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Public officials and advocates from across the Sound mobilize for urgent ferry system investment

By News Source|2025-02-04T15:22:25-08:00February 4th, 2025|9 Comments

Cultivating Connections | Register for the 2025 San Juan Islands Agricultural Summit

By Community|2025-02-04T12:34:49-08:00February 4th, 2025|Comments Off

Attracting birds to your garden

By Community|2025-02-03T12:34:45-08:00February 3rd, 2025|Comments Off

Meet the woman who lives without money: ‘I feel more secure than when I was earning’

By News Source|2025-02-02T15:34:23-08:00February 3rd, 2025|1 Comment

Garden Club: Preserve walk and backyard bird count

By Community|2025-01-31T22:06:25-08:00February 1st, 2025|Comments Off

Winter storm watch in effect, Saturday evening through Monday morning

By News Source|2025-02-03T12:35:34-08:00January 30th, 2025|Comments Off

Everyone has an impact | How to start reducing your environmental footprint

By Community|2025-01-30T14:32:20-08:00January 30th, 2025|Comments Off

What’s next for renewable energy in San Juan County: Part 3 of 3

By Community|2025-01-30T12:03:26-08:00January 30th, 2025|4 Comments

Canada sued over delay in protecting endangered killer whales

By News Source|2025-01-28T20:45:20-08:00January 29th, 2025|Comments Off

Local contractors gather to foster resilient, vibrant shorelines in San Juan County

By Community|2025-01-28T13:34:07-08:00January 28th, 2025|Comments Off

Where’s Tahlequah?

By News Source|2025-01-27T13:04:14-08:00January 27th, 2025|2 Comments

Lawsuit filed over delay of federal protections for Olympic Peninsula Steelhead

By News Source|2025-01-26T21:19:19-08:00January 27th, 2025|Comments Off

Should Washington’s Fish and Wildlife Commission be dissolved?

By News Source|2025-01-23T14:52:38-08:00January 25th, 2025|Comments Off

Global economy could face 50% loss in GDP between 2070 and 2090 from climate shocks, say actuaries

By Community|2025-01-23T13:35:08-08:00January 24th, 2025|Comments Off

Climate change, overshoot and the demise of large cities

By News Source|2025-01-23T13:14:35-08:00January 23rd, 2025|13 Comments

Whale Museum announces workshop on Pacific Northwest Sharks

By Community|2025-01-22T12:49:13-08:00January 22nd, 2025|Comments Off

Why Native Plants?

By Community|2025-01-21T13:18:28-08:00January 21st, 2025|6 Comments

Brrrrr! Community Church will open severe weather shelter tonight

By Community|2025-01-21T11:01:31-08:00January 20th, 2025|Comments Off

Upcoming Tidal Town Hall has a new location

By Community|2025-01-20T15:10:52-08:00January 20th, 2025|Comments Off

Garden Club tool sharpening & pruning workshop

By Community|2025-01-19T14:00:55-08:00January 20th, 2025|Comments Off

Last Call? A whale in search of humans

By News Source|2025-01-18T12:42:32-08:00January 18th, 2025|3 Comments

OPALCO Tidal Town Hall Events

By Community|2025-01-20T15:09:08-08:00January 18th, 2025|Comments Off

Happy New Year from The Exchange

By Community|2025-01-17T11:11:01-08:00January 17th, 2025|1 Comment

Land Bank to meet

By Community|2025-01-16T11:36:38-08:00January 16th, 2025|Comments Off

Local Power Generation | Why the Bailer Hill Microgrid: Part 2 of 3

By Community|2025-01-16T12:09:46-08:00January 15th, 2025|7 Comments

Reflecting on wildfire risk in the islands in wake of devastating So. California fires

By Community|2025-01-13T15:28:32-08:00January 13th, 2025|7 Comments

A rare alignment of planets is about to take place in the sky

By Community|2025-01-11T12:59:05-08:00January 12th, 2025|Comments Off

Southern Resident orcas face uncertain future despite groundbreaking research efforts

By News Source|2025-01-12T11:08:59-08:00January 12th, 2025|Comments Off

Barcelona uses its tourist tax to tackle the effects of climate change

By News Source|2025-01-11T13:39:03-08:00January 12th, 2025|1 Comment

La Niña has officially arrived. Here’s what that means for western Washington

By News Source|2025-01-11T15:55:10-08:00January 11th, 2025|Comments Off

2025 Marine Naturalist Training Program Opens Registration

By Community|2025-01-11T13:07:08-08:00January 11th, 2025|Comments Off

It’s tick time again

By Community|2025-01-11T12:38:41-08:00January 11th, 2025|Comments Off

Health experts rally for ‘call to arms’ to protect children from toxic chemicals

By News Source|2025-01-10T15:15:40-08:00January 10th, 2025|3 Comments

‘The Santa Anas’ by Joan Didion

By News Source|2025-01-10T12:49:31-08:00January 10th, 2025|4 Comments

Washington State bans net-pen aquaculture

By News Source|2025-01-08T18:39:29-08:00January 9th, 2025|Comments Off

Why local power generation is important | Part 1 of 3

By Community|2025-01-08T14:02:04-08:00January 8th, 2025|13 Comments

Gas pains

By Lin McNulty|2025-01-07T14:25:02-08:00January 7th, 2025|4 Comments

New year brings new vessel distance regulations for Southern Resident Killer Whales

