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Orcas Garden Club: Welcome to November

By Community|2024-11-12T12:22:39-08:00November 12th, 2024|0 Comments

Land Bank Meeting

By Community|2024-11-12T12:14:09-08:00November 12th, 2024|0 Comments

Wind advisory | Tuesday through Wednesday

By News Source|2024-11-12T12:15:36-08:00November 11th, 2024|0 Comments

Proposition 1 | Conservation Area real estate excise tax extended to 2038

By Community|2024-11-08T11:47:20-08:00November 8th, 2024|0 Comments

Southern residents lose two killer whales in blow to population

By News Source|2024-11-08T10:56:09-08:00November 8th, 2024|0 Comments

How has extreme weather impacted you?

By News Source|2024-11-07T10:29:24-08:00November 7th, 2024|Comments Off

Penn Cove Orcas make their first return to the site of brutal 1970 killings

By News Source|2024-11-06T12:13:30-08:00November 6th, 2024|Comments Off

High winds forecast for 4am to 2pm Monday

By News Source|2024-11-04T13:05:09-08:00November 3rd, 2024|Comments Off

Garden Club presentation native bees, hoverflies in our gardens

By Community|2024-10-29T12:51:26-07:00October 29th, 2024|Comments Off

Reminder | Islands Oil Spill Association forum

By Community|2024-10-26T14:35:03-07:00October 27th, 2024|Comments Off

‘Fish War’ film about tribal fishing rights coming to all 3 islands

By Community|2024-10-26T14:09:51-07:00October 27th, 2024|Comments Off

The AI power struggle | Data centers are in a desperate search for energy

By Community|2024-10-26T13:24:24-07:00October 26th, 2024|20 Comments

Guests Opion | Public lands, a question of values

By Community|2024-10-26T12:06:56-07:00October 26th, 2024|2 Comments

Wind advisory for tonight

By News Source|2024-10-25T11:23:42-07:00October 25th, 2024|Comments Off

Guest Opinion | Should we be subsidizing the profligate power consumption of mansion owners?

By Community|2024-10-23T20:42:19-07:00October 23rd, 2024|13 Comments

Land Bank seeks input on Draft Stewardship Management Plan

By Community|2024-10-21T14:16:55-07:00October 22nd, 2024|Comments Off

Annual Indian Island report card now available

By Community|2024-10-21T21:02:09-07:00October 22nd, 2024|Comments Off

Friends of the San Juans — Protecting the San Juans and Salish Sea

By Community|2024-10-19T12:54:32-07:00October 20th, 2024|1 Comment

ALERT Project and Friends of San Juans to co-host oil spill response public engagement event

By Community|2024-10-17T13:01:44-07:00October 17th, 2024|Comments Off

Land Bank Meeting

By Community|2024-10-16T12:47:03-07:00October 16th, 2024|Comments Off

A La Niña winter is coming. Here’s what that could mean for the US

By News Source|2024-10-15T17:20:43-07:00October 16th, 2024|Comments Off

San Juan County is preparing for rain – and you should be, too

By Community|2024-10-15T17:10:34-07:00October 16th, 2024|Comments Off

Island Stewards receives grant to invite all voices to the table

By Community|2024-10-15T15:02:51-07:00October 15th, 2024|Comments Off

Islands Oil Spill Assoc. Community Forum

By Community|2024-10-15T14:30:09-07:00October 15th, 2024|Comments Off

Trees and land absorbed almost no CO2 last year. Is nature’s carbon sink failing?

By News Source|2024-10-14T13:54:23-07:00October 15th, 2024|Comments Off

Protecting whales from ship strikes

By News Source|2024-10-13T15:40:46-07:00October 14th, 2024|10 Comments

Friends of San Juans virtual annual gathering

By Community|2024-10-13T13:19:16-07:00October 13th, 2024|Comments Off

Collapsing wildlife populations near ‘points of no return’, report warns

By News Source|2024-10-12T14:08:14-07:00October 13th, 2024|Comments Off

Animal Justice calls for immediate action to end Marineland’s cycle of neglect and death

By News Source|2024-10-11T19:24:04-07:00October 13th, 2024|Comments Off

Earth’s wildlife populations have disappeared at a ‘catastrophic’ rate in the past half-century

