8/31 Shaggy mouse, Nookachamps Cr, urban trees, plastic bags, AK salmon

Shaggy mouse [Dave Cowles/Walla Walla]

Shaggy mouse Aeolidia papillosa
Deriving its common name from it's resemblance to a small, furry rodent, this little fellow is about two inches long, but has been reported to grow to just under five inches.  It has also been called the maned or shag-rug nudibranch. The shaggy mouse can be found from Alaska to southern California.  It also occurs on the east coast of North America and in Europe.  It has also been recorded on both the east and west coast of South America.

Nookachamps project seeks to reduce flooding, restore fish habitat
Residents near the east fork of Nookachamps Creek may see some relief from frequent flooding and declining fish populations — eventually.mTwo years after Peter Janicki told a room full of neighbors that he would spearhead an effort to address these issues, a detailed study of the watershed is underway.mConsultant Environmental Science Associates has spent the summer collecting data, and at a Thursday community meeting, the team began to gather public input on the direction of the plan. Brandon Stone reports. (Skagit Valley Herald)

New rules put Puget Sound's urban trees in private hands
Because the majority of the region's trees are in residential neighborhoods, responsibility for maintaining canopy coverage is shifting to homeowners. Lizz Giordano reports. (Crosscut)

One Last Dance with Plastic Bags
The age of plastic bags might be officially over in Vancouver, but you can still spot these so-called “single-use” items around the city living another life. There are the binners who use them to lug cans and bottles to the recycling depot. There are the backyard farmers who use them as jackets to warm their hanging melons and squashes. Like many others who’ve been hoarding them long before the ban, I’m still reusing them as (what else?) bags for gifts, groceries and garbage. Christopher Cheung reports. (The Tyee)

Judge: Sustainable Salmon Harvest isn’t Sustainable
Those sustainably harvested Chinook salmon seemingly legally caught by trollers off Southeast Alaska aren’t “sustainably harvested.”  So ruled U.S. District Judge Richard A. Jones, adding that the plan that has allowed them to be harvested there violates the federal Endangered Species and National Environmental Policy acts. On August 10, the federal judge granted Duvall-based Wild Fish Conservancy (WFC) summary judgment against the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), its parent Department of Commerce, various officials of both agencies, and the Alaska Trollers Association and the State of Alaska, which had intervened.  Dan Chasen writes. (Post Alley)

Now, your tug weather--
West Entrance U.S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca-  257 AM PDT Wed Aug 31 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 4 ft at 10 seconds. 
TONIGHT  NW wind 10 to 20 kt becoming 5 to 15 kt after  midnight. Wind waves 1 to 3 ft. W swell 4 ft at 9 seconds.

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