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savesalishsea.bsky.social @savesalishsea.bsky.social · 1d

Salish Sea News Week in Review 10/10/25: Squid Friday, pink salmon, carbon removal, WA carbon market, Vancouver sewage, AK mining, BC beavers, Skagit sockeye, WA solar. The Blob returns. salishseacommunications.blogspot.com/2025/10/sali...

Salish Sea News Week in Review October 10 2025

Aloha Squid Friday! There are over 300 species of squid, which are in the Teuthida order. They live in every ocean, alone or ...

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Here's your Friday Salish Sea News and Weather: Rhinoceros auklet, The Blob returns, new WA ferries, killer beetles, renewable energy, BC pipe, butterfly color, democracy watch, week in review. salishseanews.blogspot.com/2025/10/1010...

10/10 Rhinoceros auklet, The Blob returns, new WA ferries, killer beetles, renewable energy, BC pipe, butterfly color, democracy watch, week in review

Rhinoceros Auklet [Ken Langelier] Rhinoceros Auklet Cerorhinca monocerata The squat, grayish Rhinoceros Auklet is a close rel...

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savesalishsea.bsky.social @savesalishsea.bsky.social · 2d

Thursday's Salish Sea News and Weather: Frosted nudibranch, Skagit sockeye, Victoria shoreline, WA solar farm, Yukon migration, Utah coal leases, democracy watch salishseanews.blogspot.com/2025/10/109-...

10/9 Frosted nudibranch, Skagit sockeye, Victoria shoreline, WA solar farm, Yukon migration, Utah coal leases, democracy watch

Frosted nudibranch [Sea Slug Forum] Frosted nudibranch Dirona albolineata This nudibranch occurs in the Eastern Pacific Ocean from Al...

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savesalishsea.bsky.social @savesalishsea.bsky.social · 3d

Wednesday's Salish Sea News and Weather: Western grebe, BC beavers, peninsula logging, fed coal, Neil Jacobs, democracy watch salishseanews.blogspot.com/2025/10/108-...

10/8 Western grebe, BC beavers, peninsula logging, fed coal, Neil Jacobs, democracy watch

Western Grebe [Gregg Thompson] Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis Western Grebes are large and slender with long necks and long, t...

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savesalishsea.bsky.social @savesalishsea.bsky.social · 4d

Tuesday's Salish Sea News and Weather: Vermilion rockfish, WA carbon market, Vancouver sewage, AK mining road, shoreline access, Nobel Prize, democracy watch salishseanews.blogspot.com/2025/10/107-...

10/7 Vermilion rockfish, WA carbon market, Vancouver sewage, AK mining road, shoreline access, Nobel Prize, democracy watch

Vermilion rockfish [Sea Grant] Vermilion rockfish Sebastes miniatus Vermilion rockfish range from Zaikof Bay, Montague Island, Prince Wil...

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savesalishsea.bsky.social @savesalishsea.bsky.social · 5d

Here's your Monday Salish Sea News and Weather: Golden locust, pink salmon boom, Trump's science, wildfire risk, carbon removal, Pierce Co pipe, democracy watch salishseanews.blogspot.com/2025/10/106-...

10/6 Golden locust, pink salmon boom, Trump's science, wildfire risk, carbon removal, Pierce Co pipe, democracy watch

Golden locust Golden locust Robinia pseudoacacia 'Frisia' The golden locust is a broadleaf deciduous tree with gold foliage. ...

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savesalishsea.bsky.social @savesalishsea.bsky.social · 9d

Thursday's Salish Sea News and Weather: Bonsai, Jane Goodall, Alberta pipe, WA wildfires, Joffre Lakes Park,eclipse pic, invasive bugs, dog's life, democracy watch salishseanews.blogspot.com/2025/10/102-...

10/2 Bonsai, Jane Goodall, Alberta pipe, WA wildfires, Joffre Lakes Park,eclipse pic, invasive bugs, dog's life, democracy watch

Bonsai Bonsai Bonsai is the Japanese art of growing and shaping miniature trees in containers, with a long documented history of influen...

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savesalishsea.bsky.social @savesalishsea.bsky.social · 11d

Tuesday's Salish Sea News and Weather: Pygmy rabbit, Bristol Bay salmon, leaded water, residential schools, First Nation salmon, island names, democracy watch salishseanews.blogspot.com/2025/09/930-...

9/30 Pygmy rabbit, Bristol Bay salmon, leaded water, residential schools, First Nation salmon, island names, democracy watch

Pygmy rabbit Pygmy rabbit (Columbia Basin population) Brachylagus idahoensis The pygmy rabbit is the smallest rabbit species in North Am...

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savesalishsea.bsky.social @savesalishsea.bsky.social · 12d

Here's your Monday Salish Sea News and Weather: Pygmy owl, Orange Shirt Day, Truth and Reconciliation, residential schools, Discover Pass, air travel, democracy watch salishseanews.blogspot.com/2025/09/929-...

