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
Whale Museum’s summer lecture series continues
||| FROM TATE THOMSON for THE WHALE MUSEUM ||| The Whale Museum’s Summer Lecture Series is in full swing. Join us for our next two lectures, free and open to the public. Bright Extinction –
Vessels in Strait of Gibraltar are being fitted with sharpened blades to rudders to ward off orcas
||| FROM THE OLIVE PRESS ||| Ship captains in the Strait of Gibraltar are kitting their vessels out with sharpened rudders in order to harm killer whales that may approach their boats. The extreme measure
Indigenous communities catch lamprey at Willamette Falls every summer. That tradition could be in danger
The eel-like fish join the likes of salmon and sturgeon as a first food, a staple for local tribes long before European contact. But their numbers are dwindling. ||| FROM OREGON PUBLIC BROADCASTING ||| The
Washington is giving tax breaks to data centers that threaten the state’s green energy push
||| FROM PROPUBLICA ||| In a vast stretch of Central Washington’s high desert, the farms and small towns of Grant County sit on nothing short of a gold mine. Grant County’s utility district owns two
US promises $240M to improve fish hatcheries, protect tribal rights in Pacific Northwest
||| FROM KOMO-TV SEATTLE ||| he U.S. government will invest $240 million in salmon and steelhead hatcheries in the Pacific Northwest to boost declining fish populations and support the treaty-protected fishing rights of Native American
Wildfire smoke safety tips
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| Wildfire smoke made its way to the islands this week from Canada. It’s a good reminder to brush up on smoke safety tips. Here are a few tips
Is B.C.’s precarious resident orca population swimming a path to extinction?
||| FROM PEACE ARCH NEWS ||| The southern resident killer whale known as Tahlequah captured global sympathy in 2018 when she pushed the body of her dead calf for more than two weeks in waters
Guest Opinion | Tourism and us, Part II
||| FROM MICHAEL 'MJ' JOHNSON ||| While the San Juan Islands Visitors Bureau continues to weaponize their mailing list by having just sent out their third round of action alerts to the County Council (see below),
The 4 Lower Snake River Dams need to be removed
The Future of Southern Resident Orcas depends on it ||| FROM REMOVE THE DAMS.ORG ||| The Southern Resident Orcas are nearing extinction. While there are a total of 73 Orcas in L, J and K
Life returns to Ukrainian reservoir drained by Russian strike on dam
A year later, animals, birds and saplings are populating a new landscape of ponds and lagoons ||| FROM THE GUARDIAN ||| Standing in a scene of shimmering green, Vadym Maniuk pointed to a young white
Can B.C.’s southern resident orcas be taken off the path to extinction?
||| FROM ST. ALBERT GAZETTE ||| The southern resident killer whale known as Tahlequah captured global sympathy in 2018 when she pushed the body of her dead calf for more than two weeks in waters
Washington secures $28M for salmon habitat restoration projects
||| FROM FOX13 SEATTLE ||| U.S. Senators Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and Patty Murray (D-WA) announced on Monday more than $28 million in funding for three projects in Washington state aimed at restoring habitats for threatened salmon species. The grants, awarded by
Guest Opinion | Tourism and us
||| FROM MICHAEL 'MJ' JOHNSON ||| Over the decades the overwhelming concern and the refrain from the people that live here regarding the numbers of tourists that visit our shores (including the number of, size
August Bird Walk
||| FROM KRISTEN ARNIM for SJI SCULPTURE PARK ||| Join us at the San Juan Islands Sculpture Park on Wednesday, August 7 from 8-10am for our monthly bird walk with avid birder, Tyler Davis, leading
Island Rec, Conservation Land Bank announce new trail partnership
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| Saturday, August 3, Island Rec, the Conservation Land Bank and the San Juan Preservation Trust will celebrate a short and significant new trail connection between John O. Linde
