Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, born on this day in 1918, was a South African anti-apartheid activist and politician who served as the first president of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. He was the country's first black head of state and the first elected in a fully representative democratic election. (Wikipedia)
Will
the pinks arrive on schedule?
Twenty-nine million pink salmon could be swimming in the salt
water off British Columbia’s coast, waiting for their chance to
journey up the Fraser and spawn. Canada’s Department of Fisheries
is anticipating a record-breaking number of pink salmon to enter
the Fraser River this August.
Washington
state bans the sale of common ivy varieties starting in August
The Washington State Department of Agriculture announced it was
adding the English (also known as common) and Atlantic varieties
of ivy, among other plants, to its noxious weed seed and plant
quarantine. On Aug. 9, the sale of the ivy varieties will no
longer be legal in Washington.
Trump
administration says it won’t publish major climate change
reports on NASA website as promised
Earlier this month, the official government websites that hosted
the authoritative, peer-reviewed national climate assessments went
dark. The White House said NASA would house the reports to comply
with a 1990 law that requires the reports, which the space agency
said it planned to do. But on Monday, NASA announced that it
aborted those plans.
Cowichan
River could see another mass fish die-off
Warm temperatures, low river flows and declining water quality are
sparking fears of another mass fish die-off in the Cowichan River
this summer.
Poopy
beaches? Three-quarters of tested WA shores saw unsafe fecal
contamination
About 76% of tested Washington beaches showed potentially unsafe
fecal-contamination levels on at least one testing day last year,
according to the findings by Environment
America Research and Policy Center.
Although an official census report is not due until October, it appears that the population of our southern resident killer whales has increased by one over the past year.
After a landmark veto, Trump administration officials say they’re “open to reconsideration” and are negotiating a potential settlement of a lawsuit filed by Pebble’s developer.
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