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What, like Costco?

Read the article

No, hence my comment

😂 they’re referring to Kirkland, WA. A town. And the chef there that has a creek running behind her restaurant.

The brand Kirkland is named after the town.

God tier response

She's a surprisingly good chef, especially considering what you pay for her.

Crick?

This is how you protect business interests as a chef, we don’t want what happened to the crabs to keep happening.

Wrong way around. The town is named after the brand. Town voted to rename the town after falling in love with Kirkland frozen Pizza.

I too thought she worked at Costco

That cauliflower crust supreme is pretty amazing. No lie.

Kirkland signature river

Her specialties are pizza and chicken bake

This has also been ongoing trend in Finland where people restore old streams and rivers. The fish will quicly return so it's very rewarding.

It’s the only one I get anymore

Kirkland chef restores stream after deflating ham candle

This is what I do for a living glad to see more people doing it.

Please Reach out to the Salmon Restoration Foundation found here.

If you are also interested in doing this kind of work you can apply here and here.

I can also talk to anyone whose interested in working with us too and point them in the right direction.

There is are also select U.S. Veterans positions that help with retraining veterans in new positions. I am one of these veterans on the tail end of this retraining.

Hope to hear from anyone interested.

Could be worse, I live in Fleshlightville.

Named after Nancy and Ned Fleshlight. Who famously served their nation by being fleshlights for the soldiers.

Hi, just wondering what program you're using? Skill bridge? Also, the job links aren't working, do you have any other links? I'm starting to plan for my military retirement and this sounds fun. Thanks for the info

doesnt take much to make a big difference in the world - this applies to people as well ( a little bit of kindness)

reach out

Are people allowed to fish for the salmon after?

In middle school we raised salmon for release, thinking we were doing a great thing by restoring salmon populations. Then I found out we allow people catch salmon. I didn't, and still don't, really understand the point.

I remember that jimmy buffett song

Nah they don't pronounce it that way in metropolis part of WA. But they do use warsh occasionally.

Kirkland used to be such a nice suburb of seattle, too. Now it's just wildly overpriced housing and some of the worst traffic in the country wah wah. Seriously, don't ever find yourself on the 405 near kirkland anytime during daylight hours.

I live in Seattle and I can’t remember the last time I was in Kirkland. Maybe never?

Rubbin my dingaling

With this rubber thing

Well you don't work at Costco corporate, obvs.

Hey really happy to talk! There are two Programs.

The California Conservation Corps is the program I'm currently in. They have a fantastic Veterans Program however it's limited to people under 29.

If you are retiring Americorps is nation wide and to my knowledge not limited by age and has even more option to help and give back to the community and the environment.

Here is the application link for the CCC.

From Washington and we say crick. Picked it up from our cousins near Vader.

What happened to crabs?

In Alaska, crab season got cancelled because over 1 billion crabs just do not exist anymore.

It's still nice. 405 is only a minor inconvenience, it sucks more if you're in Bothell or even further out. Traffic on surface streets hasn't returned to pre-pandemic levels. Best part is all the lakefront parks! And an awesome restaurant like Cafe Juanita doesn't hurt.

Rehabilitation work isn't really done in the main stem of a river to my knowledge, I could be wrong I'm still in training myself, but the reaches ghat I've worked in wouldn't be very good for fishing. They are difficult to reach and very cramped or on privately own logging land.

They are being turned into spawning grounds for salmon near the end of their life cycles.

Sadly one of the biggest problem I've seen is exactly what you point out despite our efforts to save them people refuse to stop fishing for them and it would be next if not impossible to change the laws regarding them do to special interest groups.

East side?

Nope, looks like the middle of nowhere part though.

Haha!

> 405 is only a minor inconvenience

As someone who sat on that god forsaken parking lot every day for 8 years, I should cut you with a box knife.

I have literal PTSD. I keep piss bottles in my car in case I randomly wind up stuck on a freeway for 3 extra hours for absolutely no reason.

Not a judgement, but can someone please explain why this would have cost $100k?

Severed? The whole nation? Oh dear.

