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Here's your Friday Salish Sea News and Weather: Green-winged teal, ocean acid, Rustad quits, Ted Yackulic, bumble bee reigns, bears' eyes, Columbia County, democracy watch, week in review. salishseanews.blogspot.com/2025/12/125-...
12/5 Green-winged teal, ocean acid, Rustad quits, Ted Yackulic, bumble bee reigns, bears' eyes, Columbia County, democracy watch, week in review
Green-winged teal [Lee Barnes] Green-winged teal Anas crecca The smallest dabbling duck, the Green-winged Teal is smaller and more com...
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December 5, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Here's your Friday Salish Sea News and Weather: Green-winged teal, ocean acid, Rustad quits, Ted Yackulic, bumble bee reigns, bears' eyes, Columbia County, democracy watch, week in review. salishseanews.blogspot.com/2025/12/125-...
Thursday's Salish Sea News and Weather: Grunt sculpin, wolf recovery, auto fuel standards, no old growth harvest, Carney's corridor, democracy watch salishseanews.blogspot.com/2025/12/124-...
12/4 Grunt sculpin, wolf recovery, auto fuel standards, no old growth harvest, Carney's corridor, democracy watch
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December 4, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Thursday's Salish Sea News and Weather: Grunt sculpin, wolf recovery, auto fuel standards, no old growth harvest, Carney's corridor, democracy watch salishseanews.blogspot.com/2025/12/124-...
Wednesday's Salish Sea News and Weather: Yew, stalking seabirds, BC pipe, eelgrass meadow, glacier photos, democracy watch salishseanews.blogspot.com/2025/12/123-...
12/3 Yew, stalking seabirds, BC pipe, eelgrass meadow, glacier photos, democracy watch
Pacific yew Pacific yew Taxus brevifolia The Pacific Yew is also called the Western Yew or sometimes the Oregon Yew. Brevifolia means s...
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December 3, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Wednesday's Salish Sea News and Weather: Yew, stalking seabirds, BC pipe, eelgrass meadow, glacier photos, democracy watch salishseanews.blogspot.com/2025/12/123-...
Tuesday's Salish Sea News and Weather: Bay pipefish, pipeline restarted, Exxon Valdez spill, oil tanker ban, marmot rebound, democracy watch. salishseanews.blogspot.com/2025/12/122-...
12/2 Bay pipefish, pipeline restarted, Exxon Valdez spill, oil tanker ban, marmot rebound, democracy watch
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December 2, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Tuesday's Salish Sea News and Weather: Bay pipefish, pipeline restarted, Exxon Valdez spill, oil tanker ban, marmot rebound, democracy watch. salishseanews.blogspot.com/2025/12/122-...
Salish Sea News and Weather 11/30/25: Isopod, president's prize. BC pipe, BC LNG, Kicking Gas, controlled burns, solar farms, grey whale return, democracy watch, week in review. salishseanews.blogspot.com/2025/11/1130...
11/30 Isopod, president's prize. BC pipe, BC LNG, Kicking Gas, controlled burns, solar farms, grey whale return, democracy watch, week in review
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December 1, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Salish Sea News and Weather 11/30/25: Isopod, president's prize. BC pipe, BC LNG, Kicking Gas, controlled burns, solar farms, grey whale return, democracy watch, week in review. salishseanews.blogspot.com/2025/11/1130...
Wednesday's Salish Sea News and Weather: Turkey vulture, BC herring, air pollution rule, hearing whales, WA State Parks, ice breakers, WA pipeline, democracy watch salishseanews.blogspot.com/2025/11/1126...
11/26 Turkey vulture, BC herring, air pollution rule, hearing whales, WA State Parks, ice breakers, WA pipeline, democracy watch
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November 26, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Wednesday's Salish Sea News and Weather: Turkey vulture, BC herring, air pollution rule, hearing whales, WA State Parks, ice breakers, WA pipeline, democracy watch salishseanews.blogspot.com/2025/11/1126...
Tuesday's Salish Sea News and Weather: Madrone, near-sinking barge, pipeline fine, BC timber access, Wells Dam, democracy watch salishseanews.blogspot.com/2025/11/1125...
