6/7 California poppy, 'peak dryness,' charcoal, BC port review, BC salmon farms, xʷəyeyət, orca and deer, AK salmon

California poppy [WikiCommons]

California poppy Eschscholzia californica
The California poppy, golden poppy, California sunlight or cup of gold, is a species of flowering plant in the family Papaveraceae, native to the United States and Mexico. (Wikipedia)

The Northwest is approaching 'peak dryness' much sooner than expected this year
Things are drying out in the Northwest sooner than normal. Both Washington state and Oregon are approaching what's called "peak dryness."...[E]verything’s been on a low bake since May. All the sunny days last month have added up to warmer soils and plants drying out more quickly. The driest part of the year usually hits in mid- or late-summer. Anna King reports. (KUOW)

Making charcoal as a first step to facing climate change
A Whatcom-based organization seeks to engage farmers and forest owners in conserving carbon with a trust that makes environmental and financial sense. Kai Uyehara reports. (Salish Current)

Lummi Nation: Canada failed to fulfill duties in B.C. terminal project
The Lummi Nation has requested a judicial review from the Canadian government of the government's failure to include Indigenous communities across the border in approving a marine container terminal construction project at the Port of Vancouver. The request is based on the Supreme Court of Canada’s landmark decision in R v. Desautel in April 2021, which established Aboriginal rights under the country’s constitution for non-citizens and non-residents of Canada. Julia Lerner reports. (CDN)

Industry, conservationists welcome Ottawa's delay on B.C. salmon farm transition plan
Both sides of British Columbia's contentious fish farm debate are welcoming Ottawa's move to delay a decision on a planned transition from open-net salmon farms in the province's coastal waters. Representatives from B.C.'s salmon farming industry and Indigenous and conservation groups said Tuesday they agree the delay gives federal Fisheries Minister Joyce Murray more time to make the right decision after much confusion. Dirk Meissner reports. (The Canadian Press)

Humans Aren’t Done with xʷəyeyət Yet
The area of Iona Island and the Fraser River’s north arm has been the site of much human development over the centuries and where there is tension between the environment humans have designed and developed and the ways we’re trying to unbuild that environment in the name of protecting the natural world. Michelle Gamage reports. (The Tyee)

Orca and deer spotted swimming together near San Juan Islands
Sam Murphy, a naturalist with Island Adventures Whale Watching, photographed a whale called T124C, also known as Cooper, swimming near Battleship Island, a small island of the northern tip of Washington's San Juan Island...After Murphy got home and reviewed her images, she noticed Cooper swimming by a deer with its head bobbing out of the water. Alanna Kelly reports. (Times Colonist)

Orcas Eat: Court Moves to Shut Down Alaskan Commercial Salmon Troll Fishing
A May 2 U.S District Court decision looks like the best thing that has happened to Southern Resident Killer Whales – aka Puget Sound orcas -- in the nearly half-century since people stopped trapping them for display at Sea World and other marine parks...It does seem like an important moment – albeit less aha! than duh!  The killer whales in Puget Sound are starving.  We say we want to save them.  But we keep literally eating their lunch.   Dan Chasen writes. (Post Alley)

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Now, your tug weather--
West Entrance U.S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca-  316 AM PDT Wed Jun 7 2023   
TODAY  SE wind to 10 kt becoming SW 5 to 15 kt in the  afternoon. Wind waves 1 to 3 ft. NW swell 5 ft at 7 seconds  becoming W 3 ft at 8 seconds in the afternoon. 
TONIGHT  W wind 5 to 15 kt. Wind waves 3 to 5 ft subsiding to  1 to 2 ft after midnight. W swell 4 ft at 7 seconds subsiding to  2 ft at 7 seconds after midnight.

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