Snow Crabs, Dungeness crabs are still being slain. Also acidification of the ocean is a new threat to these species. Edit: King Crab not Dungeness. King is The Gulf of Alaska, Dungeness is PNW

Welcome to Costco. I love you.

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I don’t, but it’s now in Issaquah, another town that’s gotten way too ritzy.

Oh yeah, for sure. Even Rentin' is crazy now.

Juanita water is a cest pool. The sewage lines are always leaking in to the streams, lakes, ponds. All of this is bullshit. The Salmon came back in every part of the state. They closed rivers early this year because coho are flocking up the streams(endangered). This 100% isn't because of a small business noticing a lack of fish after '22' years.

my hometown:0 i’ll be supporting their business!

Thrashing fish kill mosquito larvae.

Fucking right!?!? They didn't even explain what exactly they did outside of remove blackberries and show some chains around stumps

Wasn't it several billion crabs are missing and there's only about a billion left?

"only"

You don't have access to this server.

Can't be the only one thinking Costco Chef?

"There’s an annual survey of the Bering Sea floor carried out by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which estimates that the crustaceans’ total numbers fell to about 1.9 billion in 2022, down from 11.7 billion in 2018, or a reduction of about 84 percent, Yahoo reported."

https://www.pennlive.com/nation-world/2022/10/expert-identifies-what-caused-a-massive-die-off-of-alaskas-snow-crabs.html

Yeah this is just so they can continue to sell us delicious lox at low low prices don’t be fooled by the headline.

Not as bad as Rough and Ready, California.

1.9 billion is a lot, but, relatively speaking, seeing it drop so fast from 11.7 billion is really bad

Meh, I honestly prefer the vat grown for food purposes.

I can't be the only one who though a Costco food service worker did this.

Costco named it after the city of Kirkland,WA where it was founded.

Yep. That is horrifying. If a verified time traveler said “There are 7 billion humans in 2022 but only 1 billion in 2026” we would all freak the hell out

1.9 billion is fuck all if we are talking about how many things live in the ocean (and are eaten by things in the ocean).

That’s about as far as $100k gets you in Kirkland.

Well, thats a lot to us but to an entire ecosystem its a worrying trend

Exactly. Imagine if some disease came through and wiped out 3/4 of all humans next year. That'd be bad.

Balls, NY, climax, NY, peepee township, oh Poopoo point, Washington

My two favorites: shafter, Ca and Weiner , Ar

Legit used to smoke weed near this creek when I lived in Kirkland lol

I mean if COVID wiped out 84 percent of the population we would call it Armageddon

I’d like an explanation regarding naming an Italian restaurant Cafe Juanita

Costco corporate is in Issaquah, not Kirkland.

Yeah, I used to live in Kenmore off of Juanita and I love Kirkland, especially Juanita Beach Park and Juanita Bay Park. We're planning to move back soon and Kirkland-area is our target.

Depends on how you vote....

This is awesome, but adding stumps and removing plants cost 100k?

Unlike the Tukwila location that named the road Costco.

Something for sure tried in 2019, 2020 and even 2021. It looks like at this point this planet would have to try harder to get rid off us.

Nah, we still would. There is no way they survive. It's all a hoax, remember?

My god, I’m out of touch. I was thinking wait, what? One of those Costco demonstrators chef guys steams his little schtick online, seriously?

Edit- I mean her

Same in Australia. A country town I worked in consulted local Aboriginal elders to find how to make the creeks and springs operate like they did before European settlement. People thought the creek was a lost cause and impossible to fix. They grew a lot of "weeds" on the banks that farmers were angry about, that were actually indigenous greenery. These weeds stabilised the banks, and improved the soil quality.

Their theories were similar to this, lots of spots where the water can slow down, shade to reduce evaporation and protection of the banks. It was amazing seeing a creek come back, as it once was, and what it will always will be.

Kirkland used to be nice?

Then we should…. Stop eating them?

