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
Good News | Washington’s plastic bag ban goes into effect Oct. 1
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| Following a delay due to Covid-19, the Washington Plastic Bag Ban (RCW 70A.530) will go into effect statewide on October 1, 2021. This means that retailers and restaurants
The Ants and the Grasshopper film available for viewing before Thursday talk with Director
||| FROM SAN JUAN MAKERS GUILD ||| The San Juan Islands Farm Tours present a newly released film for online viewing through Thursday Sept 30. https://youtu.be/6J29qHOMm8k This award-winning documentary, ten years in the making, weaves
Upcoming! Farm touring fun for the whole family
||| FROM SAN JUAN MAKERS GUILD ||| The Orcas Farm Tours invite explorers of all ages to come enjoy safe, outdoor learning experiences on any of seven local farms with shell fishery and winery stops.
Letter to Editor | County Council, science is powerful
||| FROM JANET ALDERTON ||| Dear County Councilors Minney, Stephens, and Wolf, Recognizing that a problem exists is key to addressing the problem. This is what Joe Symons’ Docket Request 21-0003 is all about. Until
OPALCO ‘team’ to hit the road with Electric Vehicle trek to Eastern Washington (and back)
||| FROM SUZANNE OLSON for ORCAS POWER & LIGHT CO-OPERATIVE ||| “Switch it up pup” Pepper Starting October 6, an exclusive team from OPALCO (Communication Specialist Krista Bouchey and the “Switch it up
Department of Agriculture destroys another Whatcom County ‘murder hornet’ nest
||| FROM THE BELLINGHAM HERALD ||| The Washington State Department of Agriculture announced that it has destroyed another nest built by Asian giant hornets — commonly referred to as “murder hornets” — in Whatcom County.
Letter to Editor | Council has more to consider with environmental matters
||| FROM BILL APPEL ||| Dear Council Members: You made an excellent start by recently establishing a department into which environmental matters were consolidated. But this action lacks substantive effect without the following: Your willingness
Only 73 SRKWs are left, but three of them appear to be pregnant
||| FROM WASHINGTON POST ||| On a routine research trip, two marine biologists were struck by what they saw in the waters of the Pacific Northwest: three endangered orcas with bulges indicating that they are
CWR reports that SRKW L47 is missing, presumed dead
||| FROM CENTER FOR WHALE RESEARCH ||| The Center for Whale Research (CWR) is sad to report that Southern Resident killer whale, L47, is missing from our 2021 census. CWR last encountered L47 on February
Commerce awards $11.4 million for vital infrastructure projects in 20 rural communities, including in SJC
Community Development Block Grants fund wide range of high-priority local projects, including public water, sewer, emergency and fire protection systems, streets, housing, food pantries and more. ||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE ||| OLYMPIA, Wash. – The
Local shoreline habitat restoration actions support marine food webs
||| FROM TINA WHITMAN for FRIENDS OF THE SAN JUANS ||| It was an exciting week for local forage fish and out-migrating juvenile salmon as Friends of the San Juans and the Salmon Point Community
We’re about to be reminded of winds and rain — glorious rain
||| FROM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ||| GALE WARNING ISSUED: 8:47 AM SEP. 16, 2021 – NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 5 PM PDT FRIDAY... * WHAT...Southeast winds 25
SJC Land Bank is ZOOM-meeting on Friday
||| FROM TANJA WILLIAMSON for SJC LAND BANK ||| Coastal Geological Services visit Upright Head Preserve to assess a small pocket beach adjacent to the ferry landing. The San Juan County Land Bank
SUNY prof to speak about gardens and climate change at Library event
||| FROM CAROL DAPOGNY for ORCAS ISLAND LIBRARY ||| Orcas Island Library presents a hybrid speaker event with Barbara Bentley (Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Ecology and Evolution, SUNY Stony Brook) on the Library’s south lawn
Washington to destroy third murder hornet nest in battle to save bees
||| FROM THE GUARDIAN ||| A third Asian giant hornet nest was discovered in Washington state, a day after entomologists discovered a second. 'They give me the willies': scientist who vacuumed murder hornets braces for
