10/25 Opossum shrimp, David Eby, WDNR carbon storage, spotted owls, recycling plastic, community land trust, climate suits

Opossum shrimp [Vic High Marine]

Opossum shrimp Order Mysida
Mysida is an order of over 1000 species of similar shrimp-like crustaceans. The creatures get their name from the presence of a ‘brood pouch’ – an egg chamber attached to the female. This pouch gives the female Mysida a distinctive ‘bulge’, allowing them to be easily identified. While there are many types of Mysida that are pale, and even transparent, there are also varieties that have bold orange and brown colourations. Additional features include compound eyes protruding from stalks, and a rigid carapace that covers the creature’s head and the thorax. While very similar in appearance to shrimp, Mysida don’t have free-swimming larvae, and are hence classified differently. (Jamie Lenihan/Victoria High School)

David Eby’s Plan for BC
Before the NDP leadership race came to an abrupt end, Eby shared his plans for climate action, health care and housing with The Tyee. Andrew MacLeod reports. (The Tyee)

State Department of Natural Resources proposes forest lands set aside to store carbon
A webinar is set for Wednesday on a state Department of Natural Resources proposal to add 7,500 acres of Western Washington state trust lands, including property on the North Olympic Peninsula, to a pilot project to set aside forest for carbon sequestration. In April, Hilary Franz, state Commissioner of Public Lands, announced the launch of what she said was the first-of-its-kind carbon project on state lands. The project committed to set aside 10,000 acres of state lands for conservation and carbon sequestration, and to generate revenue for state trust land beneficiaries through carbon markets. (Peninsula Daily News)

Rare spotted owls released into protected habitat in 1st stage of recovery program
The effort to revive one of Canada's most endangered species has taken flight. There is only one known northern spotted owl in the wild, according to the B.C. government — but three birds released into a protected habitat in B.C.'s Fraser Canyon on Friday bring the total to four. Ali Pitargue reports. (CBC)

Recycling plastic is practically impossible — and the problem is getting worse
The vast majority of plastic that people put into recycling bins is headed to landfills, or worse, according to a report from Greenpeace on the state of plastic recycling in the U.S. The report cites separate data published this May which revealed that the amount of plastic actually turned into new things has fallen to new lows of around 5%. That number is expected to drop further as more plastic is produced. Laura Sullivan reports. (NPR)

Sound it Out: what is a community land trust?
Kathleen Hosfeld, the executive director of Homestead Community Land Trust, explained what a community land trust is..."This is not a 'land trust' that is a tax shelter. Nor is it a conservation land trust, which is primarily used to hold land to prevent it from being developed," Hosfeld explained. "A community land trust is a private, nonprofit, community governed and or membership corporation that exists to acquire, hold, develop, lease, and steward land for the benefit of low income households and communities." In other words, a community land trust builds and subsidizes affordable homes. The people who buy those homes own them, but the land trust owns the land those homes are on — the homeowners just lease it. Libby Denkmann and Jason Burrows report. (KUOW)

Climate Activists Are Waging a New Kind of Legal Fight
In the face of bigger wildfires, deadlier floods, and more extreme weather, plaintiffs around the world are taking up a new tactic: suing for the damage climate change has already wrought. Isabella Kaminski reports. (Hakai Magazine)

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Now, your tug weather--
West Entrance U.S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca-  253 AM PDT Tue Oct 25 2022   
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON   
TODAY  S wind 15 to 25 kt becoming SE 20 to 30 kt in the  afternoon. Wind waves 3 to 5 ft. W swell 12 ft at 13 seconds  subsiding to 10 ft at 12 seconds in the afternoon. A chance of  rain in the morning then showers and a slight chance of tstms in  the afternoon. 
TONIGHT  W wind 10 to 20 kt. Wind waves 1 to 3 ft. W swell  9 ft at 11 seconds. A chance of showers and a slight chance of  tstms in the evening then a chance of rain after midnight.

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