11/25 Madrone, near-sinking barge, pipeline fine, BC timber access, Wells Dam, democracy watch
Arbutus Madrone Arbutus menziesii Arbutus favors open, sunny places along rocky bluffs and canyons. Named in 1814 in honor of the pione...
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November 25, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Tuesday's Salish Sea News and Weather: Madrone, near-sinking barge, pipeline fine, BC timber access, Wells Dam, democracy watch salishseanews.blogspot.com/2025/11/1125...
Here' your Monday Salish Sea News and Weather: Quail, Snohomish R rights, Nooksack R flood, Makah whaling, BC tanker ban, Rockpool Project, democracy watch salishseanews.blogspot.com/2025/11/1124...
11/24 Quail, Snohomish R rights, Nooksack R flood, Makah whaling, BC tanker ban, Rockpool Project, democracy watch
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November 24, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Here' your Monday Salish Sea News and Weather: Quail, Snohomish R rights, Nooksack R flood, Makah whaling, BC tanker ban, Rockpool Project, democracy watch salishseanews.blogspot.com/2025/11/1124...
Here's your Friday Salish Sea News and Weather: Acidification, coast oil drilling, WA gas pipeline, logging gray squirrels, Discover Pass, democracy watch, week in review. salishseanews.blogspot.com/2025/11/1121...
11/21 Acidification, coast oil drilling, WA gas pipeline, logging gray squirrels, Discover Pass, democracy watch, week in review
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November 21, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Here's your Friday Salish Sea News and Weather: Acidification, coast oil drilling, WA gas pipeline, logging gray squirrels, Discover Pass, democracy watch, week in review. salishseanews.blogspot.com/2025/11/1121...
Thursday's Salish Sea News and Weather: Horse clam, 'blanket rule' rollback, data center energy, BC timber harvest, cargo ship sinking, Erik Kingfisher, DNR climate accounting, democracy watch salishseanews.blogspot.com/2025/11/1120...
11/20 Horse clam, 'blanket rule' rollback, data center energy, BC timber harvest, cargo ship sinking, Erik Kingfisher, DNR climate accounting, democracy watch
Horse clam [WDFW] Horse clam Tresus capa x The Horse clam, or Fat gaper, has a wide hole where the siphon (neck) extends from the ...
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November 20, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Thursday's Salish Sea News and Weather: Horse clam, 'blanket rule' rollback, data center energy, BC timber harvest, cargo ship sinking, Erik Kingfisher, DNR climate accounting, democracy watch salishseanews.blogspot.com/2025/11/1120...
Wednesday's Salish Sea News and Weather: Pacific salamander, lead recycling, jet fuel spill, deer kill, Bear Gulch fire, BC power line, democracy watch salishseanews.blogspot.com/2025/11/1119...
11/19/25 Pacific salamander, lead recyclng, jet fuel spill, deer kill, Bear Gulch fire, BC power line, democracy watch
Pacific giant salamander [Wikipedia] Pacific giant salamander Dicamptodon tenebrosus The Pacific giant salamander is a large, stock...
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November 19, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Wednesday's Salish Sea News and Weather: Pacific salamander, lead recycling, jet fuel spill, deer kill, Bear Gulch fire, BC power line, democracy watch salishseanews.blogspot.com/2025/11/1119...
Tuesday's Salish Sea News and Weather: Red octopus, shrinking CWA. BC flood prevention, wolves with tools, SnoCo fire plan, life down under, democracy watch salishseanews.blogspot.com/2025/11/1118...
11/18 Red octopus, shrinking CWA. BC flood prevention, wolves with tools, SnoCo fire plan, life down under, democracy watch
Pacific red octopus [Wikipedia] Pacific red octopus Octopus rubescens The East Pacific red octopus, also known as the ruby octopus, is ...
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November 18, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Tuesday's Salish Sea News and Weather: Red octopus, shrinking CWA. BC flood prevention, wolves with tools, SnoCo fire plan, life down under, democracy watch salishseanews.blogspot.com/2025/11/1118...
