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
Council will again address moratorium in upcoming public hearing; pre-hearing on Sunday
Island Stewards to host pre-hearing Q&A Sunday, March 7 at 4 pm. via ZOOM || FROM ISLAND STEWARDS ||| Please Take Action! 2nd Public Hearing 9 March 2021 Opposition to Moratorium Grows! San Juan County
Whale Museum has big day planned with virtual Marine Naturalists
||| FROM TRACIE MERRILL for THE WHALE MUSEUM ||| Friday Harbor, WA –The Whale Museum (TWM) is holding an exciting virtual Gear Up Workshop for Marine Naturalists this spring on Saturday, April 24. This workshop
Second public hearing on vacation rental moratorium now scheduled
||| FROM ISLAND STEWARDS ||| San Juan County (SJC) Council will be continuing an online public hearing on Tuesday, March 9 to discuss whether the moratorium on the issuance of Vacation Rental Permits should be
Can a conservative Idaho Republican bring sockeyes back to the Salmon River?
||| FROM POST ALLEY ||| Reprint at request of reader. We were lifting cups in a lodge at Redfish Lake, beneath 10,000-foot summits of Idaho’s Sawtooth Mountains, talking about thousands of sockeye salmon that once
Larsen votes to protect public lands, rivers in Washington state, nationwide
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF REP. RICK LARSEN ||| WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-02) voted for a comprehensive wilderness and public lands protection bill which includes Representative Derek Kilmer’s legislation to designate more
Land Bank: It’s time to order native plants while supplies last
||| FROM TANJA WILLIAMSON for SAN JUAN COUNTY LAND BANK ||| The San Juan County Land Bank is offering a rare opportunity to purchase locally grown wildflowers native to San Juan County. Reserve plants online
Community Rights San Juan Islands to host two conversation cafes in March
||| FROM COMMUNITY RIGHTS SAN JUAN ISLANDS ||| Community Rights San Juan Islands is hosting two Conversation Cafes Thursday, March 4th 5:30 - 7:00 pm (Rescheduled Cafe from Feb 25) Thursday, March 11th 5:30 - 7:00
Public hearing on vacation rental moratorium extended by county council
||| BY MATTHEW GILBERT, theORCASONIAN OP-ED REPORTER ||| Approximately five weeks after the County Council issued an emergency six-month moratorium on new vacation rental permits, a public hearing was held to determine whether to continue
They say it’s going to get windy around these parts tonight
||| FROM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ||| URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Seattle WA 312 PM PST Wed Feb 24 2021 San Juan County-Western Whatcom County-Western Skagit County, Including the cities of Friday Harbor,
Registration now open for San Juans Agricultural Summit
||| FROM KATE MIKULAK FOR SAN JUAN COUNTY EXTENSION ||| Registration for the 9th annual San Juan Islands Agricultural Summit is now open! From March 20 to April 16, join farmers, producers, and food system
Food System Team forges ahead with work on community food assessment
||| FROM CAITLIN LECK for SJC FOOD SYSTEM TEAM ||| For the last ten months the San Juan County Food System Team, comprised of representatives from WSU San Juan County Extension, San Juan County Health
Planning Commission takes a look at climate change
||| BY STEVE BERNHEIM, ORCASONIAN REPORTER ||| If you are concerned that San Juan County government is not doing enough to reduce the county’s carbon footprint, you should know the Planning Commission just received a
Salish Sea declared a Hope Spot in celebration of new marine animal hospital
||| FROM SEALIFE RESPONSE, REHABILITATION, AND RESEARCH (SR3) ||| SEATTLE – February 17 – The Salish Sea has been declared a Hope Spot by international nonprofit Mission Blue in recognition of SeaLife Response, Rehabilitation, and Research (SR³) and
There’s a new baby in L-pod
||| FROM CENTER FOR WHALE RESEARCH ||| The Center for Whale Research (CWR) is thrilled to confirm that a new calf, L125, has been born into the Southern Resident killer whale (SRKW) community. Following word
Here’s a good reason to become a Garden Club member
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND GARDEN CLUB ||| Each month the Orcas Island Garden Club emails an informative eclectic Newsletter to its members. We’re sharing the gardening goodness with the community, along with some recipes, a