9/29 Pygmy owl, Orange Shirt Day, Truth and Reconciliation, residential schools, Discover Pass, air travel, democracy watch

Northern Pygmy-Owl [Blair Dudeck] Northern Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium gnoma The Northern Pygmy-Owl may be tiny, but it’s a ferocious hunter wi...

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savesalishsea.bsky.social @savesalishsea.bsky.social · 14d

Here's your Friday Salish Sea News and Weather: Huckleberry, Kitimat LNG health, WA wildfire funding, Victoria tourism, vanishing fish, democracy watch, week in review salishseanews.blogspot.com/2025/09/926-...

9/26 Huckleberry, Kitimat LNG health, WA wildfire funding, Victoria tourism, vanishing fish, democracy watch, week in review

Red Huckleberry Red Huckleberry Vaccinium parvifolium There are about 450 species of Vaccinium worldwide, about 40 in North America w...

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savesalishsea.bsky.social @savesalishsea.bsky.social · 16d

Thursday's Salish Sea News and Weather: Yellow sac spider, WA logging, totem pole journey, border funding, fish eggs, tagging shad, Tacoma orcas, quarry stink, US climate, democracy watch salishseanews.blogspot.com/2025/09/925-...

9/25 Yellow sac spider, WA logging, totem pole journey, border funding, fish eggs, tagging shad, Tacoma orcas, quarry stink, US climate, democracy watch

Yellow Sac Spider Yellow sac spiders Cheiracanthium Yellow sac spiders are found in eastern Washington and in the Seattle area. These...

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savesalishsea.bsky.social @savesalishsea.bsky.social · 17d

Wednesday's Salish Sea News and Weather: Vine maple, 'green scam,' BC LNG, entangled humpback, AK oil leasing, democracy watch salishseanews.blogspot.com/2025/09/924-...

9/24 Vine maple, 'green scam,' BC LNG, entangled humpback, AK oil leasing, democracy watch

Vine maple [Native Plants PNW] Vine Maple Acer circinatum Vine maple, although not really a vine, has very slender, often sprawling, b...

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savesalishsea.bsky.social @savesalishsea.bsky.social · 18d

Tuesday's Salish Sea News and Weather: Aster, BC old growth, DNR transfer, CascadePBS, DOD 'forever chemicals,' EPA endangerment findings, sturgeon deaths, ship noise, killer sharks, Hilary Franz, democracy watch salishseanews.blogspot.com/2025/09/923-...

9/23 Aster, BC old growth, DNR transfer, CascadePBS, DOD 'forever chemicals,' EPA endangerment findings, sturgeon deaths, ship noise, killer sharks, Hilary Franz, democracy watch

Aster Aster spp. Asters are a highlight of the autumn landscape. There are about 250 species native to North America, Europe, and Asia. I...

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savesalishsea.bsky.social @savesalishsea.bsky.social · 19d

Here's your Monday Salish Sea News and Weather: Equinox, newborn orca, new river channel, green crab count, glacierless peak, Elders for Ancient Trees, plastic recycling, High Seas Treaty, democracy watch salishseanews.blogspot.com/2025/09/922-...

9/22 Equinox, newborn orca, new river channel, green crab count, glacierless peak, Elders for Ancient Trees, plastic recycling, High Seas Treaty, democracy watch

Autumnal equinox Autumnal equinox On Monday, Sept. 22, at 2:19 p.m. Eastern daylight time (11:19 a.m. Pacific daylight time) autumn beg...

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savesalishsea.bsky.social @savesalishsea.bsky.social · 22d

Here's your Friday Salish Sea News and Weather: Brown-headed cowbird, border handshake, Canadian step back, sinking tug, BC wildfires, dead humpback, democracy watch, week in review salishseanews.blogspot.com/2025/09/919-...

9/19 Brown-headed cowbird, border handshake, Canadian step back, sinking tug, BC wildfires, dead humpback, democracy watch, week in review

Brown-headed cowbird [Greg Gillson] Brown-headed cowbird Molothrus ater The Brown-headed Cowbird is a migratory blackbird. It arrives ...

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savesalishsea.bsky.social @savesalishsea.bsky.social · 23d

Thursday's Salish Sea News and Weather: Leopard slug, youth climate suit, CA carbon market, Canada climate target, Peninsula smoke, Victoria smoke, undescribed species, democracy watch salishseanews.blogspot.com/2025/09/918-...

9/18 Leopard slug, youth climate suit, CA carbon market, Canada climate target, Peninsula smoke, Victoria smoke, undescribed species, democracy watch

Leopard slug Leopard slug Limax maximus Limax maximus is a species of slug in the family Limacidae , the keeled slugs. Although nativ...

