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VOLUME 37, NUMBER 2 • JANUARY 14, 2014
Mysterious creature may be in our midst By Cali Bagby Weekly editor
They are the vampires of the sea, roaming our waters at night and drinking blood. They feed off even the most formidable of ocean predators: sharks. “Basically they are tougher than sharks,” Mary Moser said. For scientists like Moser, these blood-sucking eel-like fish called lamprey are fascinating to study. Little is known about the vampireesque creatures despite the fact that they are the oldest fish found in the Columbia River system, appearing in the fossil record 450 million years ago. When Moser speaks at elementary schools about lamprey, she usually says,
“Imagine back when dinosaurs were roaming the earth, lamprey fed on dinosaurs.” She describes the fish as super primitive, living on the planet way before the dinosaurs. Viewing lamprey today is like looking back into history, watching the past and the present collide. Moser is a fisheries biologist with the NOAA Fishers and Confederated Tribes Umatilla Indian Reservation. She has studied lampreys for decades. Once lampreys were abundant along the West Coast of the United States. The fish, which looks like a creature from a scifi flick, has smooth and slimy skin and numerous teeth appearing in a circu-
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Eerie, ominous and downright spooky, the mouth of the lamprey contains circular rows of sharp teeth that it uses to latch onto to its prey. lar swirl adapted for clinging and sucking. They can reach 30 inches in length and weigh over a pound. Making these terrifyinglooking fish appear even more insidious is its feeding practice. They make holes in the sides of their prey and feed on blood and body fluids for hours, days or even weeks. Large fish can survive a lamprey feeding with just a circular scar left behind. “I think they’re cute, but other people hate them,” Moser said. She understands that the fact that they drink blood may make them a hard sell with certain crowds. She explained to the Sounder that unlike other parasites that destroy their hosts, lamprey often just “sip a little blood.” Puget Sound population plummets The fact that they are parasites has been harmful to their image, added Moser. For instance, in the Great Lakes region sea lamprey were introduced to the waters and wreaked havoc on the ecosystem because they were not native. Sea Lamprey virtually exterminated lake trout in some of
the lakes. Unlike sea lamprey, Pacific lamprey are native to the Puget Sound and beyond, and may have a positive effect on our ecosystems. The current distribution of the Pacific lamprey in Western Washington includes most large rivers and streams along the coast and the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Moser said they are passing through on their way to streams on the mainland. According to research documents, Pacific lampreys have been commonly observed throughout the Salish Sea since they were first reported here in 1881, but their abundance and distribution have declined significantly throughout their
range over the past three decades. Lamprey records do not exist for the Salish Sea, but the fish probably occurs in most major river systems throughout the region. The Lopez-based laboratory Kwiaht and the Wild Fish Conservancy conducted extensive seining and electrofishing in San Juan County streams from 2004 to 2010 and did not encounter any lamprey. Moser said lamprey are very difficult to locate because they live in silty sediment and don’t usually respond to electrofishing. When they get a shock they tend to stay in the sediment. “But this is not all that surprising, since they seem to prefer lake-river systems or larger rivers,” said Russel Barsh, director of Kwiaht. He added that they have never found a lamprey attached to a juvenile salmon here and they have handled over 3,000 salmon. The absence of lamprey may have a negative affect on other species, like salmon. When populations of lamprey are high they can act as a buffer that helps salmon populations to rise. From seals to orcas to sturgeon, many predators big and small have the potential to feed on lamprey, taking the pressure off juvenile salmon. Moser said there is no scientific data to prove that lamprey can help bolster
the salmon population, but it’s a concept worth considering when you look at declining lamprey numbers. “They are like a really high energy bar for fish,” said Moser about lamprey. “Historically lamprey were super abundant.” Lamprey are also super producers; females can lay over 100,000 eggs, compared to salmon that lay from 2,000 to 5,000 eggs. Cross-current for cultural icon Moser said there are no scientific records tracking lamprey through the centuries but oral history from Indian tribes describe large populations in the Columbia and Snake River from the turn of the century until middle 1900s. Har vest opportunities started dropping off in the middle of the 20th Century. According to a recent press release by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, threats to Pacific lamprey may include dams, stream degradation, poor water quality and impacts of climate change. Due to these threats the FWS is launching the Pacific Lamprey Conservation Initiative to improve the status of Pacific lamprey throughout their range by helping implement research and conservation actions. According to the Pacific States Marine Fisheries SEE LAMPREY, PAGE 5
