network)

What Lurks Inside Shipping Containers
Seizure-inducing methyl bromide and carcinogenic formaldehyde are only some of the poisonous chemicals scientists found inside cargo containers. Chris Baraniuk reports. (Hakai Magazine)

Now, your tug weather--
West Entrance U.S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca-  238 AM PDT Thu Jul 7 2022   
TODAY  SW wind to 10 kt becoming NW 10 to 20 kt in the  afternoon. Wind waves 1 ft or less building to 1 to 3 ft in the  afternoon. W swell 2 ft at 10 seconds. 
TONIGHT  W 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 2 ft at 10 seconds.

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