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savesalishsea.bsky.social @savesalishsea.bsky.social · 24d

Here's your Wednesday Salish Sea News and Weather: Ratfish, Ksi Lisims LNG, shoreline collapse, apocalypse house, owlet, story pole, Redford legacy, democracy watch salishseanews.blogspot.com/2025/09/917-...

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Alan McConchie @mappingmashups.net · 24d

Commentary from 25 county auditors in #WashingtonState: "Vote-at-home is the law in Washington — and it works"

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#Elections #VoteByMail #uspol #USPolitics

Vote-at-home is the law in Washington — and it works • Washington State Standard

COMMENTARY | The U.S. Constitution grants states the authority to conduct federal elections, and Congress sets certain minimum standards. Here in Washington, our Legislature has determined that vote-a...

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savesalishsea.bsky.social @savesalishsea.bsky.social · 25d

Tuesday's Salish Sea News and Weather: Lion's mane jelly, killing sea lions, BC LNG, awesome orcas, wildfire threat, ibis, math beauty day, democracy watch salishseanews.blogspot.com/2025/09/916-...

9/16 Lion's mane jelly, killing sea lions, BC LNG, awesome orcas, wildfire threat, ibis, math beauty day, democracy watch

Lion's mane jellyfish [Dan Hershman] Lion's mane jellyfish Cyanea capillata The lion's mane jellyfish is one of the largest known spec...

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savesalishsea.bsky.social @savesalishsea.bsky.social · 26d

Here's your Monday Salish Sea News and Weather: Bear-grass, dead orca calf, BC old-growth war, tufted puffin, Bill McKibben, wildfire smoke, Climate Working Group, Hispanic Heritage Month, nautical history, democracy watch salishseanews.blogspot.com/2025/09/915-...

9/15 Bear-grass, dead orca calf, BC old-growth war, tufted puffin, Bill McKibben, wildfire smoke, Climate Working Group, Hispanic Heritage Month, nautical history, democracy watch

Bear-grass [Barbara Mumblo] Bear-grass Xerophyllum tenax Bear-grass is in the Liliaceae (lily family) which contains 478 species in ...

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savesalishsea.bsky.social @savesalishsea.bsky.social · 29d

Here's your Friday Salish Sea News and Weather: Butterwort, Columbia Basin dam suits, freed humpback, Enchantments, Ghost the Octopus, democracy watch, week in review salishseanews.blogspot.com/2025/09/912-...

9/12 Butterwort, Columbia Basin dam suits, freed humpback, Enchantments, Ghost the Octopus, democracy watch, week in review

Butterwort Butterwort Pinguicula Pinguicula, commonly known as butterworts, is a genus of carnivorous flowering plants in the family L...

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savesalishsea.bsky.social @savesalishsea.bsky.social · Sep 11

Thursday's Salish Sea News and Weather: Tansy ragwort, emerald ash borer, Cosmopolis mill, fresh school food, BC heat dome, LNG health risks, US public lands, democracy watch salishseanews.blogspot.com/2025/09/911-...

9/11 Tansy ragwort, emerald ash borer, Cosmopolis mill, fresh school food, BC heat dome, LNG health risks, US public lands, democracy watch

Tansy ragwort [Richard Old] Tansy Ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris Tansy ragwort is toxic and a threat to livestock and agriculture....

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savesalishsea.bsky.social @savesalishsea.bsky.social · Sep 10

Wednesday's Salish Sea News and Weather: Liverwort, WA pinks, Yakima Tieton canal, pollen, democracy watch salishseanews.blogspot.com/2025/09/910-...

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savesalishsea.bsky.social @savesalishsea.bsky.social · Sep 9

Tuesday's Salish Sea News and Weather: Bladderwort, warming seas, Mount Polley mine, inspector training, polluter spill response, fish farm ban, salmon restored, water for salmon, democracy watch salishseanews.blogspot.com/2025/09/99-b...

9/9 Bladderwort, warming seas, Mount Polley mine, inspector training, polluter spill response, fish farm ban, salmon restored, water for salmon, democracy watch

Bladderwort [USDA Forest Service] Bladderwort Utricularia The bladderworts is a genus of carnivorous plants consisting of approximatel...

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savesalishsea.bsky.social @savesalishsea.bsky.social · Sep 8

Here's your Monday Salish Sea News and Weather: Beach sandwort, Roadless Rule rollback, WA wildfires, quake, icebreaker port, Musqueam appeal, wildlife trade, democracy watch salishseanews.blogspot.com/2025/09/98-b...

9/8 Beach sandwort, Roadless Rule rollback, WA wildfires, quake, icebreaker port, Musqueam appeal, wildlife trade, democracy watch

Beach sandwort [Sound Water Stewards] Beach sandwort Honkenya peploides Beach sandwort forms low mounds about 10 in (25cm) high on the ...

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