10/4 Termite, spiders, BC old-growth, climate plan suit, Duckabush estuary, reefnet fishing

Dampwood termites

 

Dampwood termites
Dampwood termites are the largest termites in North America by size.  As such, each termite in a Dampwood colony can consume a lot of wood fiber.  Dampwood termites, as their name implies, confine themselves to nesting within and eating wood that has a high moisture content, even wet wood.  In the forests, Dampwood termites live in stumps and fallen trees that are damp from rain and contact with the moisture of the forest floor.  Here, along with wood-rot and other insects, they turn the wood cellulose into a rich mulch allowing the forest to regenerate.  You may notice the winged forms of Dampwood termites flying in late August or September—usually in the evenings. (Cascade Pest Control)

ICYMI- Spiders are special.
Great spider pix. Photos and text are by Wendy Feltham whose name was misspelled previously. (Rainshadow Journal)

Logging industry targeted B.C. old-growth forests for more than a century, SFU study finds
Ken Lertzman's paper shows between 1860 and 2016, 87 per cent of logging took place in old-growth forests. Brenna Owen reports. (Canadian Press)

B.C. government in court Tuesday to face inadequate climate plan allegations
The lawsuit — filed by Ecojustice on behalf of Sierra Club B.C. — alleges the government’s plan for the 2025, 2040 and 2050 climate targets is inadequate, and leaves out details on how it plans to cut carbon pollution from the oil and gas sector. Tiffany Crawford reports. (Vancouver Sun)

Jefferson County estuary to be restored
Projects on the North Olympic Peninsula have received $21,314,496 in grant funding from the Washington State Salmon Recovery Funding Board, with the largest being $19,174,000 to restore the Duckabush Estuary in Jefferson County. Grants awarded to five Jefferson County projects total $20,057,474 while those for four projects in Clallam County add up to $1,257,022. (Peninsula Daily News)

The last of the Salish Sea reefnetters don't want to be the last
Only 12 commercial fishing captains still hold permits to go reefnet fishing in the Pacific Northwest out of a fleet that once numbered in the hundreds. The distinctive fishing technique dates back thousands of years as an Indigenous method to catch salmon. Its practitioners today say the gear should proliferate as the preferred way to harvest healthy salmon runs while avoiding fragile stocks. Tom Banse reports. (NW News Network)

Now, your tug weather--
West Entrance U.S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca-  230 AM PDT Tue Oct 4 2022   
TODAY  NE wind to 10 kt becoming N in the afternoon. Wind waves  2 ft or less. W swell 2 ft at 16 seconds. Patchy fog. 
TONIGHT  N wind 5 to 15 kt in the evening becoming light. Wind  waves 2 ft or less. W swell 2 ft at 14 seconds.

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