1/11 White-tailed deer, Arctic blast, Budd Inlet, drinking plastic, GasLink harm, pipeline trial, WSF big waves, hummer pix

 

Columbian white-tailed deer [Dave Wechner]

Columbian white-tailed deer Odocoileus virginianus leucurus
The Columbian white-tailed deer is listed as federally threatened along the lower Columbia River (Clark, Cowlitz, and Wahkiakum counties in Washington, and Clatsop and Columbia counties in Oregon). As of March 2020, an estimate of 1,200 Columbian white-tailed deer inhabit this area along the lower Columbia River. The diet of this deer consists of grasses, forbs, and browse. (WDFW)

Coastal B.C. set for Arctic blast, with outflow winds forecast to make temperatures feel as low as –30 C
Arctic outflow warnings in place across most of B.C.'s coast, as extreme cold grips swath of Western Canada. (CBC)

Cleanup process in Olympia’s Budd Inlet starts with sediment samples
A research vessel began taking the first of about 8,000 sediment samples from Budd Inlet, near Olympia, Wash., this week. It’s a significant first step in cleaning up the waters around the state capitol. Bellamy Pailthorp reports. (KNKX)

When you drink bottled water, you're drinking lots and lots of plastic particles
New study finds most of the plastic comes from bottle itself, filtration. (Associated Press)

BC Warns Coastal GasLink about Streambank Harm
Construction is done but environmental compliance issues still plague the project. Amanda Follett Hosgood reports. (The Tyee)

RCMP video footage of raids on Wet'suwet'en pipeline blockade shown in court
Police video shows three accused land defenders arrested. Jackie McKay reports. (CBC)

WA ferry struggles in gale force winds on way to Anacortes
As it made its way from Bainbridge Island to Anacortes on Tuesday, the ferry Issaquah found itself caught in gale force winds and enormous waves that washed onto the car deck and damaged at least one employee’s car. David Kroman reports. (Seattle Times)

UW researcher slows down hummingbirds to study them. What he found is amazing
Professor Alejandro Rico-Guevara uses high frame-rate cameras to record hummingbird action from 200 to 1,000 frames per second revealing new insight into the bird’s life. Libby Denkmann and Hans Anderson report. (KUOW)

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Here's your tug weather—
West Entrance U.S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca-  347 AM PST Thu Jan 11 2024    
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING    
TODAY  NW wind 20 to 30 kt. Wind waves 4 to 6 ft. SW swell  11 ft at 11 seconds. A chance of rain in the morning. A slight  chance of rain in the afternoon.  
TONIGHT  NE wind 15 to 20 kt becoming E 15 to 25 kt after  midnight. Wind waves 2 to 3 ft building to 3 to 5 ft after  midnight. W swell 11 ft at 11 seconds subsiding to 9 ft at  10 seconds after midnight. A chance of snow in the evening. A  slight chance of snow after midnight.

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