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
Local organizations take action to support recovery of Salmon and Orca
||| FROM FRIENDS OF THE SAN JUANS AND SAN JUAN PRESERVATION TRUST ||| An innovative partnership between Friends of the San Juans (Friends) and the San Juan Preservation Trust (Preservation Trust) has been quietly gaining
Learn to read the weather before you head out on the water in upcoming workshop
||| FROM WASHINGTON SEA GRANT ||| Washington Sea Grant and Jefferson County WSU Extension are co-sponsoring a Marine Weather Workshop. Topics to be covered include: The relationships of atmospheric pressure and wind Determining the path
Over 62,796 people, 41 organizations ask Governor Inslee to oppose new shipping terminal at Canadian border
||| FROM KATIE FLEMING FOR FRIENDS OF THE SAN JUANS ||| Canada’s largest port, the Port of Vancouver, has proposed building a massive, new container- ship terminal, called Roberts Bank Terminal 2 (RBT2). The terminal
District 2 candidates respond: Is SJC prepared for “unanticipated growth”?
||| BY MATTHEW GILBERT, theORCASONIAN REPORTER ||| First, a lengthy preamble for context. In “How Climate Migration Will Reshape America,” journalist Abrahm Lustgarten, looking at the not-too-distant future, writes that “The millions of people moving
SJI Historical Park cautions visitors against aggressive attacking owls
||| FROM BRANDON CADWELL FOR SAN JUAN ISLAND NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK ||| San Juan Island National Historical Park is cautioning people recreating in the park about recent and aggressive behavior from owls that has resulted
After seven year project, salmon habitat restored on Sucia Island
||| FROM KATIE FLEMING FOR FRIENDS OF SAN JUANS ||| Almost seven years ago, Friends of the San Juans began working with Washington State Parks on a salmon recovery project on Sucia Island. After a
Burn permits will go on sale October 5th
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| Fall is here and the time has come for burn permits to go on sale. Please follow the link below to purchase a burn permit through our online
State to provide $300K in emergency grants to Washington shellfish growers
Departments of Commerce and Agriculture partner with Impact Washington to create Shellfish Seed Bank, offering up to $5,000 to shellfish growers severely impacted by COVID-19 ||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE ||| OLYMPIA, WA --
Inslee on climate crisis: ‘We cannot give in to defeat and pessimism’
||| FROM GOVERNOR JAY INSLEE'S OFFICE ||| Rolling Stone published an op-ed this week from the governor in recognition of Climate Week and the many challenges that lay ahead in guaranteeing a sustainable future for
A second brand new calf born just yesterday into J-pod
||| FROM CENTER FOR WHALE RESEARCH ||| The Center for Whale Research confirms that another calf has been born into the Southern Resident killer whale community, and the mother is J41. CWR will eagerly await
Guest Opinion | These five trees will be cut down during Prune Alley Phase One improvement project
||| FROM FRED KLEIN ||| Among the first consequences of the implementation of Phase One of the present plan for the improvements on Prune Alley will be the cutting down of the five trees which
Big day planned by Whale Museum: Virtual “gear down” workshop
||| FROM TRACIE MERRILL FOR THE WHALE MUSEUM ||| The Whale Museum (TWM) is holding an exciting virtual Gear Down Workshop for Marine Naturalists this fall on Saturday, November 14. This workshop will be held
Tahlequah’s new baby, J57, is a boy
||| FROM CENTER FOR WHALE RESEARCH ||| Updating our recent announcement concerning J35's new calf, J57: we can confirm that it is male (see top photograph). This feisty young boy was seen last evening, September
Center for Whale Research logs encounter #51 for the year
||| FROM CENTER FOR WHALE RESEARCH ||| Mark left Victoria Harbour at 0705 with plans to head out the Juan de Fuca with hopes to find killer whales. The conditions were ideal with no fog
Zylstra Lake Preserve opens for public access
||| FROM TANYA WILLIAMSON FOR SAN JUAN COUNTY LAND BANK ||| The timing couldn’t be more perfect: This Saturday, on National Public Lands Day, Zylstra Lake Preserve officially opens for day-use public access. National Public
