9/2 Bull trout, 'clam garden,'BC spraying, orca encounter, orca penalty, Mt Polley discharge, downtown geology

Bull trout [Oregon Zoo]

Bull trout Salvelinus confluentus
The bull trout is a char of the family Salmonidae native to northwestern North America. Historically, S. confluentus has been known as the "Dolly Varden", but was reclassified as a separate species in 1980. Bull trout are listed as a threatened species under the U.S. Endangered Species Act (1998) and as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. (Wikipedia)

Swinomish Tribe builds US’s first modern ‘clam garden,' reviving ancient practice
Since time immemorial, as the saying goes, people in what is now Washington and British Columbia farmed the sea with a type of environmental engineering called clam gardening. Around the time Europeans showed up here, the practice was lost. John Ryan reports. (KUOW)

Herbicide Spraying Divides BC Communities
The BC timber industry says it needs to eradicate ‘pest’ plants. Opponents say they rely on these plants for sustenance and culture. Shaurya Kshatri reports. (The Tyee)

If you like to watch: Close encounter with orcas delights Quadra Island visitor
Callum Macnab of Victoria was standing in the water but scrambled out when four orcas swam by within metres of him. (video) Carla Wilson reports. (Times Colonist)

Threat to killer whales highlighted in case of B.C. diver who got too close for comfort
A research biologist whose photographs helped secure a $12,000 fine against a B.C. man accused of getting too close to killer whales says strong penalties are needed to protect the magnificent mammals from curious humans. Karina Dracott provided investigators with images used to identify a pod of northern resident killer whales disturbed by a scuba diver who placed his boat directly in their path as they passed through Prince Rupert's harbour in April 2020. Jason Proctor reports. (CBC)

Environmental Appeal Board upholds Mt. Polley copper discharge target
The mine was allowed to begin to discharge treated wastewater directly into Quesnel Lake in the B.C. Interior after it started up two years after the catastrophic collapse of a rock-and-earth dam in 2014. Gordon Hoekstra reports. (Vancouver Sun)

The Politics of a Great Unconformity
David B. Williams in Street Smart Naturalist writes: "One of my favorite places to see urban geology in Seattle is in the downtown corridor’s Light Rail stations. In particular, the one under Westlake Mall has rock ranging in age from tens of thousands of years old (travertine from New Mexico) to 3.5 billion years old (gneiss from Morton, Minnesota.) To a geologist, this station is a pleasure ground but it also a bit disturbing because geologically juxtaposed rocks such as the travertine and gneiss are an unconformity, or a missing time gap..." (Street Smart Naturalist)

#SalishSea News Week in Review 9/2/22: Coconut Friday, Anjali Appadurai, Pacific marten, Bristol Bay sockeye, urban trees, data center water, 'woody debris,' orca encounter

Now, your weekend tug weather--
West Entrance U.S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca-  251 AM PDT Fri Sep 2 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 4 ft at 10 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning.   
TONIGHT  W wind 5 to 15 kt becoming to 10 kt after midnight.  Wind waves 2 ft or less. W swell 3 ft at 10 seconds. Patchy  drizzle and fog after midnight. 
SAT  NW wind to 10 kt becoming N in the afternoon. Wind waves  1 ft or less. W swell 3 ft at 9 seconds. Patchy drizzle and fog  in the morning. 
SAT NIGHT  SW wind to 10 kt becoming SE after midnight. Wind  waves 2 ft or less. W swell 3 ft at 8 seconds. 
SUN  SE wind 5 to 15 kt becoming SW to 10 kt in the afternoon.  Wind waves 2 ft or less. W swell 4 ft at 8 seconds.

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