3/12 Holstein, mini quakes, BC coral reefs, Chambers Cr dam, WSF, Samish Nation marine debris

Holstein

Holstein Friesian
The Holstein Friesian is an international breed or group of breeds of dairy cattle. It originated in Frisia, stretching from the Dutch province of North Holland to the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. It is the dominant breed in industrial dairy farming worldwide, and is found in more than 160 countries. (Wikipedia)

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Flurry of mini earthquakes off Vancouver Island hints at undersea expansion
Swarms of mini earthquakes along tectonic plates five kilometres underwater on the Pacific Ocean floor off the coast of Vancouver Island have caught the attention of ocean scientists. Not because the earthquakes, up to 200 per hour at their peak on March 6, signal any kind of impending seismic catastrophe, but because they point to an “impending magmatic rupture” on the Juan de Fuca Ridge, 240 km from Vancouver Island. Derrick Penner reports. (Vancouver Sun)

Coral reef that ’shouldn’t exist’ thrives off B.C.’s Pacific Ocean
Deep sea ecologist Cherisse Du Preez worked with the Kitasoo Xai'xais and Heiltsuk First Nations and began searching for the Lophelia coral reef in 2021, taking a remote controlled submersible deep into the ocean in Finlayson Channel, about 500 kilometres northwest of Vancouver. (Canadian Press)

Everyone agrees: Chambers Creek Dam must go
A non-productive and eroding dam at the mouth of Chambers Creek is wreaking ecological havoc, and a recent efforts to reopen the creek to natural flow are going momentum. Tony Overman reports. (Tacoma News Tribune)

Bainbridge Island residents show new optimism and resolve to revive Washington's ferries
Bainbridge Island residents gathered at a community center near the ferry dock on Saturday to discuss their concerns about an unreliable ferry system. Could the state lease new ferries in the short term? Could old ferries that are no longer in service be rented out for other purposes, like housing museums, to generate more income? Could the ferries earn more money by putting more advertisements up? Joshua McNichols reports. (KUOW)

Samish Indian Nation partnership has removed more than a million pounds of marine debris
Highly toxic creosote-treated wood targeted to protect food chain.  Isaac Stone Simonelli reports. (CDN)

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Here's your tug weather—
West Entrance U.S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca-  225 AM PDT Tue Mar 12 2024    
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT    
TODAY  W wind 10 to 20 kt becoming 15 to 20 kt in the  afternoon. Wind waves 1 to 3 ft. W swell 5 to 10 ft at 15 seconds  building to 9 to 14 ft at 15 seconds in the afternoon.  
TONIGHT  W wind 10 to 20 kt. Wind waves 1 to 3 ft subsiding to  1 ft or less after midnight. W swell 10 to 15 ft at 14 seconds  subsiding to 8 to 13 ft at 14 seconds after midnight.

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