10/14 Puffball, sea lice, kokanee, humpback, coyotes, NEXUS pass, PT paper mill, week in review

Common Puffball
[Kitsap Peninsula Mycological Society]

Common Puffball Lycoperdon perlatum
Formerly known as Lycoperdon gemmatum, this mushroom is extremely widespread and prolific, but it is edible only when young. Solitary, scattered, gregarious, to clustered on ground; widespread fall and winter. “Lyco” means “wolf” and “perdon” means “to break wind” in Greek, so the two combine to mean “wolf-fart”. Puffballs can be dehydrated and powdered for flavoring bland foods. (Kitsap Peninsula Mycological Society)

Eco-Label Increases How Many Sea Lice Can Be on Certified “Farmed Responsibly” Salmon
In early September the independent non-profit Aquaculture Stewardship Council increased the amount of sea lice allowable on farmed salmon that is certified as “responsibly farmed.” The new standard means up to 1,550 per cent more parasites can live on the fish. Michelle Gamage reports. (The Tyee)

Transported 'by land, by sea, by air,' endangered kokanee salmon released into Lake Sammamish
Earlier this year, small planes carried roughly 12,000 offspring of Lake Sammamish kokanee salmon from a hatchery on Orcas island. There, they were protected from potentially hazardous conditions like warming waters. After a brief celebration, Snoqualmie tribal members, Lake Sammamish Kokanee Work Group members, and officials from King County departed in three boats to release the endangered juvenile kokanee into the middle of Lake Sammamish at sunset. Megan Farmer reports. (KUOW)

Humpback whale carcass washes up at Ruby Beach
The carcass of a humpback whale washed ashore at Ruby Beach last week, killed by what experts believe to be a collision with a large vessel. Peter Segall reports. (Peninsula Daily News)

Fifty Coyotes in Seattle
David B. Williams in Street Smart Naturalist writes: "The other day while walking up to the Light Rail station at Northgate, I heard a wonderful sound. Fifty feet further I saw the source, a lone coyote standing atop a high spot at North Seattle College. He or she was clearly agitated by a pair of dogs and their people on the grass just north. As I stood there watching, the coyote continued to bark, or yip, as well as howl. It was a glorious way to begin my day..." (Street Smart Naturalist)

Canada says U.S. holding NEXUS travel program 'hostage'
A new dispute has been quietly simmering for months and boiled over on a public stage Thursday. It involves dysfunction in a Canada-U.S. program for pre-screened trusted travellers, who can cross the border more quickly with what's known as a NEXUS card. The U.S. has shuttered offices in Canada that process applications for these cards while it presses for changes to the program. A Canadian official made clear her country's displeasure in an unusually curt assessment before a high-level audience in Washington. Alexander Panetta reports. (CBC)

Port Townsend Paper mill, parent firm purchased
Port Townsend Paper Corp., one of Jefferson County largest employers with more than 300 workers, has been acquired by Atlas Holdings, a private investment and equity firm located in Greenwich, Conn., according to a press release from the company. The acquisition was part of a larger transaction that included Crown Paper Group, a holding company created in 2015, and acquired Port Townsend Holdings Company, which includes the Port Townsend paper mill in Port Townsend; the Crown Packaging plant in Vancouver, B.C.; the Boxmaster packaging plant, also in Vancouver; and Distribution Centers in Kelowna, B.C., and Calgary, Alberta. Brian Gawley reports. (Peninsula Daily News)

Salish Sea News Week in Review 10/14/22: Pooh Friday, Taylor Shellfish, BC drought, AK crab season, gray whales, Seattle summer, Blue Heron Slough restored, Augtober, sunken tires

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West Entrance U.S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca-  257 AM PDT Fri Oct 14 2022   
TODAY  E wind to 10 kt. Wind waves 1 ft or less. W swell 3 ft  at 9 seconds. 
TONIGHT  Light wind becoming SE to 10 kt after midnight. Wind  waves less than 1 ft becoming 1 ft or less after midnight. W  swell 2 ft at 9 seconds. 
SAT  E wind 5 to 15 kt. Wind waves 2 ft or less. W swell 2 ft  at 9 seconds. 
SAT NIGHT  SE wind 10 to 20 kt. Wind waves 1 to 3 ft. W swell  2 ft at 8 seconds. 
SUN  SE wind 5 to 15 kt becoming E to 10 kt in the afternoon.  Wind waves 2 ft or less. W swell 2 ft at 8 seconds. 
SUN NIGHT  NW wind 10 to 20 kt becoming N 5 to 15 kt after  midnight. Wind waves 1 to 3 ft. W swell 2 ft at 9 seconds.

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