7/11 Honey badger, Columbia sockeye, WA burn ban, WA voter guide, 'fatbergs,' anchored freighter noise

Honey Badger

Honey Badger Mellivora capensis
The honey badger is part of the weasel family, related to skunks, otters, ferrets, and other badgers. Its proper name is ratel, but it gets the common name honey badger from what seems to be its favorite food: honey. Honey badgers are native to areas of Africa and Asia, from southern Morocco to Africa’s southern tip, and western Asia’s Caspian Sea, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Nepal, and western India. (San Diego Zoo)

Today's top story in Salish Current: Green invasion hits Orcas Island’s Cascade Lake / Child care crisis requires creative thinking, new ideas

Record sockeye salmon run on Columbia now threatened by hot water
Smashing records, sockeye salmon are booming up the Columbia River, in a run expected to top 700,000 fish before it’s over. But a punishing heat wave has made river temperatures so hot many may never make it their last miles home. With water temperatures above 80 degrees in the Okanogan River, sockeye are stacking up at its mouth and waiting rather than entering the tributary to get to their spawning grounds across the U.S.-Canada border. Lynda Mapes reports. (Seattle Times)

Washington issues burn ban on state lands
A burn ban is in effect for all state lands in Washington. The state Department of Natural Resources on Wednesday issued the statewide ban on outdoor burning, campfires, the use of charcoal briquettes and prescribed burns on its lands. The ban started at 1 p.m. on Wednesday and will go until at least Sept. 30, 2024. Laurel Demkovich reports. (Washington State Standard)

WA Statewide Voter Guide 2024
Welcome to your one-stop shop for Washington’s 2024 election. (CascadePBS)

'Fatbergs' rearing ugly presence at Metro Vancouver's Lulu Island sewage treatment plant
Accumulations of congealed fat aren't uncommon in Metro Vancouver sewer pipes but officials say this is the first time clogs, known colloquially as 'fatbergs,' have shown up at Lulu Island to this degree. Derrick Penner reports. (Vancouver Sun)

Salish Sea anchored freighter noise mitigations permanent, ships will stay
A pilot program intended to help deal with noise issues from cargo ships anchored off the southern Gulf Islands and eastern Vancouver Island, including the Cowichan Valley, will become permanent. Robert Barron reports. (Parksville Qualicum Beach News)

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Here's your tug weather— West Entrance U.S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca-  304 AM PDT Thu Jul 11 2024    
TODAY  W wind 5 to 10 kt, rising to 10 to 15 kt this afternoon.  Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: W 4 ft at 7 seconds. Patchy fog this  morning.  
TONIGHT  W wind 10 to 15 kt, becoming SW 5 to 10 kt after  midnight. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: W 5 ft at 8 seconds.

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