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We have a right to expect our law enforcement personal to have good judgment and be reasonable neighbors not merely automatons. Felix Menjivar, is by his own words a law enforcement zealot. We see almost daily examples where police have run amok. History is full of “authorities” using the law as an excuse for excess. The letter of the
law aside a good cop will inspire respect more than fear. I believe Felix having his hand on his gun was a serious threat and totally unacceptable in the circumstances he was faced with on Christmas Eve. A policeman needs to be cool and steady. Being out of control is a potential danger and inspires an out of control and escalated response. Menjivar needs to find a job sorting beans or something where there really is
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a black and white. Dealing with people as a deputy is not a job he is suited for despite his zeal to get us to behave. GREGG BLOMBERG Lopez Island
It would appear that San Juan County Sheriff Rob Nou has been presented with a very fortunate Christmas gift - a clear and early warning on the serious threat to his department embodied in the form of deputy Felix Menjivar. After reading all the
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published reports on the Christmas Eve hayride incident in Friday Harbor, one can’t help but be alarmed that one of the the first instincts of one of our sworn officers of the law when confronted with a well-illuminated float full of Christmas carolers and children, but lacking a working taillight, is to go for his gun. There is absolutely no excuse for this loss of personal control, especially in a supposedly well-trained police officer. But for the swift actions of a more mature fellow deputy on the scene, this could have exploded into a major tragedy. Deputy Menjivar nearly succeeded in placing the San Juan Islands on the national map for all the wrong reasons.
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Our peaceful island community is well-served by the rest of the Sheriff’s Office employees and I have had nothing but the best of relationships with all those I’ve come in contact with. Their professionalism and courteous demeanor would make me proud to call any of them a friend. Sadly, Deputy Menjivar cannot be called one of these professionals. His lack of self control and dangerous, hot-headed behavior in public has put a stain on the reputation of this otherwise excellent department. Our community’s citizens are now proclaiming their lack of trust not only in Mr. Menjivar, but the department as a whole due to his close association with them. Once trust is lost, it is very difficult to reclaim. Sheriff Nou is a good and honorable man whose personal and professional reputation is now at risk because of one “rogue cop”. In this era of “zero tolerance” over violence, bullying, and gun crimes, the sheriff should take full and immediate advantage of this warning by removing Mr. Menjivar
from his post before the unthinkable happens.
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Another look at aircraft noise The Seahawk fans are proud of their reputation as being the loudest stadium in the NFL. The noise level sometimes exceeds that of a jet taking off. Football is entertaining and is a sport. The training required maintaining mission readiness for the F/A-18 Growlers is not; it is essential. We live on the southend of Lopez in the same area as SEE LETTERS, PAGE 5
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Lou’s best of picks for 2013 By Lou Pray
Library Director at Lopez Island Library
There was such a wealth of great new items at the library this year it is really hard to pick but I’ll give it a shot! A caveat: these are my favorites. You will find more on the staff picks display area in the library. I’m sure many of you have your own favorites from 2013. The Adult Winter Reading Program starts Feb. 1. We’d love to hear all about them! Write it up and perhaps win a prize. Top Five Books of 2013 •“Life After Life” by Kate Atkinson. I’ve always loved Atkinson’s mysteries with the wry but big-hearted Jackson Brody hero but this skyrocketed to the top of the list this year and it is clearly in a whole another class. This is actually my favorite book and audiobook of the year. Ursula has a destiny and during her many “start overs” as she dies and is reborn again in an attempt to reach this “destiny” we the readers get inside the skin of the whole household, not just Ursula as the most sub-
tle changes bring alternate paths to Ursula’s life and that of others. This is one to be savored and discussed. • “Death at SeaWorld: Shamu and the dark side of whales in captivity” by David Kirby. If you are like me, you hold our resident Orca pods in awe, as magical and powerful in our minds as our northern neighbors regard the polar bear, but less likely to hunt and kill you if you enter their domain. Of course, they are apex predators, as this book reminds us. Also highly intelligent and socially-complex, perhaps more so than us, some speculate. So what happens
