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The Bathysphere was a unique spherical deep-sea submersible which was unpowered and lowered into the ocean on a cable, and was used to conduct a series of dives off the coast of Bermuda from 1930 to 1934. The Bathysphere was designed in 1928 and 1929 by the American engineer Otis Barton, to be used by the naturalist William Beebe for studying undersea wildlife. Beebe and Barton conducted dives in the Bathysphere together, marking the first time that a marine biologist observed deep-sea animals in their native environment. (Wikipedia)
Today's top story in Salish Current: Commentary: Whatcom County has a traffic death problem; public transit is part of the cure
Trump administration advances plan to rescind protections for nearly 45 million wild acres
The Trump administration will move ahead with plans to end more than 25
years of sweeping protections for tens of millions of wild, federally
managed acres across the U.S. Brooke Rollins, head of the U.S.
Department of Agriculture, on Tuesday filed a rule to rescind “in its
entirety” the national 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule, which
prohibits road construction, logging and mining on about 30% of lands
managed by the U.S. Forest Service, mostly in forested areas of the
West. Alex Baumhardt reports. (Washington State Standard)
Snoqualmie battery project developer seeks to sidestep local regulation
After hitting permitting snags, a controversial battery project
near Snoqualmie is taking its application to the state level, a move
that could sidestep local regulations. Jupiter Power, the developer of
the proposed 45-acre battery facility, said Tuesday it was planning to
pursue site certification with the Washington Energy Facility Site
Evaluation Council, a body that can recommend overriding local rules,
with the final decision resting with the governor. Greg Kim reports. (Seattle Times)
Mesmerizing jellyfish take center stage at 1st US museum dedicated solely to the floating predators
Floating tentacled predators pulse and swirl in hypnotic patterns in the
dark museum space, lit primarily by images projected on walls and the
light from the saltwater tanks. David Fischer reports. (Associated Press)
Opinion: Killing seals and sea lions won’t solve the Northwest’s salmon crisis
H.R. 9621, the Northwest Endangered Salmon Predation Prevention Act now
before Congress, would substantially expand authority to kill seals and
sea lions in Washington waters in the name of salmon recovery. Its
premise has intuitive appeal: pinnipeds eat salmon; salmon runs are
endangered; therefore, killing predators should leave more salmon alive.
But will killing more pinnipeds recover salmon, or is Congress focusing
on a symptom rather than the conditions that created the crisis? Ronald
D. Reed writes. (Columbia Insight)
Commentary: By closing the north, Ottawa and Victoria may have opened the only pipeline route that can actually get built
The Trans Mountain expansion crossed the Lower Fraser Valley to
tidewater without decisive corridor-killing opposition from local First
Nations or communities — and with significant Indigenous partnership
agreements in place. That fact, unremarked upon in most coverage of the
pipeline debate, is the single most important data point in the
conversation about a second oil pipeline to the coast. Opposition from
some First Nations and municipalities existed and was litigated
vigorously. But it did not stop the pipeline. The corridor held. Stewart
Muir writes. (Energy Now)
Democracy Watch
- Refugee admissions on track to hit record low (Washington State Standard)
- Trump Fired the Watchdogs. Their Replacements Have a Different Mission. (NY Times)
West Entrance U.S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca- 219 PM PDT Tue Aug 18 2026
WED NW wind around 5 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: W 3 ft at 7 seconds and W 4 ft at 12 seconds. WED NIGHT W wind around 5 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: W 4 ft at 12 seconds.
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