Sustainability Archives - theOrcasonian.com

Guest Opinion | A wish for my community in 2025

By Community|2024-12-29T13:49:28-08:00December 29th, 2024|24 Comments

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

Shoreline Workshop for Local Contractors

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

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

Intro to oil spill science course

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

‘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

Some trashy news from Lopez Island

By Community|2024-11-25T14:49:26-08:00November 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

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

Voters give a big Yes on Land Bank renewal

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

Land Bank Meeting

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

How has extreme weather impacted you?

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

Reminder | Islands Oil Spill Association forum

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

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

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

By News Source|2024-10-12T14:08:14-07:00October 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

Update on Conservation Land Bank preserves

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

Guest Opinion | The Salish Sea is not “pristine”

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

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

Film Screening of FISH WAR

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

Orcas Island Farm Tours begin on October 4

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

North Shore Preserve opening

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Of Leaks and Lies: A looming nuclear catastrophe threatens PNW

By News Source|2024-08-24T15:06:57-07:00August 25th, 2024|3 Comments

Update from The Exchange

By Community|2024-08-23T14:47:33-07:00August 24th, 2024|Comments Off

How it all went wrong for tourism

By News Source|2024-08-24T11:48:26-07:00August 24th, 2024|4 Comments

Guest Opinion | What will it take?

By Community|2024-08-23T14:08:54-07:00August 23rd, 2024|11 Comments

Apache Stronghold heads east on prayer journey to Supreme Court

By Community|2024-08-22T12:06:46-07:00August 22nd, 2024|Comments Off

Fire risk and climate change in the San Juan Islands

By Community|2024-08-21T15:06:29-07:00August 20th, 2024|Comments Off

State Democrat Environment and Climate Caucus adopts resolution to establish rights of the Snake River

By News Source|2024-08-16T18:52:24-07:00August 16th, 2024|9 Comments

More reasons to protect our eelgrass meadows

By Community|2024-08-14T13:17:41-07:00August 14th, 2024|1 Comment

County approves lease for Argyle lots

By News Source|2024-08-08T14:18:04-07:00August 9th, 2024|1 Comment

Friends of the San Juans unanimously endorses renewal of our Land Bank

By Community|2024-08-06T13:01:36-07:00August 6th, 2024|1 Comment

The man who brought home Earth: Stories of Bill Anders

By Community|2024-08-05T17:11:41-07:00August 5th, 2024|Comments Off

Indigenous communities catch lamprey at Willamette Falls every summer. That tradition could be in danger

By News Source|2024-07-28T15:46:56-07:00July 29th, 2024|Comments Off

Washington is giving tax breaks to data centers that threaten the state’s green energy push

By News Source|2024-07-28T12:03:18-07:00July 28th, 2024|Comments Off

Wildfire smoke safety tips

By Community|2024-07-26T12:16:59-07:00July 26th, 2024|Comments Off

Abbreviated return time of extreme events

By News Source|2024-07-19T16:02:42-07:00July 21st, 2024|Comments Off

Rating Bureau classification for Orcas Fire protection class reduced

By Community|2024-07-19T13:21:02-07:00July 19th, 2024|2 Comments

Calling local businesses and community members for Monthly Beach Cleanups at Jackson’s Beach

By Lin McNulty|2024-07-17T12:42:19-07:00July 17th, 2024|Comments Off

Transportation and climate change in the San Juan Islands

By Community|2024-07-23T11:08:28-07:00July 16th, 2024|18 Comments

Copenhagen may have cracked how to get tourists to behave: Free glasses of wine and kayaking

By News Source|2024-07-11T17:12:31-07:00July 12th, 2024|Comments Off

Fires banned on DNR-protected lands

By Community|2024-07-11T14:57:51-07:00July 11th, 2024|Comments Off

How Native nations forced federal investment in salmon reintroduction

By News Source|2024-07-10T16:13:06-07:00July 11th, 2024|Comments Off

Squirt guns and ‘go home’ signs: Barcelona residents take aim at tourists

By News Source|2024-07-10T15:07:24-07:00July 10th, 2024|8 Comments

Islanders launch campaign to renew Land Bank’s funding

By Community|2024-07-10T10:45:24-07:00July 9th, 2024|13 Comments

Why ‘deadbeat dam’ removals are so difficult in WA, PNW

By News Source|2024-07-07T10:30:42-07:00July 7th, 2024|Comments Off

Barcelona to ban apartment rentals to tourists in bid to cut housing costs

By News Source|2024-06-23T12:56:30-07:00June 24th, 2024|Comments Off

Biden-⁠Harris administration launches Task Force to advance historic commitment to restore wild salmon, other native fish in Columbia River Basin