By News Source|2024-10-12T13:52:07-07:00October 13th, 2024|Comments Off

Clean Water Advisory Committee response to Zylstra Lake dam removal rumors

By Community|2024-10-11T15:25:18-07:00October 12th, 2024|Comments Off

Researchers concerned after new orca calf observed skinny, struggling to breathe

By News Source|2024-10-11T19:46:55-07:00October 12th, 2024|Comments Off

Update on Conservation Land Bank preserves

By Community|2024-10-11T13:23:58-07:00October 11th, 2024|3 Comments

The Whale Museum’s Virtual Gear Down Workshop for Marine Naturalists

By Community|2024-10-10T14:01:23-07:00October 10th, 2024|Comments Off

Great WA ShakeOut

By Community|2024-10-10T13:39:15-07:00October 10th, 2024|Comments Off

Workshop: Grant Writing for Farmers

By Community|2024-10-10T11:27:59-07:00October 10th, 2024|Comments Off

Community Wildfire Protection Plan needs your input

By Community|2024-10-09T15:55:41-07:00October 9th, 2024|1 Comment

NOAA predicts severe geomagnetic storm

By News Source|2024-10-11T11:45:02-07:00October 9th, 2024|1 Comment

Guest Opinion | The Salish Sea is not “pristine”

By Community|2024-10-09T12:48:34-07:00October 9th, 2024|4 Comments

Orca tally ‘frustrating’ for those trying to save J, K and L pods

By News Source|2024-10-08T15:48:21-07:00October 8th, 2024|Comments Off

County’s restoration work in Zylstra Lake corridor continues

By Community|2024-10-08T15:33:06-07:00October 8th, 2024|Comments Off

Tesla co-founder program | The future is electric

By Community|2024-10-08T15:20:51-07:00October 8th, 2024|Comments Off

Renew Our Land Bank Committee refutes ‘con’ statement in Voters’ Pamphlet

By Community|2024-10-08T14:42:25-07:00October 8th, 2024|Comments Off

Deadly virus found in rabbits on Lopez, Orcas Islands

By News Source|2024-10-07T16:39:57-07:00October 8th, 2024|Comments Off

For the first time since spring, endangered Southern Resident orcas return to Puget Sound

By News Source|2024-10-06T18:46:09-07:00October 8th, 2024|Comments Off

Scientists issue warning about increasingly alarming whale behavior due to human activity

By News Source|2024-10-07T16:52:58-07:00October 7th, 2024|Comments Off

Garden Club October Event

By Community|2024-10-06T18:32:24-07:00October 7th, 2024|Comments Off

The Whale Museum announces search for new Executive Director

By Community|2024-10-07T12:34:05-07:00October 7th, 2024|Comments Off

Aurora this weekend? The answer is in the clouds

By News Source|2024-10-04T16:43:54-07:00October 4th, 2024|Comments Off

Census shows 3 killer whales lost from endangered southern resident population

By News Source|2024-10-05T10:56:47-07:00October 4th, 2024|Comments Off

Film Screening of FISH WAR

By Community|2024-10-03T13:49:47-07:00October 3rd, 2024|Comments Off

Skagit County to curb some glass recycling

By News Source|2024-10-01T20:44:24-07:00October 2nd, 2024|1 Comment

Southern Resident orcas have more diverse diet than previously thought, research reveals

By Community|2024-10-01T15:21:54-07:00October 1st, 2024|Comments Off

Annual Gardening Workshop

By Community|2024-10-01T11:00:39-07:00October 1st, 2024|Comments Off

Eat, Pray, Pollute | On the needed death of tourism

By News Source|2024-10-01T13:18:16-07:00October 1st, 2024|16 Comments

Understanding Fertilizer Use for Garden Soils

By Community|2024-10-02T15:07:56-07:00September 30th, 2024|Comments Off

Letter to Editor | Spirit of Land Bank is foresight, generosity

By Community|2024-09-30T13:01:45-07:00September 30th, 2024|Comments Off

County plans next vessel turn-in event

By Community|2024-09-30T10:35:16-07:00September 30th, 2024|Comments Off

Whale entangled in rope freed after ‘complex,’ 4-day operation off Canada

By News Source|2024-09-29T13:04:31-07:00September 29th, 2024|Comments Off

Wild orcas spotted hunting dolphins off Chile in a scientific first

By Community|2024-09-28T10:20:05-07:00September 28th, 2024|Comments Off

Orcas Island Farm Tours begin on October 4

By Community|2024-09-27T11:17:26-07:00September 27th, 2024|2 Comments

Joint statement on Columbia R. hatchery settlement with WA Dept. Fish and Wildlife

By News Source|2024-09-27T10:44:18-07:00September 27th, 2024|Comments Off

You’re Invited! Join the County at Open Houses this fall to lend your voice to 2025 Comp Plan

By Community|2024-09-26T13:49:51-07:00September 26th, 2024|Comments Off

New Southern Resident orca calf seen in stunning NOAA drone video

By News Source|2024-09-26T10:47:59-07:00September 26th, 2024|Comments Off

North Shore Preserve opening

By Community|2024-09-25T10:39:48-07:00September 25th, 2024|Comments Off

Letter to Editor | O’Day working to solve Community Treasures crisis

By Community|2024-09-22T12:56:11-07:00September 22nd, 2024|1 Comment

Mason Bee Cocoon Harvesting

By Community|2024-09-22T11:14:15-07:00September 22nd, 2024|Comments Off

Gardening for Biodiversity with Native Plants

By Community|2024-09-21T17:16:26-07:00September 22nd, 2024|Comments Off

Scientists issue warning about increasingly alarming whale behavior due to human activity

