Here’s a thought…
“The competition between Nature and the economy is deep and broad.
In the short term, the economy usually wins. In the long term …?”
BILL APPEL
Bill to conserve Washington kelp and eelgrass forests signed into law
||| FROM WA STATE SENATE DEMOCRATS ||| OLYMPIA – Gov. Jay Inslee today signed legislation to conserve and restore the plants that are foundational to the state’s marine ecosystems. Senate Bill 5619, known as the
Save now! Pay later! OPALCO’s Switch It Up program expands
||| FROM KRISTA BOUCHEY for ORCAS POWER & LIGHT COOPERATIVE ||| OPALCO members can now finance up $100,000 (per membership) in efficiency upgrades for their home or business. Projects that qualify include home heating units
EPA grants $52 million to Washington for drinking water, wastewater infrastructure improvements
State estimates $253.5 million available for wastewater, $22 million for drinking water ||| FROM U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY ||| SEATTLE -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced it will help fund Washington’s $22 million plan
How can we better prepare for natural hazards on our coasts? Inter-organizational collaboration to assist local efforts may be key
A newly completed project lays the foundation for a team to help Washington’s coastal communities be better prepared for floods, erosion and other coastal hazards ||| FROM WASHINGTON SEA GRANT ||| Floods. Erosion. Sea level
Guest Opinion | Lower Snake River dam removal has two sides
||| FROM TOM OWENS ||| Removing the Snake River dams is a tough decision. It has two sides. Like many other issues we face, there are merits to both arguments. Hopefully, before final decisions and
Guest Opinion | Because we want wild salmon and orca, it’s time to tell OPALCO to support Snake River dam removal
||| FROM SHARON GRACE ||| The waters around the San Juan Islands are a summer home of the critically endangered Southern Resident Killer Whales. OPALCO, the islands’ utility co-op, is owned by islanders. Islanders overwhelmingly
Inslee signs abortion access bill and more
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR JAY INSLEE ||| Inslee signs abortion access bill, policing law, and more at this week's bill signings Following the end of the 2022 legislative session last week, Gov. Jay
Pacific Herring are now spawning in East Sound
||| FROM SHANNON DAVIS for FRIENDS OF THE SAN JUANS ||| A very exciting and significant event happened in East Sound this week- the annual herring spawn! Each spring, in bays across the Salish Sea,
Why we need to ‘electrify everything,’ according to this ‘genius’ inventor
||| FROM WASHINGTON POST at request of Orcasonian reader ||| Saul Griffith has a plan to combat climate change while creating millions of new jobs. It boils down to two words: "electrify everything." The Australian American
Coming up on Friday, presentation with LIVE plankton at our Library
||| FROM CAROL DAPOGNY for ORCAS ISLAND LIBRARY ||| Please join us at the library this Friday at 6 p.m. to see Lynnette Wood's presentation on Plankton! She'll have a microscope and some LIVE plankton
Researchers find they could lure Murder Hornets to their deaths with sex
||| FROM GIZMODO.COM.AU ||| Birds do it, bees do it — even the wasps that kill bees do it. A clever team of scientists now has an idea to use the Asian giant hornets’ horniness
Friends of the San Juans scores a win for orca protection
||| FROM SHANNON DAVIS for FRIENDS OF THE SAN JUANS ||| Friday Harbor, WA: Friends of the San Juans, a small environmental nonprofit based in the San Juan Islands, recently scored a decisive legal victory against
Land Bank’s, Preservation Trust’s offer on Glenwood Inn property was not the top bid
||| FROM CRAIG CANINE for SAN JUAN PRESERVATION TRUST ||| The San Juan County Conservation Land Bank and San Juan Preservation Trust announced today that they jointly submitted an offer to purchase the Glenwood Inn
Senior Center welcomes Carson Sprenger in talk about forest health, resiliency
Meeting of the Minds: “Forest Health and Resiliency in San Juan County: A Restoration Forester’s Perspective” presented by Carson Sprenger - Wednesday, March 16 at 1pm by Zoom ||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS ISLAND
Gardening in San Juan County for healthier and happier people, plants, and land
||| FROM ORCAS & LOPEZ GARDEN CLUBS ||| Emily Aring On Wednesday, March 16, at 10:30 am, the Orcas Island and Lopez Island Garden Clubs’ virtual (Zoom) meeting will feature Emily Aring presenting
