5/4 Lavender, troll fishery closure, tree fees, forestry climate impacts, BC bird, seals and sea lions

 

Lavender

Lavender
Lavandula is a genus of 47 known species of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae. It is native to the Old World and is found in Cape Verde and the Canary Islands, and from Europe across to northern and eastern Africa, the Mediterranean, southwest Asia to India. (Wikipedia)

To protect orcas, federal judge orders closure of iconic Southeast Alaska troll fishery
A federal judge issued an order Tuesday voiding an environmental review that helped authorize the small-scale fishery, a $30 million industry that employs hundreds. Max Graham and Nathaniel Herz report. (Alaska Beacon)

Seattle considers fees to support trees in low-canopy neighborhoods
The Seattle City Council is considering updates to its current tree regulations this month. One goal is to bring more trees to areas that lack them. Mayor Harrell’s proposal includes a “fee-in-lieu” program that would require people to pay into a tree-planting fund when they cut down trees on their property. Amy Radio reports. (KUOW)

How do you tally up forestry's climate impact? Watchdog calls for more transparency
If a tree is felled in the forest, how should its emissions be tallied?  It depends on who you ask — and according to a number of environmental groups, the true carbon cost of the forestry industry is being obscured by government accounting. Inayat Singh reports. (CBC)

Should B.C.'s official bird, the Steller's jay, be replaced by the rufous hummingbird?
An ornithologist has proposed that B.C.'s symbolic provincial bird, the Steller's jay, be switched out for another ubiquitous critter — the rufous hummingbird.  Akshay Kulkarni reports. (CBC)

Of Seals, Sea Lions, and the Locks
David B. Williams, self-proclaimed “evangelist for the practice of paying attention,” shares his observations of harbor seals and California sea lions. (Street Smart Naturalist)

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Now, your tug weather--
West Entrance U.S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca-  245 AM PDT Thu May 4 2023   
TODAY  W wind 5 to 15 kt. Wind waves 2 ft or less. W swell 5 ft  at 13 seconds. A slight chance of showers in the afternoon. 
TONIGHT  W wind 5 to 15 kt becoming SW to 10 kt after midnight.  Wind waves 2 ft or less. W swell 5 ft at 12 seconds. A chance of  showers in the evening then a chance of rain after midnight.

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