LEO Network - Search Resultshttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net2024-03-29T13:58:56Zhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/Images/logo.pnguuid:3C057594-70FC-4CDB-AAC6-6CE06CEE24A6Tribe catches coho salmon on free-flowing Elwha River, a first since dam removals2023-10-10T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T13:58:56ZLEO Networkhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.netask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Elwha River, Washington, United States</h3><p>October 10, 2023</p><p>The Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe catches coho salmon on the free-flowing Elwha River for the first time in over a century since the removal of dams, marking a historic moment for the tribe and the river's recovery.</p><img src='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/en/attachments/thumbnail/EEAAA018-E287-4FB7-A424-861648B2F9DC'/><p><a href='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/posts/show/3C057594-70FC-4CDB-AAC6-6CE06CEE24A6'>Read more...</a></p></div>48.1660854190125 -123.508897089325uuid:6527398F-2888-4136-91B8-86D1C10D4430Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Found in Seals on Marrowstone Island in Puget Sound2023-08-25T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T13:58:56ZLEO Networkhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.netask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Marrowstone, Washington, United States</h3><p>August 25, 2023</p><p>Three adult harbor seals in Puget Sound have tested positive for the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H5N1 strain, marking the first incidence of HPAI in marine mammals on the West Coast, and officials are urging beachgoers to avoid contact with wildlife.</p><img src='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/en/attachments/thumbnail/494E4B53-544C-4073-817A-76E2BE7DCF3F'/><p><a href='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/posts/show/6527398F-2888-4136-91B8-86D1C10D4430'>Read more...</a></p></div>48.0607960894895 -122.697305087386uuid:B0AD4085-B4DA-451A-BFBF-958DBC4430E1Bluefin tuna washes up far from home in Salish Sea 2023-07-19T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T13:58:56ZLEO Networkhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.netask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Crescent Beach, Orcas Island, Washington, USA</h3><p>July 19, 2023</p><p>Joe Gaydos found a bluefin tuna washed up on Orcas Island off the coast of Washington state. According to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the fish usually roam the more temperate waters of the Pacific Ocean.</p><img src='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/en/attachments/thumbnail/7C278CF5-D89D-4DCD-9469-D9EC3E64385B'/><p><a href='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/posts/show/B0AD4085-B4DA-451A-BFBF-958DBC4430E1'>Read more...</a></p></div>48.6955230872358 -122.895610969506uuid:8469EDC0-2B63-4F9E-888E-CF4DFC515C61Drought in the Saanich Peninsula2023-05-14T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T13:58:56ZLEO Networkhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.netask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>North Saanich, British Columbia, Canada</h3><p>May 14, 2023</p><p>“We spent the weekend outdoors camping on the peninsula and notices shoreline grasses has dried and shriveled.”</p><img src='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/en/attachments/thumbnail/A5E0765D-FBF2-40BA-8EBC-31E4C7D089A7'/><p><a href='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/posts/show/8469EDC0-2B63-4F9E-888E-CF4DFC515C61'>Read more...</a></p></div>48.66634 -123.41933uuid:A89F6CB0-F06E-43E9-BAA2-2FDF25B63B64Fish arriving in revitalized stream in View Royal, B.C.2023-02-16T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T13:58:56ZLEO Networkhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.netask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>View Royal, British Columbia, Canada</h3><p>February 16, 2023</p><p>New fish have been spotted in a recently revitalized section of Craigflower Creek in View Royal, B.C., thanks to a development site with an environmental focus.</p><img src='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/en/attachments/thumbnail/08F4400E-F41A-477C-A01B-081328EC0DBD'/><p><a href='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/posts/show/A89F6CB0-F06E-43E9-BAA2-2FDF25B63B64'>Read more...</a></p></div>48.451805 -123.434306uuid:C39E18F7-E4BD-4040-823B-B7B121B3AF56Record-breaking numbers of whales were spotted off Victoria’s coast in 20222023-01-11T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T13:58:56ZLEO Networkhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.netask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Salish Sea</h3><p>January 11, 2023</p><p>In 2022, a record number of Bigg’s killer whales (orcas) and humpback whales were spotted in the waters surrounding Victoria as well as south along Washington’s border.</p><img src='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/en/attachments/thumbnail/32B9E69C-9294-4B13-B4A1-46F4682C8CB7'/><p><a href='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/posts/show/C39E18F7-E4BD-4040-823B-B7B121B3AF56'>Read more...</a></p></div>48.6067636357012 -123.277343809605uuid:BF30AAD4-0E67-41CD-A168-70F2F6BFA111Photographer finds massive octopus dead on Vancouver Island shore2022-05-10T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T13:58:56ZLEO Networkhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.netask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Cherry Point, British Columbia, Canada</h3><p>May 10, 2022</p><p>A B.C. photographer and her dog found a Giant Pacific octopus washed up on the shore of a Vancouver Island beach.</p><img src='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/en/attachments/thumbnail/A42A2837-AA9C-4386-9E95-D2C46EAA4F8E'/><p><a href='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/posts/show/BF30AAD4-0E67-41CD-A168-70F2F6BFA111'>Read more...</a></p></div>48.733471 -123.593851uuid:C96B6269-F520-4C9A-AF20-21DCAE035249Invasive European green crab found in Nuu-chah-nulth territories 2021-12-14T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T13:58:56ZLEO Networkhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.netask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Marietta-Alderwood, Washington, United States</h3><p>December 14, 2021</p><p>The Lummi Nation has declared a disaster after removing 70,000 invasive European green crabs from their sea pond in November.
