11/18 Poacher, Nooksack flood, Sumas Prairie drugs, David Eby, WA forest funding, Spanish Bank Cr salmon, BC quakes, Klamath dams

Northern spearnose poacher [Sara Thiebaud]

Northern spearnose poacher Agonopsis vulsa
Also known as the window-tailed sea-poacher or the windowtail poacher; a fish in the family Agonidae (poachers). It was described by David Starr Jordan and Charles Henry Gilbert in 1880, originally under the genus Agonus. It is a marine, temperate water-dwelling fish which is known from the eastern Pacific Ocean, including southeastern Alaska to southern California. (Wikipedia)

After the flood: still rebuilding amid uncertainty, anxiety—and community
A year after flooding devastated the Nooksack Valley, survivors continue working to recover from damages, prepare for future flooding—and wait for government funds and solutions. Kai Uyehara reports. (Salish Current)

'Widespread' amounts of cocaine, painkillers found in fish habitat on Sumas Prairie after 2021 floods
The Raincoast Conservation Foundation said excessive nutrients, metals, fecal bacteria, hydrocarbons and pesticides — as well as cocaine and painkillers — were detected in 29 surface water samples from the Sumas Prairie in Abbotsford, B.C., over a seven-week period after the flood. (CBC)

Tech writer, activist, premier: David Eby's ambitious road to the premier's office
Eby will be sworn in as premier on Friday at the Musqueam Community Centre in Vancouver
Rhianna Schmunk and Joel Ballard report. (CBC)

WA lands Commissioner Franz seeks funding boost for urban forestation, state seedling nursery
Wednesday morning, on the sidelines of an urban forestry conference in downtown Seattle, Public Lands Commissioner Hilary Franz announced her plan to seek $15.8 million in additional funding during the next state legislative session. Details are forthcoming, but $8 million of that money would boost the Washington State Department of Natural Resources’ urban forestry program, improve support for local community organizations involved in forestry work, fund a Tree Equity Score Map and establish a youth conservation corps to encourage young people to become involved. The remaining $7.8 million would be used to improve and expand the state’s Webster Forest Nursery, which produces 9 million seedlings a year, amid an ongoing seed shortage. Nicholas Turner reports. (Seattle Times)
 
DFO says salmon not being blocked from entering Spanish Bank Creek
The Department of Fisheries and Oceans says that salmon gathering at the entrance of a mostly blocked culvert underneath NW Marine Drive in Vancouver are not trying to get up Spanish Bank Creek and that they have already spawned. The 15-metre culvert links the 50-metre rehabilitated stretch of creek from Burrard Inlet to the one-kilometre creek that runs through a ravine in Pacific Spirit Park. The upstream culvert exit is completely open, while the upstream entrance is a just a few inches deep. David Carrigg reports. (Vancouver Sun)

Significant back-to-back earthquakes in northern B.C. 'very likely' caused by fracking: federal expert
Two significant earthquakes within a week in northeast B.C. were probably triggered by hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, according to preliminary information from federal scientists.  On Nov. 11, Earthquakes Canada reported a 4.7-magnitude earthquake, 132 kilometres northwest of Fort St. John. That was followed four days later by a 4.6-magnitude quake recorded just a kilometre away from the first seismic event. Betsy Trumpener reports. (CBC)

‘Momentous’: Feds advance demolition of 4 Klamath River dams
U.S. regulators approved a plan on Thursday to demolish four dams on a California river and open up hundreds of miles of salmon habitat that would be the largest dam removal and river restoration project in the world when it goes forward. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s unanimous vote on the lower Klamath River dams is the last major regulatory hurdle and the biggest milestone for a $500 million demolition proposal championed by Native American tribes and environmentalists for years. The project would free hundreds of miles of the river, which flows from Southern Oregon into Northern California. Gillian Flaccus reports. (Associated Press)

Salish Sea News Week in Review 11/18/22: Micky Mouse Friday! Boeing toxic risk, post-fire logging, Arctic salmon, BC build back better, fish farm ban, Nicola R, WA water standards, forest funds

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Now, your weekend tug weather--
West Entrance U.S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca-  230 AM PST Fri Nov 18 2022   
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON   
TODAY  E wind 15 to 25 kt becoming SE 15 to 20 kt in the  afternoon. Wind waves 3 to 5 ft. NW swell 2 ft at 8 seconds. 
TONIGHT  SE wind 15 to 20 kt becoming 10 to 20 kt after  midnight. Wind waves 2 to 4 ft. W swell 2 ft at 7 seconds. 
SAT  SE wind 10 to 20 kt becoming 5 to 15 kt in the afternoon.  Wind waves 2 to 4 ft. W swell 3 ft at 7 seconds. 
SAT NIGHT  SE wind 5 to 15 kt. Wind waves 2 to 3 ft. SW swell  3 ft at 7 seconds. 
SUN  SE wind to 10 kt. Wind waves 2 to 3 ft. W swell 3 ft at  9 seconds.

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