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
Debate over short-term rentals comes to ‘Washington’s playground’ as Chelan County considers limits on Airbnbs
||| FROM SEATTLE TIMES ||| As post-pandemic vacationing returns in coming years, tourists may find it harder to book an Airbnb near Leavenworth, Lake Chelan and other coveted areas in Chelan County. County commissioners are
State Parks releases environmental determination of U.S. Navy training permit application
Commission will hold public comment meeting Jan. 26 ||| FROM WASHINGTON STATE PARKS ||| OLYMPIA – Dec. 22, 2020 – Today, staff of the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission released a State Environmental Policy
Navy conducting noise monitoring at NAS Whidbey Island
||| FROM MICHAEL WELDING for NAVAL AIR STATION WHIDBEY ||| NAVAL AIR STATION WHIDBEY ISLAND, Wash. - The Navy completed its first week of real-time sound monitoring at Naval Air Station (NAS) Whidbey Island as
Inslee issues proclamation delaying implementation of single-use plastic bags
||| FROM GOVERNOR JAY INSLEE'S OFFICE ||| Gov. Jay Inslee issued a proclamation [Friday] delaying implementation of a law related to single-use plastic bags. Single Use Plastic Bags (20-82): This order delays implementation of a law
Comp Plan | 2021 annual docket application period: Jan. 1 – Mar. 1, 2021
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| The deadline for proposed amendments to the San Juan County Comprehensive Plan and Unified Development Code (UDC) is 4:30 pm March 1, 2021. The “Annual Docket of Comprehensive
Garden Club shares webinars, insight, favorite garden tools in recent newsletter
||| FROM HELEN HUBER for ORCAS ISLAND GARDEN CLUB ||| Newsletter and Featured Webinar The Orcas Island Garden Club has published our December Newsletter and Webinar. Visit the website https://www.orcasislandgardenclub.org. Chock full of webinars, book
Governor announces bold climate package for 2021–2023 biennium
||| FROM GOVERNOR JAY INSLEE'S OFFICE ||| Gov. Jay Inslee today outlined his climate policy package for the 2021–2023 biennium. “Climate change is a health issue, an economic issue and an equity issue. We must address
Human-made stuff doubles in mass every 20 years
It Just Crossed a Disturbing Line ||| FROM SCIENCE ALERT ||| All of the Amazon's splendid greenery. Every fish in the Pacific. Every microbe underfoot. Every elephant on the plains, every flower, fungus, and fruit-fly
Transition Lopez Island outlines progress toward fossil-free, food secure future
||| BY STEVE BERNHEIM theORCASONIAN REPORTER ||| Last Saturday, December 5, a group called “Transition Lopez Island” convened a tele-panel of residents and representatives to update the community on progress toward a fossil-free future and
Next Meeting of the Minds to explore our national monument
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| MEETING OF THE MINDS – The Bureau of Land Management and the San Juan Islands National Monument – Past, Present, and Future @ ORCAS SENIOR CENTER
Meet Brent Lyles, new Executive Director at Friends of the San Juans
||| KATIE FLEMING for FRIENDS OF THE SAN JUANS ||| You are invited to a virtual town hall on Wednesday, December 16 at 5:30 p.m. The town hall meeting will be led by Brent Lyles,
UW study: Navy jet noise endangers humans, wildlife on Olympic Peninsula
||| FROM KOMO NEWS ||| SEATTLE — Increased noise pollution from more powerful Navy military jets is threatening the health of both humans and wildlife in what once was the quietest place in the continental
These island businesses are greening up the grid
||| FROM LESLIE BRAZEAU for EASTSOUND SUITES ||| Eastsound Suites on Main Street is the latest Orcas business to begin generating their own electricity. Orcas-based installer, Rainshadow Solar, completed installation earlier this month of 34
Deer Harbor Plan Review Committee will meet on Wednesday
|||FROM SHEILA GAQUIN for DEER HARBOR PLAN REVIEW COMMITTEE ||| The Deer Harbor Plan Review Committee will hold their monthly meeting on Wednesday, December 9, 2020 at 4-5:30 p.m. Via ZOOM (Meeting ID 841 6762
San Juan Preservation Trust acquires Deer Harbor’s Reef Island
||| FROM CRAIG CANINE for SAN JUAN PRESERVATION TRUST ||| A 17-acre island near Deer Harbor with a mile of shoreline habitat is now permanently conserved. Earlier this fall, the San Juan Preservation Trust (SJPT)