According to Seattle-based King News, the Lummi Nation cultivates shellfish and juvenile salmon in their 750-acre sea pond. The European green crab preys on young oysters, clams, and are known to dig down into the sand, uprooting eel grass, which is habitat for juvenile salmon.</p><img src='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/en/attachments/thumbnail/2FCF0DB4-7600-4A1F-90B5-5FD89BC4C5C5'/><p><a href='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/posts/show/C96B6269-F520-4C9A-AF20-21DCAE035249'>Read more...</a></p></div>48.8080693595631 -122.56982329385uuid:BE906C2B-7ACF-4541-B851-7D5D408B8D84Discovery of fly larvae positive sign for salmon2021-10-28T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T13:58:56ZLEO Networkhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.netask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Bowker Creek, Oak Bay, British Columbia, Canada</h3><p>October 28, 2021</p><p>Volunteers from the Friends of Bowker Creek Society say uncovering caddisfly larvae in the gravel beds of the stream show the water quality has improved to a level sufficient to sustain salmon and cutthroat trout.</p><img src='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/en/attachments/thumbnail/BA1D4B60-3BBA-4B04-B24A-72F6F2F97AC8'/><p><a href='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/posts/show/BE906C2B-7ACF-4541-B851-7D5D408B8D84'>Read more...</a></p></div>48.4299711249293 -123.309606223987uuid:D1A06515-D577-486F-B836-27C538B42E1FRare clash between two distinct kinds of orcas in the Salish Sea — and the endangered fish-eaters won2021-10-12T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T13:58:56ZLEO Networkhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.netask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Point Roberts, Washington, United States</h3><p>October 12, 2021</p><p>Two distinct species of orcas feed and socialize in the waters of Puget Sound: fish-eating endangered southern resident killer whales and transient, or Bigg’s, killer whales, which feed on marine mammals and are more common. They seldom mix.</p><img src='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/en/attachments/thumbnail/8EBBFD92-299C-41A4-BC87-439DA8BAD111'/><p><a href='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/posts/show/D1A06515-D577-486F-B836-27C538B42E1F'>Read more...</a></p></div>48.9366666666667 -123.061111111111uuid:135452D9-89C4-4981-A988-4B51A4569933Gumboot Chiton <em>Cryptochiton stelleri</em> Die-off2021-10-10T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T13:58:56ZLEO Networkhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.netask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Coupeville, Washington, United States</h3><p>October 10, 2021</p><p>We saw over 100 on a 1/2 mile stretch of beach. I am wondering if the chiton die-off is related to the stormy conditions or something else?</p><img src='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/en/attachments/thumbnail/731A5F71-477F-4E07-9CF0-3E518652E007'/><p><a href='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/posts/show/135452D9-89C4-4981-A988-4B51A4569933'>Read more...</a></p></div>48.2247222222222 -122.770277777778uuid:AB35C0B6-0A56-4678-B5D2-039247071B7BChinook salmon returning in surprising numbers to Cowichan River2021-09-29T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T13:58:56ZLEO Networkhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.netask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Cowichan River</h3><p>September 29, 2021</p><p> In 2009, the numbers dropped down to just 500 pairs of Chinook returning. Yet, as of Tuesday, more than 8,000 Chinook had returned to their Cowichan River spawning grounds. The improvement is the result of years of conservation efforts by Cowichan Tribes, who have worked to restore the river to its course before logging operations changed the river.</p><img src='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/en/attachments/thumbnail/2CE14236-BE34-4636-8B47-52E55E0AD881'/><p><a href='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/posts/show/AB35C0B6-0A56-4678-B5D2-039247071B7B'>Read more...</a></p></div>48.7709892146929 -123.660086061245uuid:2E5977B2-3DE1-4660-B588-961090078634'Unprecedented' absence of southern resident killer whales from Salish Sea2021-07-21T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T13:58:56ZLEO Networkhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.netask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Salish Sea</h3><p>July 21, 2021</p><p>The most common pod of southern resident killer whales who migrate to the Salish Sea during the summer have not been seen for than 100 days, marking a highly unusual absence from their historic summer hunting ground, according to researchers.</p><img src='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/en/attachments/thumbnail/6E69D6CE-3D25-4047-B4C4-EEE41D051004'/><p><a href='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/posts/show/2E5977B2-3DE1-4660-B588-961090078634'>Read more...</a></p></div>48.7366710584867 -123.255441098745uuid:51643F3A-38B2-44B3-B050-C24CB67CA9C3Extreme heat cooks shellfish alive on Puget Sound beaches 2021-06-26T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T13:58:56ZLEO Networkhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.netask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Anacortes, Washington, United States</h3><p>June 26, 2021</p><p>A record-shattering heat wave June 26-28 coincided with some of the year's lowest tides on Puget Sound. The combination was lethal for millions of mussels, clams, oysters, sand dollars, barnacles, sea stars, moon snails, and other tideland creatures exposed to three afternoons of intense heat.
