4/6 Bridesmaid tulip, cruise ship plug-in, whales v crabbers, BC low water, Willow drilling, unsilent Spring

Bridesmaid tulip

Bridesmaid tulip  (1900)
With an unusually long, slender shape this lovely broken tulip was introduced by the legendary bulb-house of Krelage and Sons. In 1907 the Peter Henderson catalog praised it as “brilliant cherry rose flushed and striped with scarlet, violet, and white, very distinct.” Aka ‘Maid of Holland.’ (Old House Gardens)

BC to pay $9 million for cruise ship shore power in Victoria
The province is contributing $9 million toward detailed engineering designs for shore power at Ogden Point, so visiting cruise ships can turn off their engines and plug into the local power grid. Karla Wilson reports. (Times Colonist)

For Whales and Crabbers, Finding Balance Is Getting Harder
As climate change causes more marine heatwaves, finding space for both is getting even more difficult. Jesse Kathan reports. (Hakai Magazine)

Low water levels in lake and rivers across B.C. have some worried
Snowmelt and spring rain could turn around a situation that looks ominous with many B.C. lakes and rivers at unusually low levels for this time of year. Glenda Luymes reports. (Vancouver Sun)

In Pristine Alaska, ConocoPhillips Prepares to Drill for Decades
Scientists say nations must stop new oil and gas projects to avoid climate catastrophe. But after the Biden administration greenlit the $8 billion Willow project, ConocoPhillips is racing ahead. Lisa Friedman and Clifford Krauss report. (NY Times)

Not So Silent Spring
David B. Williams in Street Smart Naturalist writes: "Coming home late the other day, I was startled by sound as I crossed Interstate 5 on a pedestrian bridge north of our house. Of course there were the mellifluous rhythms of traffic but rising above that din was a sonic riot of Pacific tree frogs, also known as Pacific chorus frogs (Pseudacris regilla). They have the classic ribb-et, or krr-r-r-eek, call of a wild batrachian in love, or at least interested in mating.  (Street Smart Naturalist)

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Now, your tug weather--
West Entrance U.S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca-  313 AM PDT Thu Apr 6 2023   SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING   
TODAY  E wind 15 to 25 kt. Wind waves 5 to 7 ft. SW swell 10 ft  at 9 seconds. Rain. 
TONIGHT  SE wind 15 to 25 kt becoming SW 5 to 15 kt after  midnight. Wind waves 3 to 5 ft subsiding to 1 to 3 ft after  midnight. S swell 10 ft at 10 seconds building to 12 ft at  11 seconds after midnight. Rain.

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