Here's your Monday Salish Sea News and Weather: Coyote, halibut fishing, BC LNG, housing detainees, Snohomish shoreline, AK refuge road, no wolf recovery plan, democracy watch salishseanews.blogspot.com/2025/11/1117...
11/17 Coyote, halibut fishing, BC LNG, housing detainees, Snohomish shoreline, AK refuge road, no wolf recovery plan, democracy watch
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November 17, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Here's your Monday Salish Sea News and Weather: Coyote, halibut fishing, BC LNG, housing detainees, Snohomish shoreline, AK refuge road, no wolf recovery plan, democracy watch salishseanews.blogspot.com/2025/11/1117...
Here's your Friday Salish Sea News and Weather: Goose barnacle, storms, fast-tracking, fish traps, AK protection repeals, resident bird flu, 2021 heat dome, humpbacks, democracy watch, week in review. salishseanews.blogspot.com/2025/11/1114...
11/14 Goose barnacle, storms, fast-tracking, fish traps, AK protection repeals, resident bird flu, 2021 heat dome, humpbacks, democracy watch, week in review
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November 14, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Here's your Friday Salish Sea News and Weather: Goose barnacle, storms, fast-tracking, fish traps, AK protection repeals, resident bird flu, 2021 heat dome, humpbacks, democracy watch, week in review. salishseanews.blogspot.com/2025/11/1114...
Thursday's Salish Sea News and Weather: Whimbrel, BC old growth, wildfire risk, winter sport, thriving bees, drone settlement, pipeline security, democracy watch salishseanews.blogspot.com/2025/11/1113...
11/13 Whimbrel, BC old growth, wildfire risk, winter sport, thriving bees, drone settlement, pipeline security, democracy watch
Whimbrel [Mick Thompson] Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus Whimbrels are large shorebirds with long, decurved bills. They are smaller in siz...
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November 13, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Thursday's Salish Sea News and Weather: Whimbrel, BC old growth, wildfire risk, winter sport, thriving bees, drone settlement, pipeline security, democracy watch salishseanews.blogspot.com/2025/11/1113...
Wednesday's Salish Sea News and Weather: Crabapple, orca hunt, earthquake lab closing, democracy watch salishseanews.blogspot.com/2025/11/1112...
11/12 Crabapple, orca hunt, earthquake lab closing, democracy watch
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November 12, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Wednesday's Salish Sea News and Weather: Crabapple, orca hunt, earthquake lab closing, democracy watch salishseanews.blogspot.com/2025/11/1112...
Tuesday's Salish Sea News and Weather: Panther cap, dead humpback, transients, Burrard Inlet dredging, Klamath salmon, democracy watch salishseanews.blogspot.com/2025/11/1111...
11/11 Panther cap, dead humpback, transients, Burrard Inlet dredging, Klamath salmon, democracy watch
Panther Cap [ACS Laboratory] Panther Cap Amanita pantherina Amanita pantherina is a beautiful and iconic mushroom. A muted relative ...
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November 11, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Tuesday's Salish Sea News and Weather: Panther cap, dead humpback, transients, Burrard Inlet dredging, Klamath salmon, democracy watch salishseanews.blogspot.com/2025/11/1111...
Here's your Monday Salish Sea News and Weather: Starling, salmon runs, Western Arctic, Dave Upthegrove, Site C, democracy watch salishseanews.blogspot.com/2025/11/1110...
11/10 Starling, salmon runs, Western Arctic, Dave Upthegrove, Site C, democracy watch
European Starling [Dan Vickers] European Starling Sturnus vulgaris First brought to North America in the nineteenth century, European ...
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November 10, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Here's your Monday Salish Sea News and Weather: Starling, salmon runs, Western Arctic, Dave Upthegrove, Site C, democracy watch salishseanews.blogspot.com/2025/11/1110...
Here's your Friday Salish Sea News and Weather: Dark-eyed junco, climate pollution, timber wars, av fuel spill, phytomining, democracy watch, week in review. salishseanews.blogspot.com/2025/11/117-...
11/7 Dark-eyed junco, climate pollution, timber wars, av fuel spill, phytomining, democracy watch, week in review
Dark-eyed Junco [Bob Vuxinic] Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis Dark-eyed Juncos are neat, even flashy little sparrows ...