when these “hard-wired for family” mammals are stolen from their beloved pod members and vast aquatic playgrounds and forced to live in a relative “bathtub” for decades as outsiders? The catchphrase sums it up: “Don’t capture what you can’t control.” The actual day-to-day lives (severely shortened from free-range whales) are detailed as are the numerous deaths of trainers and others by orcas in captivity. A realeye opener of “Shamu” stars and the actual way orcas live in the wild. The best book I’ve read about killer whale social networks and
family groups. For more on the subject, watch Blackfish, a major motion picture from Magnolia Pictures and CNN Films available at the library. •“The Woman Upstairs” by Claire Messud. An electric read, this book roars as it’s heroine, a artist by night, teacher by day develops ties to “celebrated” Italian artist and her family. This has a lot to say about the ethics of friendship as well as the modern art and academic world. My pulse was pounding when I finished this one. Blistering! •“Ocean at the End of the Lane” by Neil Gaimen. Can you go home again? Okay, maybe yes but if you couldn’t quite remember why you couldn’t remember. And what if the beloved neighbors you remembered in an oddly vague way were way more odd and unearthly than you or anyone could imagine. A fantasy with humanity and love to spare. Also, a real thrill ride! A tied with my other favorite fantasy of the year: The Humans by Matt Haig. Imagine the narrator
as voiced by Hugh Laurie as an alien assigned to eradicate the human race but has a curious change of heart. A hilarious poison-valentine to the foibles of us Earthlings. •“Book of Ages: the Life and Opinions of Jane Franklin” by Jill Lepore. Historian Lepore gives some equal time to another Franklin of historical note: Benjamin’s younger sister Jane. Witty, well-read,
a mother of 12(!) and a shrewd writer and observer of the highly-charged political world she found herself in and yet Jane Franklin remains a largely unknown figure in the American Revolution. Start 2014 with discovering her! All these are free at your Lopez Island Library. Don’t forget to check out our new Books and DVDs weblinks at lopezlibrary.org.
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Commission, the Pacific lamprey has little economic value in the Pacific Northwest, but “tribal people harvested these fish for subsistence, ceremonial, and medicinal purposes.” Moser said lamprey is just as important to tribes as salmon. For Columbia Basin tribes, lamprey is considered a “first food.” “It was eaten as a ceremonial meal,” she said. “Lamprey has a place at the table with deer and salmon and huckleberries.” Moser has gotten up close with the fish, from handling it to even tasting lamprey meat. Due to the mucousy and slipper y texture of lamprey, one has to wear damp cotton gloves, and despite how
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that of the author concerned about the noise. As a navy veteran perhaps our ears are more sympathetic to the noise of these EW/ECW aircraft. We understand the critical role they play in the mission of the carrier battle groups air wing. With the Obama’s administration strategic pivot to the Pacific, more flying from NAS Whidbey would be expected. The accusation that Whidbey aircraft were seen dumping fuel west of the naval station begs for authentication. It is easy to allege
terrifying a lamprey may look, Moser has never seen one tr y to bite a human. As for the taste of lamprey? Moser said, “It’s a strong flavor, oily kind of dense flesh ... it’s good.” Built to adapt, endure As for the extinction of lamprey, Moser is optimistic that these fish will endure. “Part of the reason they have survived this far is that they are super flexible,” she said. For instance, lampreys must swim upstream to spawn, so they developed suction-like mouths to hold onto rocks to help complete the journey. Both male and female lampreys construct their “spawning” nests also by moving stones with their mouths. Lampreys have also found a way to survive in both salt water and freshwater. Even more mysterisuch happenings. However, the who, what, when, where and why specifics need be cited. Events such as those claimed are bound by strict policy and rules. If reported, a thorough investigation can establish ground rules and appropriate accountability for those responsible. Finally, the caveat “Buyers Beware” is quite appropriate in any real estate transaction. We have lived in our home for 20 years. The F/A18’s predecessor, the A-6 Prowlers, were flying when we purchased our land. They were just recently replaced by Growlers. JAMES AND SARAH BRADY Lopez Island
Sudoku Fill in the blank cells using numbers 1 to 9. Each number can appear only once in each row, column, and 3x3 block. Use logic and process of elimination to solve the puzzle. The difficulty ranges from 1-5 (easy) 6-10 (moderate) and 11-15 (hard). Today’s puzzle is level 12. Sudoku and Crossword answers on page 8
ous, lampreys do not have stomachs. Instead food goes from the esophagus to intestines. In late winter, the lamprey’s sexual reproductive system grows, their intestines shrink and they live off stored fat. Looking at other animals that have gone extinct, Moser added that many of those creatures required a narrow set of conditions. When their environment was disturbed those animals could not adapt, but lampreys have a much broader suite of what they can do and where they can live. “We are not putting them in front of obstacles they never had to deal with,” she said. “They have been able to make it, and it is because they have the ability to adapt, to change.”
