6/15 Sword fern, sea stars, no RBT2, Frazer restoration, Puget Sound exhibit, fire and fracking, jetty repair, dog waste, land-based aquaculture, woolly dogs

 

Western Sword Fern [Native Plants PNW]

Western Sword Fern Polystichum munitum
Western Sword Fern is also known as Sword Holly Fern, Giant Holly Fern, Christmas Fern, Pineland Sword Fern, or Chamisso’s Shield Fern. There are about 260 species of Polystichum worldwide with about 16 native to North America and about 10 native to the Pacific Northwest. Polystichum means many rows, referring to the arrangement of the spore cases on the undersides of the fronds.  Munitum means armed with teeth, referring to its toothed fronds. (Native Plants PNW)

Signs of recovery after world’s worst underwater pandemic
Researchers say they’re seeing signs of recovery in a species that fell victim to the world’s worst underwater pandemic: the ochre sea star, Pisaster ochraceus. Ochre star populations along parts of the West Coast appear to be bouncing back from the Pisaster disaster. John Ryan reports. (KUOW)

B.C. conservationists, labour unions, First Nations unite in opposition to marine terminal expansion
The group of those publicly opposing the Roberts Bank Terminal 2 (RBT2) in Delta, B.C., about 35 kilometres south of Vancouver, is growing and now includes two unions, the International Longshore & Warehouse Union of Canada and the B.C. General Employees' Union, along with a dozen conservation organizations. (CBC)

Communities band together to save the river that sustains them
Among the many efforts underway to restore the Fraser River’s watershed is the Rivershed Society of B.C.’s Foodlands Corridor Restoration Program, which was recently honoured with an Edge Prize. The award celebrates environmental solutions that draw on rural, Indigenous and traditionally marginalized communities as sources of inspiration. Tori Fitzpatrick reports. (National Observer)

Telling history: ‘We Are Puget Sound’ exhibit forgets to show
Good narratives don’t tell, they show. Who is this new exhibit for? And, more to the point, why does it exist? Katherine Luck writes. (Real Change)

In B.C.’s bone-dry northeast, what happens when wildfires and fracking collide?
The Donnie Creek wildfire, the second-largest ever recorded in the province’s history, is burning in one of the world’s biggest gas deposits, suspending fracking operations and raising questions about potential dangers to human health. Sarah Cox reports. (The Narwhal)

Emergency work completed on McGlinn Island Jetty
The Army Corps of Engineers and the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community finished work last week to staunch the flow of water through gaps in a jetty near La Conner that were responsible for killing juvenile salmon. Emma Fletcher-Frazer reports. (Skagit Valley Herald)

With 16,000 pounds of dog waste a day in Bellingham, how much is going in the water?
A problem in keeping creeks and waterways clean in Bellingham is the sheer amount of waste created by dogs in the city. There are about 16,000 pounds of dog poop created in a day in Bellingham, Public Works Environmental Education Coordinator Emily Hegarty estimated in 2021. A city spokesman said that estimate is unchanged for 2023. Jack Belcher reports. (Bellingham Herald)

Global salmon farm company with B.C. ties backs land-based aquaculture in Japan
 The backing of a land-based salmon farm in Japan by a global company with ties to ocean fish farms in British Columbia has Indigenous and conservation groups calling on the federal government to accelerate its transition away from open-net farms. Dirk Meissner reports. (Canadian Press)

Woolly Dogs of Hood Canal
David B. Williams, “an evangelist for the practice of paying attention,”  returns to the topic of woolly dogs, the unique, domesticated dogs of the Salish Sea. (Street Smart Naturalist)

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West Entrance U.S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca-  302 AM PDT Thu Jun 15 2023   TODAY  SE wind to 10 kt becoming W 5 to 15 kt in the afternoon.  Wind waves 1 to 3 ft. W swell 7 ft at 9 seconds subsiding to 4 ft  at 9 seconds in the afternoon. 
TONIGHT  W wind 5 to 15 kt easing to 10 kt after midnight. Wind  waves 1 to 3 ft. W swell 2 ft at 9 seconds.

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