Thursday, June 26, 2025

6/26 Red rock crab, melting glaciers, wildfires, EV charger funding, Fairy Cr protests, Mount Polley mine, McKensie R, democracy watch

Red Rock Crab [Kirt L. Onthank]
 
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Red rock crab, as their name implies, prefer rocky substrates but can also be found in eelgrass, soft-bottom habitat, and shellfish beds from the mid intertidal to depths of about 260 feet. The species is native to North American west coast estuaries from Alaska to Northern Baja California and is common throughout Puget Sound. (WDFW)

Today's top story in Salish Current: Local hospice stands out in shift away from nonprofits

Western Canadian glaciers melting twice as fast as they did a decade ago, research shows
Researcher says loss is equivalent to a billion pickup trucks worth of water annually. Brenna Owen reports. (Canadian Press)

How Wildfires Are Speeding the Shrinking of BC’s Glaciers
Researchers with a new study on smoke and the ‘ice albedo effect’ are startled by the quick pace of melting. Kristen de Jager reports. (The Tyee)

Seattle judge orders Trump administration to unfreeze EV charger funding
The preliminary court ruling would unlock the money for more than a dozen states, including $71 million for Washington. Jake Goldstein-Street (Washington State Standard)

B.C. judge rejects class-action lawsuit over Fairy Creek old-growth protests
A B.C. Supreme Court Justice ruled the proposed lawsuit inappropriately covered people who had been lawfully arrested and will 'inevitably collapse into individual trials.' Stefan Labbé reports. (Times Colonist)

The Xatśūll Fight to Halt Mount Polley Mine's Tailings Expansion
The company could resume adding mine waste to the facility next week. The harm would be irreversible, the First Nation says. Amanda Follett Hosgood reports. (The Tyee)

One way to bring a river back to life? Slow it way, way down
A restoration project on the McKenzie River in Oregon seeks to create prime habitat by remaking a creek more like it used to be, in an effort to help native species and revive river health and boost water quality as the Northwest sees higher temperatures and drought. Lynda Mapes reports. (Seattle Times)

Democracy Watch

  • Trump administration says California’s trans sports policies discriminate against girls (AP)
  • A judge resisted Trump’s order on gender identity. The EEOC just fired her (AP)
  • Trump representative Kari Lake on Voice of America’s fate: ‘Scrap the whole thing and start over’ (AP)
  • Trump administration sues entire court bench in Maryland (Washington State Standard)
  • US pulls funding from global vaccines group, saying it has 'ignored the science' (AP)


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Here's your tug weather—
West Entrance U.S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca-  308 AM PDT Thu Jun 26 2025    
TODAY
 SE wind around 5 kt, veering to W this afternoon. Seas  around 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 2 ft at 9 seconds. A slight chance of  showers early this morning, then showers late this morning and  afternoon.  
TONIGHT
 W wind around 5 kt. Seas around 3 ft. Wave Detail: W  2 ft at 9 seconds. A chance of showers.

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