Flute, Lute and Louis XV The four 2014 Salish Sea Early Music Festival performances commence with Flute, Lute and Louis XV with Jeffrey Cohan playing baroque flute, and John Lenti on theorbo (a longnecked lute) and baroque guitar on Monday, Jan. 20 at 7 p.m. at Grace Church on Lopez Island. The flute, the lute and musical taste underwent major transformation during the long reign of Louis XIV, who was king of France from 1715 when he was 5 years old (Bach and Handel were 30) until his death in 1774. The program will include works by Michel Blavet, Joseph Bodin de
Boismortier, Jean-Marie Leclair and Michel Corrette among other composers, performed on period instruments. This four th annual Salish Sea Early Music Festival features four programs with some of the finest international soloists on period instruments from Germany, Montreal, Alabama, and the Northwest in performances of some of the greatest baroque chamber music by outstanding composers. Tickets are a suggested donation: $15 or $20, series pass $60. Ages 18 and under free. For more info, visit www.
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change. As atmospheric carbon climbed past 400 parts per billion, we have entered unknown territory. Many people, myself included, have difficulty facing what climate science demands of us. We have difficulty imagining let alone embracing the radical changes to economies, consumption patterns, and political systems necessary if carbon emissions are to be sufficiently reduced. Why does our imagination fail in this way? One reason is that reduction in fossil fuel consumption will lead to economic degrowth. It goes against prosperity and threatens our notion of a “good life”, the kind of life most consider worth living. But consider that Homo Sapiens has walked the earth for 200,000 years, and that fossil fuels revolutionized industrial production only in the last 200 years or so. It is remarkable that our notion of “life” has evolved to be so completely entwined with petroleum that we have a hard time imagining living without it. Matthew Huber’s book
Lifeblood details the petroleum industry’s efforts to saturate American life with petroleum products and to shape the country’s cultural politics toward neoliberal values such as privatism, individualism, and consumer choice. Petroleum became the material and energetic basis for entrepreneurial life, home ownership, automobility, and the nuclear family. Americans take pride in the myth of “self-made” individuals. But this “hardearned success” and affluence today seems inconceivable without petroleum and petro-economy. The petroleum industry equates opposition to limitless petroleum consumption with opposition to cherished national ideals. Unfortunately, this insidious view is not confined to the United States, but has been embraced worldwide. To adequately address climate change, it is vital to recognize that the neoliberal ideal of life based on selfish, individual advancement does not serve us well. We have become lonely, dissatisfied individuals trying to out-compete each other
Worship Services in the Islands LOPEZ ISLAND CHRIST THE KING COMMUNITY CHURCH, There’s Always a Place for You! CTK gathers at 10:00 a.m. in the school multi-purpose room at 86 School Road. Come as you are! More info at www.ctkonline.com/lopez. Email: lopez@ctkonline.com Phone: 888-421-4CTK ext. 819. GRACE EPISCOPAL CHURCH, welcomes you to worship with us on Sundays at 10:00 a.m. Fisherman Bay Road at Sunset Lane. 468-3477. Everyone welcome! HARBOR OF HOPE LUTHERAN CHURCH, invites you to worship at 10 a.m. Sundays beginning Oct. 27 at 1145 Channel Road. Please check at www.theharborofhope.com for information on “The Bulletin Board,” or call Pastor Don 468-4019. LOPEZ ISLAND COMMUNITY CHURCH, 91 Lopez Road. Sunday School: pre-school through adult 9:30 a.m.; Worship at 10:30 a.m. Pastor Jeff Smith 468-3877. LUTHERAN CHURCH IN THE SAN JUANS. Join us Sundays at 9:00 a.m. in Center Church on Davis Bay Road. Also in Friday Harbor at 11:00 a.m. in St. David’s and in Eastsound at 1:15 p.m. in Emmanuel. Pastor Anne Hall, 468-3025. QUAKER WORSHIP GROUP Meetings will be Sundays at 10:00 a.m. at the home of Ron Metcalf, 6363 Fisherman Bay Road. Children’s program. Everyone welcome. Phone 468-2129. Email: lopezfriends@gmail.com ST. FRANCIS CATHOLIC CHURCH Come worship with us at Center Church on Davis Bay Rd. We welcome you to join us for Mass at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Call 3782910 for Mass times on San Juan and Orcas Islands.
