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Hooded nudibranch Melba leonia
Melibe leonina, commonly referred to as the hooded nudibranch, lion nudibranch, or lion's mane nudibranch, is a species of predatory nudibranch in the family Tethydidae. The hood closes to trap tiny aphids and other small crustaceans. The hood also closes to trap air, helping the nudibranch drift from place to place. [Wikipedia, Marine Wildlife of Puget Sound, the San Juans, and the Strait of Georgia]
Today's top story in Salish Current: Storm-battered county road on Lopez target of relocation efforts
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Ecology files water rights adjudication in Whatcom County Superior Court
The Washington Department of Ecology filed a basin-wide general
adjudication for the Nooksack river system and nearby areas with the
Whatcom County Superior Court on May 1, formally beginning the
adjudication process. A water rights adjudication determines whether
each water use on a source is legal, how much water can be used, and its
priority during shortages. (WA Dept of Ecology)
The multimillion-dollar fight over WA's cap-and-invest program
Bolstered by an almost $5 million war chest, supporters of Washington’s
cap-and-invest program have begun their efforts to keep the state’s
carbon pricing system, which is facing a November recall referendum. No
On 2117 recently announced it expects its campaign dollars to grow
eventually to about $11 million. The coalition hoping to repeal the
state’s new cap-and-invest program, Let’s Go Washington, has raised just
over $8 million so far, but most of that came as $5 million in loans
from the instigator of the initiative. John Stang reports. (Cascade PBS)
First Nations activist reflects on years-long fight against Trans Mountain pipeline expansion
The taps have been turned on for the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion –
a national infrastructure project that overcame fierce public
opposition, construction delays and cost-overruns that pushed the final
bill to more than $34 billion. Seated on rock near the beach at New
Brighton Park in East Vancouver, Will George, a member of the
Tsleil-Waututh Nation, used the day to reflect on his years of activism
against the project. Ben Miljure reports. (CTV News)
Chinook salmon die at Samish Hatchery following equipment malfunction
About 1 million young Chinook salmon died Monday following a mechanical
failure at the state Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Samish Hatchery
north of Burlington. The salmon fry were in a pond holding 2 million
young hatchery Chinook being raised as prey for Southern Resident orca
whales, and for tribal and recreational salmon fisheries. Vince
Richardson reports. (Skagit Valley Herald)
Salish Sea News Week in Review 5/3/24:
Spam Friday, TMX tanker, SRKW extinction threat, orca escape,
ecotourism, mountain goats, electricity demand, Monsanto PCB suit,
Nooksack R adjudication
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Here's your weekend tug weather—
West Entrance U.S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca-
239 AM PDT Fri May 3 2024
TODAY
SE wind to 10 kt. Wind waves 1 ft or less. W swell 2 ft
at 7 seconds.
TONIGHT
E wind to 10 kt becoming SW after midnight. Wind waves
1 ft or less. W swell 4 ft at 7 seconds.
SAT
W wind to 10 kt. Wind waves 1 ft or less. W swell 5 ft at
7 seconds.
SAT NIGHT
W wind 5 to 15 kt. Wind waves 1 to 2 ft. W swell
4 ft at 9 seconds.
SUN
SW wind 5 to 15 kt rising to 15 to 25 kt in the afternoon.
Wind waves 1 to 2 ft building to 2 to 4 ft in the afternoon. W
swell 5 ft at 9 seconds.
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