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| Fourteen-Spotted Ladybird Beetle [Bird Watching HQ] |
Fourteen-spotted Ladybird Beetle Propylea quatuordecimpunctata
This species was brought to North America to help control Russian Wheat Aphids. The Fourteen-spotted Ladybird Beetle is now widespread in Washington and continues to spread. This ladybug lives in several different habitats, including mixed forests, meadows, or fields. Look for this species at ground level in gardens and parks. Common sites include leaf litter, moss, compost piles, and plants. The Fourteen-spotted Ladybird Beetle is insectivorous and feeds on aphids, whiteflies, scale insects, larvae, and eggs of some beetles and butterflies. (Bird Watching HQ)
Storming the Sound for 25 years: what’s next for the grassroots event?
Founders and attendees of an annual Salish Sea environmental education conference are looking to the next 25 years. Rena Kingery report. (Salish Current)
In Everett wetlands, hunters and birdwatchers navigate a shared space
Restricted recreation areas can sometimes cause conflict. “We’re all birders,” said Tom Elliott, a Washington Waterfowl Association member. Ta'Leah Van Sistine reports. (Everett Herald)
Skagit gasoline pipeline spill cleanup still underway
By the numbers: 20-inch-diameter pipe; 3/8-inch pressure valve tube; 21,168 gallons gasoline spilled; 1,664 cubic yards of contaminated soil removed at spill site near Conway. Dick Clever reports. (Salish Current)
Olympia oysters thriving in Fidalgo Bay
In 2002, the Fidalgo Bay Olympia oyster population was about 50,000. In 2018, a baywide study found the recovering population had surged to 2.9 million. This summer, the first such survey in five years, found that the population had nearly doubled since 2018, reaching 5.5 million oysters. Emma Fletcher-Frazer reports. (Skagit Valley herald)
Tribe, partners preserving kelp for restoration needs
Researchers say they’ve seen an 80 percent decline. Tiffany Royal Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission writes. (Peninsula Daily News)
Audio Reveals RCMP Officers Laughed about Beating a Land Defender
C-IRG’s silver commander apologized for the comments while testifying during a BC Supreme Court hearing. Amanda Follett Hosgood reports. (The Tyee)
The oceans are talking to us, and it's not a pleasant conversation
Oceans absorb 90% of Earth's excess heat. That will have long-term consequences
Nicole Mortillaro reports. (CBC)
Nick on the Rocks: The North Cascades' gneiss-est bedrock
The range’s oldest bedrock sits high in the mountains near Canada. But the yellow aster gneiss originated an ocean away 400 million years ago. (Crosscut)
Salish Sea News Week in Review 1/19/24: Dolly Parton, Boldt decision, BP land purchase, GasLink flooding, WA climate act, US agency regulations, TC Energy carveouts, Klamath dam removal, Crofton mill fined, RCMP bad actors.
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Here's your weekend tug weather—
West Entrance U.S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca-
242 AM PST Fri Jan 19 2024
GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM PST THIS MORNING
THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON
TODAY
SE wind 25 to 35 kt easing to 15 to 25 kt in the
afternoon. Combined seas 6 to 9 ft with a dominant period of
11 seconds. Rain.
TONIGHT
SE wind 5 to 15 kt becoming 10 to 20 kt after
midnight. Wind waves 1 to 3 ft. SW swell 7 ft at 11 seconds. Rain
in the evening then a chance of rain after midnight.
SAT
SE wind 10 to 20 kt becoming E 5 to 15 kt in the
afternoon. Wind waves 1 to 3 ft. SW swell 6 ft at 11 seconds. A
chance of rain in the morning then rain likely in the afternoon.
SAT NIGHT
SE wind 5 to 15 kt. Wind waves 2 ft or less. SW
swell 5 ft at 11 seconds.
SUN
SE wind 5 to 15 kt. Wind waves 2 ft or less. SW swell 5 ft
at 12 seconds.
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