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
County Council to discuss Docket 21-0003, buildout/impact request
||| FROM JOE SYMONS for KEEPSANJUANSWILD.ORG ||| Tuesday 14 September! Please write the Council with your support for a buildout/impact component to the county's Comprehensive Plan 82 of you wrote letters to the Planning Commission in
Guest Opinion | Hey, county councilors, it’s time to think like an engineer
||| FROM JANET ALDERTON ||| A letter to our County Councilors: Please think like an engineer and reduce risks by making wise Comprehensive Plan updates. I think my daughter’s fate to become a civil engineer
Disturbing new video of self-harm emerges of Marineland’s orca, Kiska
Truly disturbing video. Brace yourself. ||| FROM BlogTO, TORONTO ||| Two more concerning videos have just been leaked of Kiska, Marineland's most famous and undeniably loneliest animal, as people continue to fight for her release
Last chance to enter raffle: OPALCO to host solar town hall on Sept. 20
||| FROM KRISTA BOUCHEY for ORCAS POWER & LIGHT ||| OPALCO’s series of Island Way workshops concludes with a Solar Town Hall via Zoom on September 20 at 5 P.m. The Solar Town Hall will
San Juan County Fire Districts: It’s now OK to have a recreational fire
||| FROM CHUCK DALLDORF for SAN JUAN COUNTY FIRE DISTRICT ||| With changing weather conditions, as of Friday September 10, 2021, the San Juan County Fire Districts are allowing recreational fires including charcoal, wood burning,
Two new Asian giant hornet sightings confirmed in Whatcom County
The new sightings were in the same general area the WSDA found Asian giant hornet nests in 2020 and 2021 ||| FROM KING5 NEWS ||| WHATCOM COUNTY, Wash. — Two new Asian giant hornet sightings
Tree protections? Planning for growth? Your help is needed by Sept. 14
||| FROM R. BRENT LYLES for FRIENDS OF THE SAN JUANS ||| It's time to spring into action! On the morning of Tuesday, September 14, the County Council will hold a hearing on the 2021
Camas Club sprouts a new website for island backyard restorationists
||| FROM SHAUN HUBBARD for CAMAS CLUB ||| The recently formed Camas Club has launched a website created for and by islanders to connect with other backyard habitat enthusiasts. It is a place where native
It takes a village to clean an island
||| FROM HEATHER WALLACE ||| The Great Islands Clean-up is back! In honor of National Public Lands Day, come join your fellow islanders for the 2021 Fall Great Islands Clean-up on September 25. This year’s
Center for Whale Research encounters J Pod out in Boundary Pass
||| FROM THE CENTER FOR WHALE RESEARCH ||| Date: 05-Sep-21 Sequence: 1 Encounter Number: 63 Enc Start Time: 15:26 Enc End Time: 17:56 Vessel: Orcinus Observers: Dave Ellifrit, Michael Weiss, Charli Grimes Pods or ecotype:
Nationally-recognized gardener/author coming to speak at library
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND GARDEN CLUB ||| The Orcas Island Garden Club welcomes Karen Chapman on a virtual (Zoom) presentation called Touchstones: a journey of healing and discovery on Wednesday September 15, 2021 at 10:30
Guest Opinion | 2021 Docket request (build-out analysis)
||| FROM JANET ALDERTON ||| I understand that trying to fulfill this docket request would consume vast amounts of staff time and attention, if the goal is to get as close to a perfect analysis
Islands Oil Spill Assoc. offering spill response training this fall
||| FROM BRENDAN COWAN for ISLANDS OIL SPILL ASSOCIATION ||| The Islands’ Oil Spill Association (IOSA) is offering free oil spill response training for interested islanders in October. Sessions will be held on Lopez, Orcas,
Kaleidoscope purchases land for outdoor education on Orcas Island
||| FROM LINDSAY JENNINGS for KALEIDOSCOPE FOREST SCHOOL ||| Kaleidoscope, a non-profit preschool and child care center on Orcas Island, recently purchased 7.4 acres of forested land to secure expanded access and permanent space for
Honolulu Airbnbs shut down when pandemic began. Mayor wants to keep it that way
The mayor sees the crackdown on vacation rentals as a tourism control measure. ||| FROM HONOLULU CIVIL BEAT ||| REPRINTED AT REQUEST OF READER When Hawaii tourism came to a halt in 2020, Honolulu residents
