8/3 Isopyrum, WA polluters, Mukilteo research center, Skagit R debris, Mount Polley mine, whale watch distance

Enemion [WikiMedia]

Queen Charlotte Isopyrum Isopyrum savilei (Enemion savilei)
Delicate, hairless perennial from rhizomes. Found in moist, shady cliffs, talus slopes near sea level; scattered, locally common on the Queen Charlotte Islands, northwestern Vancouver Island (Brooks Peninsula) and Porcher Island, south of Prince Rupert. I. savilei was named for D.B.O. Savile, a Canadian search botanist in Ottowa and collector of plants in the Queen Charlotte Island. Ispyrum is from the Greek isms ("equal") and pyros ("Wheat") in reference eat the grain-like fruit. (Plants of the Pacific NW Coast)

41 large polluters to get free passes in Washington’s carbon trading market
Washington is required by law to eliminate or offset all of its greenhouse-gas emissions by 2050. But generous exemptions for more than 40 of the state’s biggest polluters in a forthcoming carbon market could push that goal beyond reach. In January, the state Department of Ecology will roll out a cap-and-invest program through which 99 of the state’s largest emitters must incrementally reduce emissions or pay to continue burning fossil fuels. While the list will be finalized later this year, as it stands, 41 large emitters will be allowed to pollute at little to no cost for at least the next 12 years. Nicholas Turner reports. (Seattle Times)

Ahead of demolition, tribes lament loss of Mukilteo research center
Jason Gobin remembers scrubbing fish tanks as a high school intern at the Mukilteo research center on the shore of Possession Sound. Gobin, the Tulalip fisheries director, sang and drummed alongside other leaders from the Tulalip, Swinomish and Suquamish tribes Monday. It was a send off for the federal National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration research site of over 40 years, where gray paint is flaking off, some windows are broken and there are black stains where a fire burned through the center last year. Isabella Breda reports. (Everett Herald)

Skagit River debris still being removed after last winter's storms
Nearly nine months after November's widespread floods, workers are still removing logjams...This week, a team of workers with ropes and motorboats is on the Skagit River wrangling logs instead of livestock. For about three days the crew will work to take apart a 40-foot logjam that has formed at the river and the Highway 9 Bridge. Eric Wilkinson reports. (KING)

Will BC Let Mount Polley Mine Keep Pumping Waste into Quesnel Lake?
Eight years after a tailings pond disaster, critics say Imperial Metals should have come up with better waste plan by now and warn of risks. Amanda Follett Hosgood reports. (The Tyee)
 
Stay at least 100 metres away from whales: B.C. officials offer etiquette tips for summer recreation
As more people get out on the water and trails this summer, conservation officers and park managers are reminding boaters, kayakers and hikers about etiquette on and off the water. Out on the ocean, boaters are reminded to stay at least 100 metres away from any whales. (CBC)

Now, your tug weather--
West Entrance U.S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca-  547 AM PDT Wed Aug 3 2022   
TODAY  SW wind to 10 kt becoming 5 to 15 kt in the afternoon.  Wind waves 2 ft or less. NW swell 3 ft at 8 seconds. A chance of  rain in the afternoon. 
TONIGHT  W wind 5 to 15 kt. Wind waves 2 ft or less. W swell  2 ft at 8 seconds. Rain likely in the evening.

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