4/25 Wood sorrel, Snoqualmie chinook, Haida agreement, farm drought, salmon teeth, first humpback, coal plats, TM oil shippers

Wood sorrel [David D. Taylor]

 

Common Yellow Wood Sorrel Oxalis stricta
Common yellow wood sorrel is a member of the Oxalidaceae, the Wood Sorrel family. Species in this family are small trees to small herbs. Other plants in the family include purple shamrocks (Oxalis triangularis) a common houseplant, and violet wood sorrel (Oxalis violacea). The family is mostly found in temperate regions. David Taylor (USDA)

Today's top story in Salish Current: Tribe, feds, state face off on stream water temperature in the Skagit

Scientists confine, study Chinook at restored Snoqualmie River habitat
In newly restored river channels on the Snoqualmie, baby Chinook salmon are confined in 19 enclosures about the size of large suitcases as they munch on little crustaceans and invertebrate insects floating or swimming by. What’s in the salmon’s stomachs, tracked by scientists, could hold clues about the species’ survival. Amanda Zhou reports. (Seattle Times)

What’s Next for the Historic Haida Agreement?
As an agreement to recognize the Haida Nation’s Aboriginal title throughout Haida Gwaii was celebrated in the B.C. legislature Monday, BC United cautioned that the party plans to carefully scrutinize and fully debate the bill. Andrew MacLeod reports. (The Tyee)

WA farmers brace for summer drought on heels of harvest shortfalls
Washington’s agriculture industry has been hit hard by climate change. Growers are working to develop crops that can thrive in shifting landscapes. Mai Hoang reports. (Crosscut)

Giant prehistoric salmon had tusk-like teeth for defence, building nests: study
Initial fossil discoveries of the 2.7-metre-long salmon in Oregon in the 1970s were incomplete and had led researchers to mistakenly suggest the fish had fang-like teeth. Discovery of two skulls in 2014 show the position of tusk-like teeth could not have been used for biting. The discovery has led to the renaming of the fish, previously called "the sabre-toothed salmon." Brenna Owen reports. (Canadian Press)

First humpback mom and calf return to Salish Sea
The first calf, likely about three months old, and its mother, “Black Pearl,” were spotted in Haro Strait last week by Eagle Wing Tours. Darron Kloster reports. (Times Colonist)

E.P.A. Severely Limits Pollution From Coal Burning Power Plants
New regulations could spell the end for plants that burn coal, the fossil fuel that powered the country for more than a century. Lisa Friedman and Coral Davenport report. (NY Times)

Trans Mountain oil shippers raise concerns about risk of delay to full service
Some shippers on Canada's Trans Mountain expansion project are raising concerns that the long-delayed oil pipeline will not be fully in service by its projected start date of May 1, and that they will be subject to the expanded system's tolls and tariffs from that date. Nia Williams reports. (Reuters)

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Here's your tug weather—
West Entrance U.S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca-  213 AM PDT Thu Apr 25 2024    
TODAY  SE wind 10 to 20 kt becoming 5 to 15 kt in the  afternoon. Wind waves 1 to 3 ft. W swell 3 ft at 9 seconds.  
TONIGHT  SE wind 5 to 15 kt becoming to 10 kt after midnight.  Wind waves 2 ft or less. W swell 3 ft at 9 seconds.

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