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November 7, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Here's your Friday Salish Sea News and Weather: Dark-eyed junco, climate pollution, timber wars, av fuel spill, phytomining, democracy watch, week in review. salishseanews.blogspot.com/2025/11/117-...
Thursday's Salish Sea News and Weather: Orange jelly, sea otter pollution, BC oil tanker ban, LNG contract, Canada enviro cuts, serving AI, democracy watch salishseanews.blogspot.com/2025/11/116-...
11/6 Orange jelly, sea otter pollutiion, BC oil tanker ban, LNG contract, Canada enviro cuts, serving AI, democracy watch
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November 6, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Thursday's Salish Sea News and Weather: Orange jelly, sea otter pollution, BC oil tanker ban, LNG contract, Canada enviro cuts, serving AI, democracy watch salishseanews.blogspot.com/2025/11/116-...
Wednesday's Salish Sea News and Weather: Black rockfish, BNSF trespass, native food expo, Snake R dams, LNG Canada bribe, marmot control, democracy watch salishseanews.blogspot.com/2025/11/115-...
11/5 Black rockfish, BNSF trespass, native food expo, Snake R dams, LNG Canada bribe, marmot control, democracy watch
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November 5, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Wednesday's Salish Sea News and Weather: Black rockfish, BNSF trespass, native food expo, Snake R dams, LNG Canada bribe, marmot control, democracy watch salishseanews.blogspot.com/2025/11/115-...
Tuesday's Salish Sea News and Weather: Maples, superfood, polluted Chinook, planting trees, Site C overruns, democracy watch salishseanews.blogspot.com/2025/11/114-...
11/4 Maples, superfood, polluted Chinook, planting trees, Site C overruns, democracy watch
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November 4, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Tuesday's Salish Sea News and Weather: Maples, superfood, polluted Chinook, planting trees, Site C overruns, democracy watch salishseanews.blogspot.com/2025/11/114-...
Here's your Monday Salish Sea News and Weather: Kestrel, J64 dead, NW forest policy, marmot protection, the blob, diesel fleet, deer contraception, Widgeon Marsh Park, democracy watch. salishseanews.blogspot.com/2025/11/113-...
11/3 Kestrel, J64 dead, NW forest policy, marmot protection, the blob, diesel fleet, deer contraception, Widgeon Marsh Park, democracy watch
American Kestrel [Michael JD] American Kestrel Falco sparverius North America’s littlest falcon, the American Kestrel packs a predator’s...
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November 3, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Here's your Monday Salish Sea News and Weather: Kestrel, J64 dead, NW forest policy, marmot protection, the blob, diesel fleet, deer contraception, Widgeon Marsh Park, democracy watch. salishseanews.blogspot.com/2025/11/113-...
Here's your Friday Salish Sea News and Weather: Deadman Island, big rain, saving trees, toxic lights, democracy watch, week in review. salishseanews.blogspot.com/2025/10/1031...
10/31 Deadman Island, big rain, saving trees, toxic lights, democracy watch, week in review
Deadman Island [Amy Nelson, Salish Current] Deadman Island (Happy Hallowe'en!) Deadman Island is one of the San Juan Islands in San...
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October 31, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Here's your Friday Salish Sea News and Weather: Deadman Island, big rain, saving trees, toxic lights, democracy watch, week in review. salishseanews.blogspot.com/2025/10/1031...
Thursday's Salish Sea News and Weather: Ghost shrimp, Helion, North Coast line, BC snap election, pipeline penalty, democracy watch salishseanews.blogspot.com/2025/10/1030...
10/30 Ghost shrimp, Helion, North Coast line, BC snap election, pipeline penalty, democracy watch
Bay ghost shrimp [Dave Cowles] Bay ghost shrimp Neotrypaea californiensis With their pale, fragile bodies, the ghost shrimps look ...
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October 30, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Thursday's Salish Sea News and Weather: Ghost shrimp, Helion, North Coast line, BC snap election, pipeline penalty, democracy watch salishseanews.blogspot.com/2025/10/1030...