Environment Archives - Page 4 of 70

OPALCO Annual Meeting

By Community|2024-04-01T14:43:03-07:00April 2nd, 2024|Comments Off

County seeks consultant for preparation of a Shoreline Master Program user guide

By Community|2024-04-01T14:23:00-07:00April 1st, 2024|Comments Off

Why don’t Killer Whales ever attack and kill humans?

By News Source|2024-03-30T15:37:04-07:00March 31st, 2024|1 Comment

New research reveals full diversity of killer whales as two species come into view on Pacific Coast

By News Source|2024-03-30T13:14:17-07:00March 31st, 2024|Comments Off

In move to protect whales, Polynesian indigenous groups give them ‘personhood’

By Community|2024-03-30T13:13:24-07:00March 31st, 2024|Comments Off

Monthly bird walk

By Community|2024-03-30T16:26:55-07:00March 30th, 2024|Comments Off

Help KWIAHT protect island wildlife

By Community|2024-03-29T13:52:21-07:00March 29th, 2024|Comments Off

Planet vs. Plastics! The Great Islands Clean-up is on Saturday, April 20

By Community|2024-03-28T13:11:32-07:00March 28th, 2024|Comments Off

Earth Day workshops

By Community|2024-03-27T14:40:19-07:00March 27th, 2024|Comments Off

Upcoming training burns scheduled on San Juan Island

By Community|2024-03-27T14:22:47-07:00March 27th, 2024|Comments Off

‘Baby Saturdays’ are back at Lum Farm

By Community|2024-03-27T14:08:41-07:00March 27th, 2024|Comments Off

Mother orca dies after becoming beached on northern Vancouver Island

By News Source|2024-03-26T14:16:07-07:00March 26th, 2024|Comments Off

Ag Guild announces over $19,000 available for FARM Fund awards

By Community|2024-03-23T14:41:35-07:00March 23rd, 2024|Comments Off

San Juan County publishes engagement guide for reviewing OPALCO’s proposed solar project

By Community|2024-03-22T13:00:36-07:00March 22nd, 2024|Comments Off

New alert system aims to reduce the number of whales hit by vessels

By News Source|2024-03-21T13:45:37-07:00March 21st, 2024|Comments Off

Oyster Talk

By Community|2024-03-18T13:38:06-07:00March 18th, 2024|Comments Off

Orcas Recycling wins approval for rate adjustment

By Community|2024-03-15T21:57:06-07:00March 14th, 2024|2 Comments

OPALCO awarded phase 1 funding to explore tidal generator in Rosario Strait

By Community|2024-03-13T14:44:32-07:00March 13th, 2024|3 Comments

Town’s response to County regarding Fair Grounds water usage

By News Source|2024-03-11T16:03:36-07:00March 11th, 2024|4 Comments

Discover the seasons of Turtleback Mountain Preserve, one step at a time

By Community|2024-03-12T12:37:47-07:00March 10th, 2024|Comments Off

Hazardous Waste Pick-up

By Community|2024-03-15T15:44:17-07:00March 9th, 2024|Comments Off

High wind warning Saturday through Sunday morning

By News Source|2024-03-08T14:01:00-08:00March 8th, 2024|Comments Off

Upcoming workshops for waterfront property owners

By Community|2024-03-12T12:49:40-07:00March 7th, 2024|Comments Off

Forest Stewardship Course

By Community|2024-03-15T15:29:49-07:00March 6th, 2024|Comments Off

County’s Climate and Sustainability Advisory Committee seeks two new members

By Community|2024-03-06T13:58:23-08:00March 6th, 2024|Comments Off

Register now for Whale Museum’s Virtual Gear Up Workshop for Marine Naturalists

By Community|2024-03-06T13:49:17-08:00March 6th, 2024|Comments Off

Orcas Island Food Bank works with local farms

By Community|2024-03-06T13:17:32-08:00March 6th, 2024|Comments Off

Invasive species concern is topic of upcoming Library discussion

By Community|2024-03-04T14:06:35-08:00March 4th, 2024|Comments Off

Come celebrate an early Spring at the San Juan Islands Sculpture Park

By Community|2024-03-03T15:09:05-08:00March 3rd, 2024|Comments Off

Draft Richardson Marsh Preserve Stewardship and Management Plan now open for public comment

By Community|2024-03-02T14:35:46-08:00March 2nd, 2024|Comments Off

Garden Club, Library present “Living Rooted—in Nature and the Garden!” by Lyanda Lynn Haupt

By Community|2024-03-12T12:59:23-07:00March 2nd, 2024|Comments Off

Invasive Northern Pike caught by angler at Limekiln Preserve

By Community|2024-03-02T14:03:59-08:00March 2nd, 2024|Comments Off

Alberta to ban renewables on ‘prime’ land and preserve ‘pristine viewscapes’

By News Source|2024-02-29T16:18:31-08:00February 29th, 2024|1 Comment

Public scoping meeting coming up in March for Lopez Island’s Watmough Preserve

By Community|2024-02-28T15:14:26-08:00February 28th, 2024|Comments Off

KWIAHT: Tides of March event returns

By Community|2024-02-25T21:45:53-08:00February 25th, 2024|Comments Off

Plastic experts say recycling is a scam. Should we even do it anymore?