Stream fishing for salmon absolutely does not affect the population of migrating salmon, plus they start dying the minute they hit fresh water.. damns, and hydroelectric energy are what is killing them off because they can't get back up stream from the ocean to where they were born

Was confused for a hot second then I remembered that Kirkland is a real place and that it isn't just a Costco brand

guess I'm taking a trip to buy some frozen cauliflower crust supreme pizza. wow never thought I'd actually say that combination of words in that order...

Misread that as “it sucks more if you’re in Brothel” and thought, “wow, maybe the joke about naming the town after your favorite store isn’t so far off.”

Blasphemy! I want to eat the very last one. /s

jk go vegan for the planet homies

I was confused as to why Costco was doing this but then wouldn't put it past them for some quality Kirkland Salmon. And then I read the article. Still good news though!

Great news, but sadly this is a widespread problem. Nearly all salmon rivers are affected in various degree by human intervention, whether it be through sewage pollution or agricultural runoff of macronutrients, both of which increase toxicity and cause deoxygenation of the streams due to bacterial growth. Rivers are also directly disturbed by being partially put under ground into pipes, often cutting the salmon off from the upstream breeding grounds. Lots of streams are also being used for hydropower, where dams either reduce or even fully stop the flow for periods of the year.

The good thing is that once conditions are restored, fish populations may rise quickly. However, it usually takes alot of work from locals, often cases this may be sport fishing clubs or even contracted by authorities, in continuing the efforts to yearly release smolt (juvenile salmon) in the rivers, in order to have them return to the same river later to spawn. Restoring previous populations takes time and effort!

People in the industry all know that Russia has been over fishing crab to offset war expenses. The crab haven’t just disappeared, Russia is scrambling to fill their war coffers

Don’t eat the homies!

No joke, it’s really good! As is the four cheese gluten free pizza. I have celiac and those are really the only two pizza that I’ve tried that hold a flame to what I remember normal thin crust pizza tasting like. Highly recommend!

Alaska canceled all crabbing and hasn’t been crabbing king for over a year already.

Oh don't worry, the planet is just getting warmed up

> Blasphemy! I want to eat the very last one. /s

We need to make sure Zoidberg's people don't come here, then.

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To shreds you say?

What's your plan down the road, eat old tires and huff glue?

We should call Liam Neeson.

Man I love costco

Except the reason why the crabs died (ocean acidification/climate change) along with algae blooms are killing billions of other creatures every year. Literally every commercial fishing spot in the world is overfished and we are on the tipping point of no return for an incredible amount of species.

Its not just the crabs.

Uh oh “the 405”? That’s the spy right over there, officer. 😉

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Good for Costco. :)

Thank you for your insight

$100k is not really very much.

He may already be on that part of the road.

I read that as "Kirkland chef restores steak..."

Well, how is his wife holding up?

Fuck yeah I love stream restoration

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Probably not because too many people will just say "no". We do need to stop taking all of the cookies out of the jar though.

Vegan is very difficult. I think pushing for more veggies and less meat on a plate or trying for vegetarian is better.

That will happen eventually. Same reason we don’t eat Dodo birds

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> I do this for a living. $100k is very cheap. A large driver of the costs are environmental regulations. You can’t just call up a contractor to show up and jam wood in a stream. The stream needs to be assessed to understand what can be done. It needs to be surveyed so you have a base to work from. It needs to be modeled to ensure that whatever you do doesn’t increase flooding. It needs to be designed to ensure that what they put there is going to stay put. Then it has to go through a rigorous permitting process. All that work needs to be done by experts who are expensive. That’s me - though I now work for a public agency myself.

> Once it’s finally time to construct the project, again you can’t just start ripping up a stream. You need to have biologists go through an capture all the wildlife. You need to carefully pump or divert the water so as not to harm the wildlife outside of the project. You need to protect the stream from any sediment or spills that could pollute the stream. All this is on top of working with natural materials that are oddly shaped requiring field adjustments as you construct.

Yes only. It's like if something happened that caused the human population globally to drop to 1.4 billion in 3 years. That would be devastating to those left behind.

Used to be good food, now it's just fast food fanfare...

I don’t personally find it difficult, but any steps toward veganism people can take is great. It doesn’t have to be all or nothing to make an impact.

Finally a good news story about the environment!