</p><img src='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/en/attachments/thumbnail/45A19993-3331-4E4C-AB2F-C44E594278E7'/><p><a href='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/posts/show/51643F3A-38B2-44B3-B050-C24CB67CA9C3'>Read more...</a></p></div>48.5126 -122.61267uuid:1A67BB71-742E-42AF-AF8C-60DA9DF0FA17Arbutus trees under stress on Gabriola Island2021-04-01T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T13:58:56ZLEO Networkhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.netask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada</h3><p>April 1, 2021</p><p> In early April I observed what appears to be widespread disease of Arbutus trees (Arbutus menziesii) on the island. Leaf blight is a known factor affecting Arbutus trees; but I wonder if other factors such as climate change may also be contributing to what is perceived as a general decline of the species. </p><img src='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/en/attachments/thumbnail/8E8C2723-620F-478E-92C2-0BE896990842'/><p><a href='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/posts/show/1A67BB71-742E-42AF-AF8C-60DA9DF0FA17'>Read more...</a></p></div>49.219391107258 -123.835144042969uuid:4948B24D-A638-4F74-B807-7BB09AAAFCE4Ferries cancelled as high winds hit Metro Vancouver, Gulf Islands 2021-02-26T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T13:58:56ZLEO Networkhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.netask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Tsawwassen, British Columbia, Canada</h3><p>February 26, 2021</p><p>Several BC Ferries sailings between the mainland and Vancouver Island were cancelled Friday due to high winds blasting across the Strait of Georgia.</p><img src='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/en/attachments/thumbnail/38849856-498C-45D7-9793-F5E0BBD52C82'/><p><a href='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/posts/show/4948B24D-A638-4F74-B807-7BB09AAAFCE4'>Read more...</a></p></div>49.03 -123.1uuid:278E994D-6DAA-411E-8E55-D681A1A1EC1EPine Siskin Salmonellosis Outbreak2021-01-31T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T13:58:56ZLEO Networkhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.netask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>North Saanich, British Columbia, Canada</h3><p>January 31, 2021</p><p>An outbreak of salmonellosis among pine siskins in North Saanich, British Columbia, Canada may be linked to an increased population, migratory irruption, and the use of bird feeders during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown.</p><img src='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/en/attachments/thumbnail/5AF2FF0C-706D-40BB-9398-4AFBBBC3647B'/><p><a href='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/posts/show/278E994D-6DAA-411E-8E55-D681A1A1EC1E'>Read more...</a></p></div>48.5735121333509 -123.456877470016uuid:5539C7AF-4F1C-4047-8DF0-A3EBA6101B09An Increase of Hail in Victoria, British Columbia2021-01-01T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T13:58:56ZLEO Networkhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.netask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Oak Bay, British Columbia, Canada</h3><p>January 1, 2021</p><p>Over the last few years, there has been an increase in the occurrence of hail during the winter and early spring months. This type of weather is very unusual for this area. While our current experiences with hail have been mild, an increase in frequency and severity is cause for concern. </p><img src='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/en/attachments/thumbnail/68ABE056-1A04-467F-9734-C74BD63C4353'/><p><a href='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/posts/show/5539C7AF-4F1C-4047-8DF0-A3EBA6101B09'>Read more...</a></p></div>48.4340982367179 -123.319792449474uuid:401AE5D2-A40D-447D-9D16-D7B47E5280FBRare King-of-the-salmon fish found on Vancouver Island2020-09-30T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T13:58:56ZLEO Networkhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.netask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Sooke, British Columbia, Canada</h3><p>September 30, 2020</p><p>A rare deep-sea fish was discovered on Vancouver Island this month. A pair of friends, Natalie Mueller and Andie Lafrentz, were walking along Whiffin Spit in Sooke on Sept. 19 when they spotted what they first thought was a “large piece of scrap metal.”</p><img src='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/en/attachments/thumbnail/A1E749EB-6E60-4E85-A437-B063015031D5'/><p><a href='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/posts/show/401AE5D2-A40D-447D-9D16-D7B47E5280FB'>Read more...</a></p></div>48.3580157832993 -123.727898597717uuid:53DCD4A8-C725-4756-BDEC-93D7982B0257Rare fish washes ashore at Whiffen Spit2020-09-22T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T13:58:56ZLEO Networkhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.netask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Sooke, British Columbia, Canada</h3><p>September 22, 2020</p><p>It was a king-of-the-salmon (Trachipterus altivelis), a deep-sea-dwelling species of ribbonfish. Its common name comes from the legends of the Makah people west of Strait of Juan de Fuca, which believe this “king” leads the salmon to their spawning grounds each year.</p><img src='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/en/attachments/thumbnail/18A53809-B656-455B-8DDB-AA7598706888'/><p><a href='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/posts/show/53DCD4A8-C725-4756-BDEC-93D7982B0257'>Read more...</a></p></div>48.3570283743042 -123.722349754162