By News Source|2024-02-23T17:02:28-08:00February 23rd, 2024|2 Comments

Does Orcas Airport seem so bad in comparison?

By News Source|2024-02-23T15:12:51-08:00February 23rd, 2024|12 Comments

EPRC special meeting tomorrow on Eastsound exterior lighting

By Community|2024-02-21T16:09:09-08:00February 21st, 2024|2 Comments

Lawmakers urge Inslee to declare state of emergency for Washington State Ferries

By News Source|2024-02-18T15:39:56-08:00February 16th, 2024|6 Comments

Free shoreline workshops coming up for waterfront property owners

By Community|2024-02-16T14:58:08-08:00February 16th, 2024|Comments Off

San Juan Islands Agricultural Summit March 8 & 9

By Community|2024-02-15T15:29:08-08:00February 15th, 2024|Comments Off

Orcas Island Garden Club presents Garry Oaks, Bluebirds, & You

By Community|2024-02-08T12:16:52-08:00February 14th, 2024|Comments Off

Rosario Resort & Spa to be sold to new ownership

By News Source|2024-02-13T14:05:43-08:00February 13th, 2024|Comments Off

B.C. environmental groups request review of tire chemical linked to salmon deaths

By News Source|2024-02-08T16:01:00-08:00February 8th, 2024|Comments Off

Christmas calf born to southern resident orca is missing, presumed dead

By News Source|2024-02-08T14:07:18-08:00February 8th, 2024|Comments Off

Concern for killer whales trapped in drift ice off the coast of Hokkaido in Japan

By News Source|2024-02-06T18:54:02-08:00February 7th, 2024|1 Comment

Lower Snake River dams need to go

By News Source|2024-02-04T17:13:33-08:00February 4th, 2024|18 Comments

DEEP READS | The call of Tokitae

By News Source|2024-02-01T20:52:05-08:00February 1st, 2024|3 Comments

San Juan County vessel turn-in recycling day – April 2024

By Community|2024-02-01T10:33:36-08:00February 1st, 2024|Comments Off

Land, legacy and food security on a small island

By Community|2024-01-29T11:44:17-08:00January 29th, 2024|Comments Off

Conservation advocates serve notice of intent to sue over Columbia River hatchery programs harming wild salmon recovery

By News Source|2024-01-27T17:19:20-08:00January 27th, 2024|Comments Off

B.C. trawlers dump thousands of salmon, depleting orcas’ food source, wildlife group says

By News Source|2024-01-26T14:36:59-08:00January 27th, 2024|4 Comments

Intense storms — fueled by El Niño — are set to bombard West Coast

By News Source|2024-01-29T11:45:27-08:00January 26th, 2024|Comments Off

Friday Harbor youth support recycling reform in Olympia

By Community|2024-01-26T15:27:57-08:00January 26th, 2024|1 Comment

Online ordering for Native Plant Sale opens on January 27

By Community|2024-01-25T14:02:39-08:00January 25th, 2024|Comments Off

Whale Museum’s education department to hold volunteer open houses

By Community|2024-01-23T15:04:07-08:00January 23rd, 2024|Comments Off

Eastsound Water announces boil water advisory for all customers in Olga water system

By Community|2024-01-20T15:40:49-08:00January 18th, 2024|8 Comments

Garden Club checking in about those winter tasks

By Community|2024-01-30T14:54:52-08:00January 18th, 2024|Comments Off

Additional snow accumulations of up to 2 to 4 inches, ice accumulations of a light glaze

By News Source|2024-01-18T18:31:14-08:00January 18th, 2024|Comments Off

Urgent overnight weather message: Freezing rain, 3″ snow

By News Source|2024-01-17T13:32:02-08:00January 16th, 2024|Comments Off

Early Bird Registration now open for San Juan Islands Agricultural Summit March 8 & 9

By Community|2024-01-15T15:00:33-08:00January 16th, 2024|Comments Off

Land Bank regular monthly meeting on January 19

By Community|2024-01-15T13:03:53-08:00January 15th, 2024|Comments Off

No turning back: The largest dam removal in U.S. history begins

By News Source|2024-01-17T13:14:07-08:00January 15th, 2024|1 Comment

San Juan Preservation Trust seeks summer internship applicants

By Community|2024-01-13T14:51:01-08:00January 13th, 2024|Comments Off

Wind chills as low as -5 F predicted throughout night, early morning

By News Source|2024-01-13T12:56:33-08:00January 12th, 2024|1 Comment

Register now for Winter Birding Workshop coming up in March

By Community|2024-01-11T21:16:20-08:00January 12th, 2024|Comments Off

Weather Alert | Brrrrr only begins to describe it; it might even get below Brrrrr

