2/10 'Got lucky,' WA carbon credit market, marmots, Washaway Beach, Fairy Cr protest, racial reckoning

'Got lucky' [Ryan Miller/Times Colonist]

'I got lucky with this one': B.C. photographer captures breathtaking whale image
He took more than 2,000 photographs to get the perfect shot. Alanna Kelly reports. (Times Colonist)

DNR wants in on WA’s emerging carbon-credit market
The Washington state Department of Natural Resources wants to make land conservation and restoration more profitable. Two bills introduced in both chambers of the state Legislature would allow the agency to use state lands for carbon sequestration, habitat restoration or other projects benefiting ecosystems. In turn, carbon credits associated with those projects could be sold as offsets under the state’s ambitious 2021 Climate Commitment Act, which requires the state’s biggest polluters to pay for and reduce their emissions. Under Senate Bill 5688 and House Bill 1789, the Department of Natural Resources could generate money for trust beneficiaries, including rural counties and schools, through those carbon credits. The revenue could also fund additional conservation projects. Isabella Breda reports. (Seattle Times)

Vancouver Island marmots return to the wild
With only 358 of the endangered animals left, the Marmot Recovery Foundation is working to release captive marmots in mountain burrows. Sarah Hoffman reports. (Crosscut)

The WA cranberry farmer trying to turn the tides of Washaway Beach
David Cottrell of North Cove has thrown hay bales, stumps and $400 of rocks at the rising coastline. His experiment caught the eye of global experts. Sarah Trent reports.  (High Country News) 

RCMP failed to provide information to Fairy Creek protesters: judge
Supporters believe the decision is “likely to have far-reaching ramifications” for those protesters still facing charges of criminal contempt of court. Carla Wilson reports. (Times Colonist)

Community Voices / Ongoing racial reckoning in the post-George Floyd era
Three years after the Summer of Racial Reckoning, a divided populace still grapples with damaging and sometimes deadly effects of racism, and with how to talk about the issues. Vernon Damani Johnson writes. (Salish Current)

Salish Sea News Week in Review 2/10/23: Umbrella Friday! Woodfibre LNG, electricity import, Indigenous MPA, sea lice, pink urchins, Big Oil profits, BC LNG, BP Cherry Pt, salmon coalition.

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Now, your weekend tug weather--
West Entrance U.S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca-  242 AM PST Fri Feb 10 2023   
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON   
TODAY  SW wind 10 to 20 kt. Wind waves 1 to 3 ft. SW swell  12 ft at 13 seconds. Showers likely and a slight chance of tstms  in the morning then a chance of showers in the afternoon. 
TONIGHT  W wind 10 to 20 kt becoming NW 5 to 15 kt after  midnight. Wind waves 1 to 3 ft. W swell 15 ft at 14 seconds  subsiding to 13 ft at 13 seconds after midnight. A chance of  showers in the evening then a slight chance of showers after  midnight. 
SAT  NW wind to 10 kt in the morning becoming light. Wind waves  1 ft or less in the morning becoming less than 1 ft. W swell  10 ft at 12 seconds subsiding to 8 ft at 11 seconds in the  afternoon. 
SAT NIGHT  NW wind to 10 kt in the evening becoming light. Wind  waves 1 ft or less. W swell 6 ft at 10 seconds. 
SUN  SE wind to 10 kt. Wind waves 1 ft or less. W swell 7 ft at  10 seconds.

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