By Community|2025-01-07T11:20:37-08:00January 7th, 2025|Comments Off

New public zone map aims to enhance accuracy of weather warnings in western Washington

By News Source|2025-01-07T11:10:15-08:00January 7th, 2025|Comments Off

Community Meeting Reminder: Bayhead Creek culvert repair project on Killebrew Lake Rd.

By Community|2025-01-06T12:36:54-08:00January 6th, 2025|3 Comments

Renewables won’t save us from climate catastrophe, experts warn; what will?

By News Source|2025-01-05T15:38:13-08:00January 5th, 2025|3 Comments

Early bird registration now open for 2025 San Juan Islands Agricultural Summit

By Community|2025-01-03T11:27:08-08:00January 3rd, 2025|Comments Off

Tahlequah mourns loss of another calf as Center for Whale Research confirms death of J61

By News Source|2025-01-02T14:32:56-08:00January 2nd, 2025|Comments Off

Garden Club to present ‘Where Have All the Insects Gone?’

By Community|2025-01-02T14:07:51-08:00January 2nd, 2025|Comments Off

Researchers believe mother orca known for grieving 2018 newborn’s death has lost another calf

By News Source|2025-01-01T11:28:42-08:00January 1st, 2025|1 Comment

Proposed ferry speed limits to protect whales ‘devastating’ to Nantucket economy

By News Source|2024-12-30T13:36:06-08:00December 30th, 2024|2 Comments

Guest Opinion | A wish for my community in 2025

By Community|2024-12-29T13:49:28-08:00December 29th, 2024|37 Comments

These undersea tunnels connect remote islands halfway between Iceland and Scotland

By News Source|2024-12-27T11:28:35-08:00December 27th, 2024|12 Comments

Third entangled endangered whale spotted in span of a week off East Coast

By News Source|2024-12-25T20:43:07-08:00December 26th, 2024|Comments Off

High wind watch for Christmas

By News Source|2024-12-26T10:40:00-08:00December 24th, 2024|Comments Off

J Pod brings us tidings of great joy for Christmas

By News Source|2024-12-23T20:27:29-08:00December 24th, 2024|1 Comment

Some whales may live nearly twice as long as believed—if we let them

By News Source|2024-12-23T11:34:26-08:00December 23rd, 2024|Comments Off

Out-of-control invasive species has met its match: Cute and hungry otters

By News Source|2024-12-22T13:12:42-08:00December 22nd, 2024|3 Comments

Bird flu kills Olympic Peninsula cougars in WA

By News Source|2024-12-20T14:04:52-08:00December 20th, 2024|Comments Off

China overtakes US in captive orca numbers

By News Source|2024-12-19T18:07:46-08:00December 20th, 2024|1 Comment

Orcas Island Garden Club prepares to accept grant applications from community

By Community|2024-12-19T14:07:00-08:00December 19th, 2024|Comments Off

SJC Parks and Fair announces new camping software; delaying reservation availability

By Community|2024-12-19T12:13:40-08:00December 19th, 2024|Comments Off

‘Murder Hornet’ has been eradicated from the U.S., officials say

By News Source|2024-12-18T14:42:08-08:00December 18th, 2024|Comments Off

County to accept salmon recovery project proposals through January

By Community|2024-12-18T14:40:58-08:00December 18th, 2024|Comments Off

Shoreline Workshop for Local Contractors

By Community|2024-12-17T12:49:53-08:00December 17th, 2024|Comments Off

Optimistic gardeners

By Community|2024-12-17T12:27:19-08:00December 17th, 2024|Comments Off

Wind, again

By News Source|2024-12-18T10:09:15-08:00December 17th, 2024|Comments Off

Poetry | ‘Twas December on Orcas

By Community|2024-12-16T15:49:21-08:00December 16th, 2024|2 Comments

2024 Bullitt Prize winners weave culture and conservation together for environmental justice

By News Source|2024-12-15T11:11:52-08:00December 15th, 2024|Comments Off

First Sounder gray whale of season spotted in Salish Sea, continues early arrival trend

By News Source|2024-12-15T10:40:57-08:00December 15th, 2024|Comments Off

Victory! Europe’s largest marine prison will finally close In January 2025

By News Source|2024-12-14T15:34:43-08:00December 14th, 2024|Comments Off

Wind, coastal flooding in forecast for tonight / tomorrow

By News Source|2024-12-13T15:36:36-08:00December 13th, 2024|Comments Off

OPALCO Board passes 2025 budget and rates

By Community|2024-12-13T12:53:02-08:00December 13th, 2024|3 Comments

Washington State poised to set precedent as first government in the world to successfully remove and permanently ban commercial net pen aquaculture

