2/14 Spot shrimp, RCMP sued, totem return, creosote removal, heat damage, La Conner flooding

Spot shrimp [Dave Cowles]

Spot shrimp Pandalus platyceros
Spot shrimp are the largest shrimp in Puget Sound, and may reach a length of more than nine inches (23 cm), excluding the antennae. Spot shrimp are most common in Hood Canal, the San Juan Islands, and northern and central Puget Sound. This is one of the most important shrimp species for both sport and commercial harvesters. (WDFW)

News outlet, journalist suing RCMP after 2021 arrest at B.C. pipeline protest camp
A freelance photojournalist who was arrested in November 2021 at a resistance camp established by opponents of the Coastal GasLink pipeline west of Prince George, B.C., announced Monday that she, along with the news outlet The Narwhal, have filed a lawsuit against the RCMP in the wake of the incident. During a press event outside B.C. Supreme Court in downtown Vancouver, Amber Bracken and editorial leaders from The Narwhal said that they are suing the Mounties for wrongful arrest, wrongful detention and violation of Charter rights. (CBC)

Nuxalk Nation celebrates return of totem pole from museum
Just over three years have passed since hereditary chiefs travelled to the RBCM to seek the return of the pole, a second one and other artifacts. Roxanne Egan-Elliott reports.  (Times Colonist)

To protect salmon, DNR pulls toxic pilings from Steamboat Slough
The agency removed creosote from critical habitat. Now, leaders are looking to the next steps in an ambitious “watershed-wide” plan. Riley Haun reports. (Everett Herald)

How extreme heat scorched Pacific Northwest’s evergreen trees
The tips of western red cedar, hemlock and Douglas fir limbs looked as if they were scorched by passing flames just a few days after the Pacific Northwest’s 2021 extreme heat wave. On June 28 that year, Seattle reached 108 degrees and Portland topped out at 116 degrees, both records. Several days of high overnight temperatures provided little respite. Now new research shows the extreme heat discolored, damaged and killed some of the region’s ubiquitous evergreens.  Isabella Breda reports. (Seattle Times)

Surprising channel flood leaves La Conner planning for future
“Climate change is real” is a lesson from Dec. 27 flooding that damaged the La Conner downtown.va Ronning reports. (Salish Current)

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Now, your tug weather--
West Entrance U.S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca-  844 AM PST Tue Feb 14 2023   
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING   
TODAY  N wind to 10 kt becoming E in the afternoon. Wind waves  1 ft or less. W swell 13 ft at 13 seconds. 
TONIGHT  NW wind to 10 kt becoming SW after midnight. Wind  waves 1 ft or less. W swell 10 ft at 13 seconds.

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