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Drift Card Project Shows the impact of an Oil Spill – Globe and Mail
An interesting experiment generates unexpected results. And shows how vulnerable we all are to the massive increase in oil tankers that the Canadian Government is hell-bent on creating in the Straits...
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Lyre River Property Purchased for Conservation Area
Great news from the North Olympic Land Trust. If you have not been to the Lyre, it’s a beautiful small river out west of PA. —————————— A 280-acre property that is important to several salmon species...
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Salish Sea Vessel Traffic Projections: A 43 Percent Increase – Friends of the...
The battle is on to stop the expansion of shipping oil through the Strait of Juan de Fuca and the Salish Sea. Our gems, the San Juan Islands, lie directly in the path of a huge increase in vessel...
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Trudeau victory means uncertain future for pipeline projects – CBC
The first of many good news articles for the north coast of British Columbia, but with concerns still alive about tanker traffic increases in the Straits and Salish Sea, especially around the San...
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Did the US Navy Break Federal Laws to Push War Games Over National Forests? –...
The continuing saga of the Navy taking over more land, sea and air space, with the implied notion that they “own” it. We need a good lawyer out here that can stop this nonsense. A good read by...
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Submarine, support vessel collide off Washington coast – AP via Q13Fox
While not fatal to the environment (at least that we know about due to Navy secrecy), it is a reminder of how at risk our Strait and Coast are to possible radioactive contamination if one of these...
View ArticleCanadian oil boom may bring many more tankers to Northwest waters
6/11 Seattle Times Canadian oil boom may bring many more tankers to Northwest waters By Craig Welch Seattle Times environment reporter In the icy oil fields of Alberta, gargantuan machines traverse...
View ArticleThe oily truth, strait up: 800 tankers a year in Strait
As Victorians fuss about the idea of an expanded Kinder Morgan pipeline sending 350 oil tankers sliding past our front door every year, consider this: We already have 800 going the other way. U.S....
View ArticleJune 4th: Silence is not an option in Canada
Things are not going well for environmental protection on the north side of the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Since Canadian voters elected a majority conservative government and PM, an all out slashing of...
View ArticleVictoria should brace for rising sea levels, more storms: climate change...
Our neighbors across the Strait assess what climate change might mean to us on the Strait. A risk assessment on climate change for the City of Victoria says it needs to start work now to prepare for...
View ArticleCaffeine flushed into Pacific Ocean stresses marine life–CBC
So my question is: Is Caffeine ‘legacy’ as well as modern? Does it have a half life? Is this the caffeine that was dumped by our fathers in the 30s into the Sound after drinking coffee? Or is it...
View ArticleNice short video showing forage fish in action in the Strait
When you see the fish diving at the herring balls, this is likely what’s happening under the water. http://www.coastalwatershedinstitute.org/video.htm
View ArticleHalibut and Ling Cod fishing season set.
Season will open in May. Hood Canal and South Puget Sound being closed to help protect the rockfish population, which could be argued is similarly threatened in the Strait, but for some reason the...
View ArticleMystery kelp found in Strait at Elwha River mouth – PDN
An uncommon species of kelp was found last week off the Elwha River mouth — possibly a species that has not been seen there before. A team of scientists found the kelp, thought to be Laminaria ephemera...
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