7/16 Fleas, single-use plastic bags, salmon-safe water, Kus-kus-sum salmon, Stanley Park trees

Flea

Fleas
Fleas can cause great discomfort to our pets and leave us with small itchy bites, often on our legs. Their bites can cause allergic reactions and scratching can lead to infection. Fleas are capable of picking up plague from wild rodents and transmitting the bacterial disease to people.

Today's top story in Salish Current: Where San Juan County District 1 candidates stand

Single-use plastic bags banned as next round of B.C. plastic regulations kicks in
Plastic shopping bags and other single-use products are no longer available at British Columbia stores as the government implements the latest step in its plan to phase out certain plastic items and keep harmful chemicals out of landfills. Businesses may no longer provide single-use plastic shopping bags, and they must charge a minimum of $2 for new reusable bags or 25 cents for new paper bags. (Canadian Press)

Salmon-safe water upgrades coming to Tumwater golf course
The Tumwater Valley Golf Course was the state’s first municipal golf course to be Salmon-Safe certified, a designation it received in 2019 that means the city is significantly improving the environmental health of the 200-acre course along the Deschutes River. But the course sits in a valley with housing developments and major roads — including I-5 — surrounding it. Its parking lot hasn’t been updated since it was built in 1969, and untreated stormwater carrying pollutants runs beneath the lot and dumps directly into the river. Ty Vinson reports. (The Olympian)

Bringing Salmon Home to Kus-kus-sum
In 2020, the Comox Valley Project Watershed Society finally raised enough funds to purchase the eight-acre site from lumber producer Interfor, and in 2021, the land was transferred to the society. Since then, it has removed more than 12,000 cubic metres of concrete from the industrial site and revegetated five acres of it. The project is being led by the society, with the help of an intergovernmental partnership between the K’ómoks First Nation and the City of Courtenay. Pippa Norman reports. (The Tyee)

City of Vancouver faces lawsuit over Stanley Park tree-cutting
The City of Vancouver and a contractor are facing a lawsuit by advocates over a plan that would see up to a third of the trees in Stanley Park cut down. The city's park board had begun cutting down thousands of trees last summer in a bid to mitigate what it said was "imminent" fire and public safety risks posed by dead and dying trees that were affected by a Western hemlock looper moth infestation. Akshay Kulkarni reports. (CBC)

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Here's your tug weather—
West Entrance U.S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca-  236 AM PDT Tue Jul 16 2024    
TODAY  E wind around 5 kt, rising to 5 to 10 kt late this  morning, then becoming NE early this afternoon, backing to NW  late. Seas around 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 3 ft at 9 seconds. Areas  of fog this morning.  
TONIGHT  W wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: W 3 ft  at 9 seconds.

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