By News Source|2024-09-22T10:34:04-07:00September 22nd, 2024|2 Comments

Don’t forget Great Islands Clean-Up this weekend

By Community|2024-09-20T13:36:54-07:00September 20th, 2024|Comments Off

League of Women Voters of Washington takes stand against Initiative 2066

By Community|2024-09-18T15:54:07-07:00September 18th, 2024|Comments Off

Land Bank Commission will meet on Friday

By Community|2024-09-18T13:35:18-07:00September 18th, 2024|Comments Off

Animal rights group calls for release of Argentina’s last captive orca

By News Source|2024-09-17T16:49:56-07:00September 18th, 2024|Comments Off

Letter to Editor | Land Bank is successful; let’s not lose it

By Community|2024-09-17T15:21:19-07:00September 17th, 2024|Comments Off

SJC Tourism at a Crossroads? (Part 2 – Paulsen-Hughes respond)

By Matthew Gilbert|2024-09-17T17:29:53-07:00September 17th, 2024|4 Comments

New orca calf born to Southern Resident L pod

By News Source|2024-09-18T14:20:06-07:00September 17th, 2024|1 Comment

Guest Opinion | Energy transition, the bigger picture, Part 3 of 3

By Community|2024-09-19T11:24:31-07:00September 17th, 2024|7 Comments

Guest Opinion | Energy transition, the bigger picture, Part 2 of 3

By Community|2024-09-16T10:31:52-07:00September 16th, 2024|3 Comments

Guest Opinion | Energy transition, the bigger picture, Part 1 of 3

By Community|2024-09-16T14:17:57-07:00September 15th, 2024|2 Comments

Garden Club DIG IN experience | Far Reaches Farm field trip

By Community|2024-09-14T11:58:26-07:00September 14th, 2024|Comments Off

SJC tourism at a crossroads? (Part 1)

By Matthew Gilbert|2024-09-17T14:39:45-07:00September 11th, 2024|7 Comments

Council reviews Visitors Bureau contract to balance destination marketing

By Community|2024-09-11T12:46:18-07:00September 11th, 2024|Comments Off

Master Gardener clinic

By Community|2024-09-09T13:51:45-07:00September 9th, 2024|Comments Off

2024 Fall Great Islands Clean-up

By Community|2024-09-07T10:35:04-07:00September 8th, 2024|Comments Off

Food resiliency and climate change in the San Juan Islands

By Community|2024-09-06T14:20:29-07:00September 6th, 2024|2 Comments

Meet garden author Karla Lortz

By Community|2024-09-05T13:47:44-07:00September 5th, 2024|Comments Off

Celebrate the return of the Kings (salmon, that is)

By Community|2024-09-05T11:41:43-07:00September 5th, 2024|Comments Off

Join Master Gardeners in OCS school garden

By Community|2024-09-04T15:58:16-07:00September 4th, 2024|Comments Off

Guest Opinion | A new vision for Eastsound Water

By Community|2024-09-03T17:01:24-07:00September 3rd, 2024|37 Comments

Klamath River flows free after the last dams come down, leaving land to tribes and salmon

By News Source|2024-09-02T15:50:02-07:00September 2nd, 2024|Comments Off

Governor’s San Juan visit focuses on climate change, Climate Commitment Act

By News Source|2024-08-31T15:33:16-07:00August 31st, 2024|4 Comments

The Green Economy is hungry for copper—and people are stealing, fighting, and dying to feed it

By News Source|2024-08-27T14:13:14-07:00August 31st, 2024|15 Comments

Some things about this Eastsound Water recall activity

By Community|2024-08-30T14:17:37-07:00August 31st, 2024|6 Comments

Letter to Editor | Landscaper for O’Day

By Community|2024-08-29T15:06:34-07:00August 30th, 2024|Comments Off

State officials scramble after discovering highly invasive species capable of wiping out major West Coast industry

By Community|2024-08-29T16:12:03-07:00August 30th, 2024|Comments Off

Resiliency planning for San Juan Islands included in transformational $73.6MM-Federal Climate Award

By Community|2024-08-29T11:25:38-07:00August 29th, 2024|2 Comments

Farm Funding Workshop

By Community|2024-09-03T12:32:42-07:00August 29th, 2024|Comments Off

Orcas challenge the Bering Sea’s black cod industry

By News Source|2024-08-27T13:08:23-07:00August 28th, 2024|Comments Off

U.S. officials plan to kill hundreds of thousands of barred owls to save another species from extinction

By News Source|2024-08-28T12:46:39-07:00August 28th, 2024|8 Comments

7 steps to what a real renewable energy transition looks like

By News Source|2024-08-27T12:35:36-07:00August 27th, 2024|8 Comments