Thursday, March 6, 2025

3/6 Fairybells, Dave Upthegrove, DNR failure, potash, NW power market, newsprint and AI, sled dog races, Devil in the Desert, first 100 days

Fairybells
 
Fairybells Prosartes spp.
An excellent choice for moist woodland gardens or shaded perennial beds, fairybells’ genus is a member of the lily family. It had previously been classified within the Asian genus Disporum, but further analysis found that North American fairybells differ in several ways and in 1995 were ushered into the Prosartes genus. “Prosartes” means “fastened” in Greek, and refers to attachments of the fruit parts. (Real Gardens Grow Natives)

Today's top story in Salish Current: A legacy of adaptation and evolution at 207 Prospect Street

Lands commissioner plans to keep working with feds
Dave Upthegrove expects to continue to work with U.S. Forest Service, after Trump’s latest executive orders aimed at boosting logging. Eliza Aronson reports. (Everett Herald)

Business association says DNR violated its legal responsibility
The Port Angeles Business Association is supporting an argument that the state Legislature and the Department of Natural Resources have not fulfilled their fiduciary responsibility to Clallam County regarding forestland management. Emma Maple reports. (Peninsula Daily News)

What on earth is potash? A massive Canadian export in the eye of the U.S. tariff storm

As tariff talks increasingly focus on Canada’s giant potash supply and its role in U.S. food security, you might be left wondering … what is that exactly? Sharon J. Riley reports. (The Narwhal)

Climate, energy upheavals roil Northwest power market
Heat domes. Cold snaps. Winter storms — even as far away as Texas. Extreme weather events are roiling power markets and spiking power prices for energy providers and their customers. Lynda Mapes reports. (Seattle Times)

Tariffs latest blow to newspaper industry; AI fears confirmed
Canada supplies most of the newsprint used in America and there’s no easy way for the U.S. to quickly replace its production. Hundreds of newspapers could close if the newsprint tariff continues for long. Brier Dudley writes. (Seattle Times)

Iconic sled dog races — the ‘spirit of the North’ — face a reckoning
As historic sled dog races face extreme freeze-thaw cycles that put mushers and their dogs at risk, organizers are forced to make tough choices. Trina Moyles reports. (The Narwhal)

Discovering the Devil in the Desert
Experts have identified an intriguing new plant species in Texas. Andrew Coletti reports. (bioGraphic)

The First 100 Days

  • 'Read this e-mail immediately': CDC tells about 180 fired employees to come back to work (Associated Press)
  • Trump grants one-month exemption for US automakers from Mexico, Canada tariffs (Associated Press)
  • Supreme Court Rejects Trump’s Bid to Freeze Foreign Aid (NY Times)
  • Trump administration plans to cut 80,000 employees from VA (Associated Press)
  • Trump administration’s 'irreparable' cut in NIH research funds blocked by judge (Associated Press)
  • Trump administration deletes list of hundreds of federal buildings targeted for potential sale (Associated Press)


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Here's your tug weather—
West Entrance U.S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca-  228 AM PST Thu Mar 6 2025    
TODAY
 E wind around 5 kt, backing to NW late this morning,  rising to 5 to 10 kt early this afternoon, becoming W 10 to 15 kt  late. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: W 6 ft at 13 seconds.  
TONIGHT
 W wind 10 to 15 kt, easing to 5 to 10 kt after  midnight. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: W 5 ft at 11 seconds. A  chance of rain after midnight.

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