10/8 Marigold, orca census, raccoons, shipping containers, quagga mussels, pipeline safety

 

Marigold

Marigold Tagetes
Tagetes is a genus of 50 species of annual or perennial, mostly herbaceous plants in the family Asteraceae. They are among several groups of plants known in English as marigolds. The genus Tagetes was described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753. These plants are native to Mexico, growing naturally from Mexico's valley down to the south and even reaching several other Latin American countries, but some species have become naturalized around the world. (Wikipedia)

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Orca census shows declining population; researchers discuss risk of extinction
Three deaths and one birth among the southern resident killer whales have been documented over the past year. Those are the numbers included in the official census report submitted this week by the Center for Whale Research. The total population of the three southern resident pods drops from 75 to 73 for the census year, which runs from July 1, 2023, to July 1, 2024. But a new birth in September — after the census period — brings today’s actual population to 74. Christopher Dunagan reports. (Puget Sound Institute)

Deputies called after dozens of raccoons descend on North Kitsap home
A North Kitsap woman who says she's fed wildlife for decades called 911 for help last Thursday afternoon after being surrounded in her home an estimated 100 raccoons. David Nelson reports. (Kitsap Sun)

What happens to shipping containers when they have been lost at sea?
More than 20,000 shipping containers have tumbled overboard in the last decade and a half. Their varied contents have washed onto shorelines, poisoned fisheries and animal habitats, and added to swirling ocean trash vortexes. Most containers eventually sink to the sea floor and are never retrieved. (Associated Press)

Idaho will again attempt to kill invasive mussels in Snake River
State officials and contractors will begin using a copper-based chemical in the Snake River near Twin Falls on Tuesday in an effort to kill off invasive quagga mussels that were detected again last month. Clark Corbin reports. (Washington State Standard)

Tacoma City Council member joins state pipeline safety committee
Twenty-five years ago, the Olympic Pipeline ruptured in Bellingham, Washington, killing three people. In the aftermath, Washington state created its Citizens’ Committee on Pipeline Safety, meant to advise on regulation to keep communities around pipelines safer. The committee still functions today, but Amanda McKay, who serves on it, said that increased interest and awareness of pipeline safety issues in the early 2000s has now fallen. Groups that advocate for pipeline safety and regulations, like hers, want to change that. Lauren Gallup reports. (NW Public Broadcasting)

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Here's your tug weather—
West Entrance U.S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca-  212 AM PDT Tue Oct 8 2024    
TODAY  SW wind 10 to 15 kt, becoming W 5 to 10 kt this  afternoon. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: W 5 ft at 12 seconds.  Patchy dense fog early this morning. Showers likely this morning.  A chance of showers early this afternoon, then a slight chance of  showers late.  
TONIGHT  W wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: W 5 ft  at 12 seconds.

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