By News Source|2024-12-13T12:27:30-08:00December 13th, 2024|2 Comments

SJC postpones OPALCO’s hearing for proposed Bailer Hill solar project in favor of additional info

By Community|2024-12-11T15:01:49-08:00December 11th, 2024|Comments Off

‘It’s nonstop’: How noise pollution threatens the return of Norway’s whales

By News Source|2024-12-11T13:31:54-08:00December 11th, 2024|Comments Off

Councilmember Fuller publishes statement regarding Lopez Solid Waste Disposal District Agreement

By Community|2024-12-07T14:28:10-08:00December 7th, 2024|2 Comments

Limited regulatory changes could drastically decrease collisions between ships and whales, UW study finds

By News Source|2024-12-07T14:05:29-08:00December 7th, 2024|6 Comments

Struggling Rosario Resort looks to hotel experts, searches for cash

By News Source|2024-12-07T13:37:59-08:00December 7th, 2024|1 Comment

Letter to Editor | County attempting to take over Lopez dump

By Community|2024-12-04T21:24:56-08:00December 5th, 2024|1 Comment

Remembering the lost giants

By News Source|2024-12-04T12:02:32-08:00December 4th, 2024|Comments Off

Intro to oil spill science course

By Community|2024-12-01T12:59:41-08:00December 1st, 2024|Comments Off

Orcas have a killer technique to hunt biggest fish in the ocean

By News Source|2024-11-30T17:26:36-08:00December 1st, 2024|1 Comment

‘We’ve become an amusement park’: the Alaskan town torn apart by cruise ship tourism

By News Source|2024-11-30T13:01:06-08:00November 30th, 2024|42 Comments

Happy Holidays from The Exchange

By Community|2024-11-29T13:14:16-08:00November 29th, 2024|Comments Off

Wearing a salmon on your head is back in fashion for orcas, after a 37-year break

By News Source|2024-11-28T11:00:00-08:00November 29th, 2024|Comments Off

County to begin sidewalk repairs in Eastsound on December 2

By Community|2024-11-26T11:30:34-08:00November 26th, 2024|Comments Off

Gardens in Glass | Craft a terrarium for the holidays

By Community|2024-11-25T12:32:06-08:00November 25th, 2024|Comments Off

Some trashy news from Lopez Island

By Community|2024-11-25T14:49:26-08:00November 25th, 2024|Comments Off

A whale of a time: OCS students explore the wonders of marine life at Whale Museum

By Community|2024-11-25T11:41:00-08:00November 25th, 2024|Comments Off

Island Ways | Angst, anger over latest offshore wind project

By News Source|2024-11-23T16:38:06-08:00November 24th, 2024|11 Comments

First successful test of wild minke whales reveals they have ultrasonic hearing

By News Source|2024-11-23T16:37:27-08:00November 24th, 2024|2 Comments

Avian flu is back

By Community|2024-11-23T12:31:34-08:00November 23rd, 2024|Comments Off

Another wind advisory in effect until Saturday morning

By News Source|2024-11-22T11:16:58-08:00November 22nd, 2024|Comments Off

Expert: ‘Bomb Cyclone’ pounding the US will be strong and unpredictable

By Lin McNulty|2024-11-21T18:37:47-08:00November 22nd, 2024|Comments Off

High winds may impact ferry service Friday, Nov. 22

By News Source|2024-11-21T12:47:42-08:00November 21st, 2024|Comments Off

USDA shows interest in recent Garden Club presenter’s findings

By Community|2024-11-19T11:17:55-08:00November 19th, 2024|1 Comment

Bomb Cyclone on its way tomorrow

By News Source|2024-11-20T12:08:09-08:00November 18th, 2024|Comments Off

Salmon return to lay eggs in habitat after largest dam removal project in US history

By News Source|2024-11-18T13:13:44-08:00November 18th, 2024|Comments Off

OPALCO explores tidal energy pilot project

By Community|2024-11-16T12:07:05-08:00November 16th, 2024|12 Comments

Wind advisory issued

By News Source|2024-11-17T12:03:05-08:00November 16th, 2024|Comments Off

WSF Weekly Report | Paper receipts will now be bisphenol-free

By Community|2024-11-14T16:04:06-08:00November 15th, 2024|Comments Off

Voters give a big Yes on Land Bank renewal

By Community|2024-11-14T12:09:43-08:00November 14th, 2024|Comments Off

Join the Eastsound Planning Review Committee (EPRC)

By Community|2024-11-13T11:04:52-08:00November 13th, 2024|2 Comments

Orcas Garden Club: Welcome to November

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

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