By News Source|2024-06-20T14:29:52-07:00June 20th, 2024|Comments Off

Land Bank hosts public meeting and field trip

By Community|2024-06-18T16:43:56-07:00June 18th, 2024|Comments Off

Judge orders railway to pay Washington tribe nearly $400 million for trespassing with oil trains

By Community|2024-06-17T16:48:29-07:00June 17th, 2024|2 Comments

Eastsound Water Users will meet tomorrow

By Community|2024-06-17T13:15:34-07:00June 17th, 2024|Comments Off

Protect marine ecosystems & island resources; become a Green Boater today

By Community|2024-06-16T13:08:41-07:00June 16th, 2024|Comments Off

Support local renewable energy projects

By Community|2024-06-17T14:00:03-07:00June 15th, 2024|6 Comments

Scientists uncover lasting impact of monumental dam removal project

By News Source|2024-06-11T17:02:12-07:00June 12th, 2024|Comments Off

Earthrise | We need your help!

By Jay Kimball|2024-06-11T12:17:29-07:00June 11th, 2024|5 Comments

Let’s combat invasive European green crab

By Community|2024-06-05T13:31:40-07:00June 5th, 2024|Comments Off

Weather weirding & homeowner’s insurance

By Community|2024-06-03T18:41:40-07:00June 3rd, 2024|1 Comment

OPALCO upgrades Friday Harbor Substation for Future Power Demands

By Community|2024-05-30T15:58:11-07:00May 31st, 2024|Comments Off

After chronic decline, feds agree Alaskan Chinook may require protection under Endangered Species Act

By News Source|2024-05-25T13:27:45-07:00May 25th, 2024|2 Comments

Orcas residents create an internship for a greener future

By News Source|2024-05-23T13:13:34-07:00May 23rd, 2024|3 Comments

Reminder: Community Preparedness Forum tomorrow

By Community|2024-05-21T12:45:19-07:00May 21st, 2024|Comments Off

OPALCO proposes to harness tidal power for San Juans

By News Source|2024-05-16T12:32:38-07:00May 16th, 2024|2 Comments

Orcas Island Fire & Rescue team up with DNR for Wildfire Ready Neighbors program

By Community|2024-05-10T13:49:45-07:00May 10th, 2024|Comments Off

Fueling Action: San Juan County gets prepared with Wildfire Ready Neighbors launch

By News Source|2024-05-09T10:22:42-07:00May 9th, 2024|Comments Off

Environment Canada agrees to priority assessment for chemical linked to salmon deaths

By News Source|2024-05-08T14:43:05-07:00May 8th, 2024|Comments Off

County launches climate resilience planning with community survey

By Community|2024-05-08T13:49:30-07:00May 8th, 2024|Comments Off

Mother’s Day | Fish have mothers, too

By Community|2024-05-06T12:25:18-07:00May 6th, 2024|Comments Off

State instant rebate program to help more consumers choose electric vehicles

By News Source|2024-05-04T13:44:31-07:00May 4th, 2024|2 Comments

Storm-battered county road on Lopez target of relocation efforts

By News Source|2024-05-03T15:58:58-07:00May 3rd, 2024|Comments Off

OPALCO annual member festival a huge success

By Community|2024-05-02T11:05:17-07:00May 2nd, 2024|Comments Off

Orca Action Month features clean water, healthy futures

By Community|2024-05-15T12:25:47-07:00May 2nd, 2024|Comments Off

Crescent Beach Preserve Stewardship and Management draft now open for public comment

By Community|2024-04-29T09:32:37-07:00April 29th, 2024|Comments Off

OPALCO annual meeting festival starts today

By Community|2024-04-26T13:46:59-07:00April 26th, 2024|Comments Off

WSF Weekly Report | Working on SJI route schedules; ramping up hiring; Tour de Lopez

By News Source|2024-04-25T15:45:00-07:00April 26th, 2024|3 Comments

Are the Canary Islands yet another coal mine?

By Community|2024-04-22T09:52:05-07:00April 21st, 2024|3 Comments

Clean water, healthy futures is theme of Orca Action Month in June

By News Source|2024-04-18T15:07:14-07:00April 19th, 2024|Comments Off