By News Source|2024-01-13T12:55:37-08:00January 11th, 2024|Comments Off

Brrrrr | Wind chill advisory issued thru Saturday morning

By News Source|2024-01-13T12:54:57-08:00January 11th, 2024|Comments Off

Alaskan Chinook in peril; a plea for protection under the Endangered Species Act

By News Source|2024-01-11T12:21:00-08:00January 11th, 2024|Comments Off

San Juan County is prepared for inclement weather – and you should be, too

By Community|2024-01-11T12:44:19-08:00January 10th, 2024|1 Comment

Mount Vernon awarded $12.5 M bipartisan infrastructure law grant to install 78 EV charging ports

By Community|2024-01-10T15:19:48-08:00January 10th, 2024|5 Comments

From Nantucket | New state rules would regulate coastal development, construction

By News Source|2024-01-09T14:04:40-08:00January 9th, 2024|Comments Off

2024 farmer/rancher listening sessions are on the horizon

By Community|2024-01-08T16:02:13-08:00January 9th, 2024|1 Comment

Tips for our upcoming freezing weather

By Community|2024-01-08T12:12:07-08:00January 8th, 2024|Comments Off

High wind warning with gusts up to 65 mph

By News Source|2024-01-08T10:43:06-08:00January 8th, 2024|Comments Off

Environmental Stewardship Department requests salmon recovery project proposals

By Community|2024-01-04T15:11:58-08:00January 4th, 2024|Comments Off

Tick Talk | We’re seeing native ticks about a month earlier than usual

By Community|2024-01-04T14:01:28-08:00January 4th, 2024|4 Comments

Join Lopez, Orcas Garden Clubs for native plant discussion

By Community|2024-01-03T13:14:23-08:00January 3rd, 2024|Comments Off

Request for salmon recovery project proposals

By Community|2024-01-02T13:56:11-08:00January 2nd, 2024|Comments Off

Student Stories: Washington State History as a graduation requirement

By News Source|2023-12-30T19:22:30-08:00December 31st, 2023|1 Comment

It’s getting quieter in Puget Sound and easier for orcas to find dinner

By News Source|2023-12-28T14:30:53-08:00December 28th, 2023|Comments Off

In major shift, Northwest Tribes — not U.S. officials — will control salmon recovery funds

By News Source|2023-12-28T14:27:39-08:00December 28th, 2023|2 Comments

Newborn orca spotted near Seattle off Bainbridge Island

By News Source|2023-12-28T12:44:42-08:00December 28th, 2023|Comments Off

Analysis of Northwest, other salmon hatcheries finds nearly all hurt wild salmon populations

By News Source|2023-12-27T18:46:44-08:00December 28th, 2023|3 Comments

Don’t forget to take the Land Bank’s strategic plan survey by January 6

By Community|2023-12-27T13:48:12-08:00December 27th, 2023|3 Comments

Orcas Island Garden Club opens grant process

By Community|2023-12-26T13:25:24-08:00December 26th, 2023|Comments Off

Take action by December 22nd for a healthy Salish Sea

By Community|2023-12-20T16:08:05-08:00December 20th, 2023|Comments Off

Remove dams to fight the climate crisis

By Community|2023-12-19T14:49:04-08:00December 19th, 2023|15 Comments

Scientists contact whales in world-first communication experiment

By News Source|2023-12-18T14:08:27-08:00December 18th, 2023|Comments Off

Even in winter, our gardens need attention

By Community|2023-12-17T13:43:26-08:00December 17th, 2023|Comments Off

Local students inspire at Youth Earth Summit in Padilla Bay

By Community|2023-12-14T14:06:59-08:00December 14th, 2023|Comments Off

Guest Opinion | Why is San Juan County not talking about Ecological Overshoot? Part 3

By Community|2024-08-23T12:30:05-07:00December 13th, 2023|13 Comments

San Juan Island plastic film recycling program needs your help

By Community|2023-12-13T13:00:53-08:00December 13th, 2023|Comments Off

Tokitae’s death surfaced orcas’ complicated history in the PNW

By News Source|2023-12-11T19:25:46-08:00December 12th, 2023|1 Comment

Quiet Sound says more vessels joining Puget Sound slowdown

By Community|2023-12-11T17:06:01-08:00December 12th, 2023|Comments Off

Attention Farmers, Ranchers | Land Bank farmland lease opportunities on San Juan

By Community|2023-12-11T14:53:40-08:00December 11th, 2023|Comments Off

Food System Plan for San Juan County | Public comment period Dec. 8-22

By Community|2023-12-08T15:18:36-08:00December 9th, 2023|Comments Off

Make your voice heard: Conservation Land Bank embarks on strategic planning efforts

By Community|2023-12-06T13:59:57-08:00December 6th, 2023|5 Comments

Holiday Tea Party to follow Orcas Garden Club December meeting

By Community|2023-12-04T15:12:22-08:00December 4th, 2023|Comments Off

OPALCO Board passes 2024 budget and rates

By Community|2023-12-04T14:46:51-08:00December 4th, 2023|Comments Off