Here’s a thought…
“Any serious long-term plan must take into account climate destabilization, including rising sea levels, as well as the acknowledgment that moving passenger cars across the water is stupidly inefficient, expensive and unnecessary.”
KEN WOOD
OPALCO annual meeting festival starts today
A NEW member appreciation event celebrating local power ||| FROM KRISTA BOUCHEY for ORCAS ISLAND POWER & LIGHT COOP ||| Get ready to rev up the excitement at the most electrifying event of the year
WSF Weekly Report | Working on SJI route schedules; ramping up hiring; Tour de Lopez
||| FROM STEVE NEVEY for WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| A message from Steve We really ramp up our hiring and training efforts this time of year. From late winter through spring, we bring aboard several
Barron encouraging clean energy efforts with drawing for electric car
||| FROM BARRON HEATING AC ELECTRICAL & PLUMBING ||| Inspired by April’s 54th anniversary of Earth Day, Barron Heating AC Electrical & Plumbing is encouraging energy-reducing steps that benefit consumers and the environment with a
Where can we buy garden plants on Orcas?
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND GARDEN CLUB ||| Where Can We Buy Garden Plants on Orcas ??? Click here to submit info The Newsletter Team would like to put together a resource list for our readers of
Are the Canary Islands yet another coal mine?
||| FROM BBC NEWS ||| Tens of thousands of people in Spain's Canary Islands have rallied against a model of mass tourism they say is overwhelming the Atlantic archipelago. The protesters want limits on tourist
Orcas may be smarter than you think
Here's what to know about their behaviors ||| FROM DISCOVER MAGAZINE ||| Orcas, commonly known as killer whales, are among the ocean's most captivating inhabitants. Reknowned for their striking beauty and complex social structures orcas
Midnight Mutterings | Grey Whale migration, with a side trip for lunch
||| MIDNIGHT MUTTERINGS by JACKIE BATES ||| Those of you who follow the migration of the Grey Whales from Magdalena Bay in Baja, where they give birth and mate in the warm waters in the
Clean water, healthy futures is theme of Orca Action Month in June
||| FROM ROSEMARY CONNELLI for ORCA NETWORK ||| About Orca Action Month: Orca Awareness Month, started by long-time orca education and advocacy group Orca Network, was created to bring together researchers, advocates, and orca lovers
Conservation advocates sue over Lower Columbia River hatchery programs harming wild salmon, hindering recovery progress
||| FROM EMMA HELVERSON for WILD FISH CONSERVANCY ||| Wild Fish Conservancy and The Conservation Angler filed suit against federal, state, and local governments under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) to protect threatened wild fish
Earth Day parade / festival update
||| FROM EARTH DAY ORCAS ||| Earth Day Orcas is hosting a Procession of the Species Parade on Saturday, April 20. If you’d like to join in the Procession, meet up is at the library
Major grants hold promise of dramatically altering transportation landscape
||| FROM BRUCE BENTON ||| When two grants were announced a year ago, I began working with the Island Rides Board and the Port of Orcas Commissioners to submit requests to strengthen electrification of transportation
County publishes revised engagement guide for reviewing OPALCO’s proposed solar project
San Juan County’s Department of Community Development (DCD) is postponing the public hearing examiner meeting for OPALCO’s Bailer Hill micro-grid and battery installation project while waiting for all additional information requested of the applicant on
Master Gardeners Clinic
||| FOM DIANNE MACONDRAY for SJC MASTER GARDENERS ||| As we welcome spring with days spent in our gardens, we have high hopes of success. However, sometimes the weather, insects, disease, or our garden practices
Disaster Preparedness Community Forum
||| FROM BRENDAN COWAN for DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ||| The San Juan County Department of Emergency Management is teaming up with Orcas Center, OPALCO, and Orcas Island Fire & Rescue to host a community
Community Meeting: Sea level rise adaptation for Outer Bay and Agate Beach areas
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| The County’s Public Works and Environmental Stewardship Departments invite MacKaye Harbor area property owners and Lopez Island community members to a meeting about sea level rise adaptation and
