6/21 Red huckleberry, Fairy Cr, Burrard Inlet, summer Chinook, wireworms, grizzly bear, Lasqueti Is, DNR head, clam cancer,

 

Red huckleberry [Gardenia]

Red huckleberry Vaccinium parvifolium
Red huckleberry is a species of Vaccinium, a flowering plant. It grows in North America. There, it is often found in forests from southeastern Alaska and British Columbia, through western Washington and Oregon to central California.

The fallout of Fairy Creek
2 years after the largest act of civil disobedience in Canadian history, Fairy Creek activists contend with the echoes of their actions. Kieran Oudshoorn reports. (CBC)

Vancouver’s development destroyed Burrard Inlet. Tsleil-Waututh Nation is determined to save it
The inlet has slowly suffocated under the weight of the cities and industries built up around it. But it is resilient, and the nation sees what this once bountiful waterway could be again. Ainslie Cruickshank reports. (The Narwhal)

Summer Chinook fishing on premier WA rivers called off as salmon struggle
This year’s closure on the Snohomish, once a powerhouse among Puget Sound’s Chinook-bearing rivers, can be linked to 2015, when record low stream flows and a subsequent deluge devastated the habitat. That generation of Chinook after four years at sea returned in 2019 to spawn, in record low numbers. Another four years have elapsed, and the outlook is grim. Isabella Breda reports. (Seattle Times)

Wireworms pester new farmers, and puzzle the seasoned
Growers who are farming organically on converted pastureland tend to face what amounts to an entry fee in the form of a hard-to-manage pest that bore into the below-ground portions of potatoes, lettuce, tomatoes, corn and other crops, killing or stunting the plant. Kai Uyehara reports. (Salish Current)

Federal agencies present next step on grizzly bear reintroduction
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Park Service presented the Skagit County Board of Commissioners last week with plans for the next step to restore grizzly bears to the North Cascades. In the next few weeks, the draft environmental impact statement and the proposed language for a rule on grizzly bear management referred to as a 10-J rule will be released, Fish and Wildlife Service spokesperson Andrew LaValle said during the meeting. Emma Fletcher-Frazer reports. (Skagit Valley Herald)

Habitat on Lasqueti Island protected with conservation covenant
 The covenant ensures the parcel that's home to species at risk, a carbon-sink forest and wetlands will be preserved in perpetuity. Joseph Ruttle reports. (Vancouver Sun)

District 24 senator eyes state lands role
State Sen. Kevin Van De Wege, who has worked as a firefighter for 30 years, is running for the office of state commissioner of public lands, he announced Tuesday. (Peninsula Daily News)

Researchers discover transmissible cancers in several shellfish species on the east and west coasts
Researchers with PNRI, the Suquamish Tribe and partners are collecting and analyzing impacted species of bivalves to understand the spread and try to stop it. Erica Zucco reports. (KING)

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Now, your tug weather--
West Entrance U.S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca-  240 AM PDT Wed Jun 21 2023   TODAY  Light wind becoming NW 10 to 20 kt in the afternoon.  Wind waves less than 1 ft becoming 1 to 3 ft in the afternoon. W  swell 4 ft at 8 seconds. 
TONIGHT  W wind 5 to 15 kt. Wind waves 2 ft or less. W swell  2 ft at 12 seconds.

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