8/22 Fireweed, Salish Current, WA Clean Fuels, oil spill, hatchery fish, world coasts, NW photos, 'slow water'

 

Fireweed

Fireweed Chamaenerion angustifolium
Chamaenerion angustifolium is a perennial herbaceous flowering plant in the willowherb family Onagraceae. It is known in North America as fireweed, in some parts of Canada as great willowherb, in Britain and Ireland as rosebay willowherb. In the United Kingdom it is also known as bombweed, as a result of its rapid appearance on city bomb sites during the Blitz of World War II; the plant is also traditionally known as Saint Anthony's Laurel.  It is also known by the synonyms Chamerion angustifolium and Epilobium angustifolium. It is native throughout the temperate Northern Hemisphere, including large parts of the boreal forests. (Wikipedia)

Salish Current ICYMI:
Court ensures San Juan County charter proposals go to voters; island water supply managers plan for climate change, population growth; surviving heroin addiction; + the week’s news from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan counties. (Salish Current)

State’s new Clean Fuel Standard takes aim at climate-changing pollution
A mammoth accounting ledger. A carrot-and-stick rule with a focus on incentives. However you describe it, Washington’s proposed Clean Fuel Standard has a simple goal: reducing vehicle-related carbon pollution, which accounts for almost 45% of statewide greenhouse gas emissions. As drafted, the standard seeks to improve air quality in high-pollution neighborhoods. Deadline to comment bit.ly/WAcleanfuel on them is Aug. 31. Julie Titone reports. (Everett Herald)

Steps continue to remove sunken boat from seafloor near San Juan Island
Response teams continue to take gradual steps to remove the Aleutian Isle from the seafloor after the 49-foot fishing vessel sank last weekend west of San Juan Island. Teams are moving forward with a plan to remove the whole commercial vessel and have it placed onto a barge, where contaminants can be safely removed, according to a Friday news release from the U.S. Coast Guard 13th District Pacific Northwest. Elise Takahama reports. (Seattle Times) See: Public urged to report whale sightings as San Juan oil spill spreads to Canadian waters  (Times Colonist)

The US Endangered Orcas with Overfishing, Court Finds
By approving unsustainable salmon harvest levels, the U.S. government failed to protect endangered southern resident killer whales, the federal court in Seattle has found. The National Oceanic Atmospheric Association violated the Endangered Species Act by authorizing commercial salmon harvest in southeast Alaska at levels that they knew would push southern resident killer whales, who almost exclusively eat Chinook, closer to extinction. The court also found that NOAA violated the National Environmental Policy Act when, instead of limiting harvests, it turned to hatcheries as a way of bolstering fish populations, a mitigation method that the court concluded was undeveloped, unresearched and uncertain. Kate Helmore reports. (The Tyee)

In Graphic Detail: No Coastline Left Untouched
Human activities on land and in the ocean are degrading shorelines around the world. No coastal region is entirely free from our influence. Vanessa Minke-Martin reports. (Hakai Magazine)

Newly digitized Northwest photos connect history to recent headlines
The Seattle Public Library digitized approximately 800 new images this year, more than doubling the size of its historical Northwest Photograph Collection. Completed over nine months, the project was funded by a grant from the Washington State Library and Institute of Museum and Library Services. Part of the library’s Special Collections Online, the Northwest Photograph Collection is one of 41 digital collections available to the public. The Tacoma Public Library also has special collections available through its Northwest Room. Cara Kuhlman reports. (KNKX)

Reflections on the extraordinary power of 'slow water'
In her new book, "Water Always Wins," environmental journalist Erica Gies says stop resisting, just go with the flow. Rochelle Baker reports. (National Observer)

Now, your tug weather--West Entrance U.S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca-  237 AM PDT Mon Aug 22 2022    TODAY  W 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 9 seconds.  TONIGHT  W wind 5 to 15 kt. Wind waves 2 ft or less. W swell  2 ft at 8 seconds.

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