Happy Birthday, Joni!
Roberta
Joan Mitchell (b. Nov. 7 1943) is a Canadian-American
singer-songwriter, painter, and multi-instrumentalist. A highly regarded figure
in folk music, Mitchell's influential albums from the 1960s to
the 2000s sold millions of copies and inspired generations of
artists.
Newest
J-Pod orca calf missing, presumed dead
The Center for Whale Research said its latest observation of J-Pod on Oct. 23 did not find J64, born in September, when it encountered the entire pod, including the calf’s mother, J42, in Swanson Channel off Mayne Island.
Forest Service restarts effort to change decades-old Pacific Northwest forest policy
The U.S. Forest Service is going back to the drawing board with an update to the Northwest Forest Plan, a set of policies that broadly dictates where logging can occur on 25 million acres of forests in Oregon, Washington and northwest California.
Tiny birds, and their tiny superfood, could decline due to ‘irreversible’ effects of Vancouver port expansion
The Roberts Bank Terminal 2 expansion at Canada’s busiest cargo port could be fast-tracked by the federal government. It’s a major stop for 3.5 million western sandpipers to eat and recharge while travelling the entire Pacific.
The Center for Whale Research said its latest observation of J-Pod on Oct. 23 did not find J64, born in September, when it encountered the entire pod, including the calf’s mother, J42, in Swanson Channel off Mayne Island.
Forest Service restarts effort to change decades-old Pacific Northwest forest policy
The U.S. Forest Service is going back to the drawing board with an update to the Northwest Forest Plan, a set of policies that broadly dictates where logging can occur on 25 million acres of forests in Oregon, Washington and northwest California.
Tiny birds, and their tiny superfood, could decline due to ‘irreversible’ effects of Vancouver port expansion
The Roberts Bank Terminal 2 expansion at Canada’s busiest cargo port could be fast-tracked by the federal government. It’s a major stop for 3.5 million western sandpipers to eat and recharge while travelling the entire Pacific.
Young
Chinook salmon in Puget Sound near urban waterways found
containing ‘forever chemicals’
A study led by WDFW’s Toxics Biological Observation System unit and researchers from the University of Washington discovered various “contaminants of emerging concern” in waterways around the Sound.
A study led by WDFW’s Toxics Biological Observation System unit and researchers from the University of Washington discovered various “contaminants of emerging concern” in waterways around the Sound.
WA
tribe settles lawsuit over oil-train trespass
The Swinomish Indian Tribal Community said Tuesday it had reached an agreement with BNSF Railway, putting an end to a lawsuit over the railway’s trespass over tribal land. In June 2024 a Seattle judge ordered BNSF Railway to pay the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community nearly $400 million in profits from trespassing on the reservation. BNSF appealed.
The Swinomish Indian Tribal Community said Tuesday it had reached an agreement with BNSF Railway, putting an end to a lawsuit over the railway’s trespass over tribal land. In June 2024 a Seattle judge ordered BNSF Railway to pay the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community nearly $400 million in profits from trespassing on the reservation. BNSF appealed.
‘Native
Grown and Gathered Food Expo’ launches inaugural, and
potentially last, gathering
Native food producers and procurers came together for the first Indigenous foods expo in Seattle this October to connect and help build Indigenous food ways economically, but a one-year run may be all that’s in store as federal funding cuts strip monies available for future gatherings.
Native food producers and procurers came together for the first Indigenous foods expo in Seattle this October to connect and help build Indigenous food ways economically, but a one-year run may be all that’s in store as federal funding cuts strip monies available for future gatherings.
Contamination levels were about three times higher in animals found near shipping lanes and urban centres.
B.C. premier, First Nations call on feds to continue oil tanker ban
B.C. Premier David Eby stood with members of numerous First Nations from B.C.’s northern coast on Wednesday to support and sign a declaration that asks Ottawa to continue a moratorium on oil tankers in the province’s northern waters.
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