while destroying our health and our planet. Fortunately, humans are hard-wired to be caring, kind and compassionate, a fact confirmed by scientific studies by Dacher Keltner at the UC Berkeley. Healthier visions of the good life— ones that emphasize love, community, solidarity, compassion, and generosity—have been cherished in much of human history and by many cultures. These visions and values must be nurtured to counter the “survival-of-the-fittest” narrative. Humans have deep yearning for empathy, connections and belonging to something bigger than individual selves. When we connect with this core yearning and unleash our creativity and compassion, I believe the world has plenty of resources and ingenuity to blaze a new, healthier path for humanity, take care of all beings and heal the planet. When our values, communities, work, and economies come into harmony with nature we will experience the lasting fulfillment of lives welllived.
Council expresses concerns over coal project By Steve Wehrly Journal reporter
The San Juan County Council is “disturbed” that the scope of the Environmental Impact Statement for the Gateway Pacific Terminal project apparently paid no attention to San Jan County. At its Jan. 7 meeting, the council approved a letter to the Corps of Engineers, the state Department of Ecology and Whatcom County - the three “co-lead agencies” which jointly will produce the EIS - that asks for specific consideration of the impacts of the project on San Juan County. SEE COAL, PAGE 8
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The impacts in question were detailed in a letter prepared and submitted by the council in 2012 during a months-long scoping process that included hearings in Friday Harbor and six other locations around the state in 2012. That letter specifically asked for an “area wide EIS” that would “consider the cumulative impact of the transportation, storage, shipment, and use of coal” on the Salish Sea ecosystem and on the health of San Juan County’s citizens and economy.
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A joint release of the three co-lead agencies in July, 2013, rejected the idea of an area-wide EIS, saying instead that the environmental review of the project “will closely study … direct effects at the site and evaluate a broad range of indirect and cumulative impacts likely to occur within and beyond Washington.” In its latest letter, the council wrote, “Most importantly, we are disturbed that none of the ‘co-lead agencies’ recognize the obligation to include the concerns that we have expressed specifically for San Juan County.” Alice Kelly, a planner for the Department of Ecology
working on the Gateway Pacific project EIS, would not comment on the council’s letter until all parties had received and considered it, but she pointed out that the EIS will consider all “reasonably foreseeable impacts and effects that can be attributed to this project” – other than the impacts and effects of the mining projects in Montana and Wyoming, which are regulated by the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management. In other Jan. 7 meeting activity, the council discussed the draft revisions to the Critical Areas Ordinances and set the public hearing date on the ordi-
nances to Feb. 4. The council also unanimously elected Rick Hughes as 2014 council chairman and Bob Jarman as vicechairman.
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