Salish Sea News Week in Review November 22 204

 

Aloha Humane Society Day!

Humane Society Anniversary Day is celebrated annually on November 22 to commemorate the founding of Humane Society International, the world's largest animal protection organization. The day is a call to action to raise awareness about animal cruelty and to protect animals from harm. 

The power of a logjam: A vision of the Northwest’s rivers of old
In their natural state, Puget Sound rivers are a braided mess of forested islands, jammed with downed wood and surging with salmon. Now work is underway to restore the lower Elwha to a version of its past — in part by building giant logjams.

Trump picks Colorado oil and gas executive to lead Energy Department
Republican President-elect Donald Trump announced Saturday he wants Chris Wright, a Colorado oil and gas executive who denies that the world faces a “climate crisis,” to serve the new administration as Department of Energy secretary.

Bird flu decimated tern colony in northwest Washington
Study findings provide new details on a Caspian tern die-off near Port Townsend in 2023 and how the virus killed seals in the region, infecting their brains.

WWU scientists awarded $638K grant to study forage fish survival in Salish Sea
A multidisciplinary team of Western Washington University Marine and Coastal Science (MACS) faculty were recently awarded a three-year, $638,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to better understand the impact of polyunsaturated aldehydes (PUAs) – a type of toxic fatty acid, or lipid – on a group close to the bottom of the food pyramid that impacts everything above it: forage fish.

More logging is proposed to help curb wildfires in the US Pacific Northwest
U.S. officials would allow increased logging on 38,000 square miles (99,000 square kilometers) of federal lands in Oregon, Washington and California in the name of fighting wildfires and boosting rural economies under proposed changes to a sweeping forest management plan that’s been in place for three decades.

Urban salmon return to Metro Vancouver streams to spawn
Efforts to rehabilitate urban waterways have helped bring spawning salmon back to parts of Metro Vancouver, including unlikely-looking streams surrounded by industrial and residential development.

On BC’s North Coast, First Nations Are Building a New Economy
How the Great Bear Sea initiative is using conservation finance to create jobs and preserve nature.

'A special moment': Water again flowing at Red Slough on the Pitt River, fresh hope for salmon
B.C. Parks Foundation and the Katzie First Nation have announced the completion of one of the largest salmon restoration projects in Western Canada.

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