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
Salish Sea declared a Hope Spot in celebration of new marine animal hospital
||| FROM SEALIFE RESPONSE, REHABILITATION, AND RESEARCH (SR3) ||| SEATTLE – February 17 – The Salish Sea has been declared a Hope Spot by international nonprofit Mission Blue in recognition of SeaLife Response, Rehabilitation, and Research (SR³) and
There’s a new baby in L-pod
||| FROM CENTER FOR WHALE RESEARCH ||| The Center for Whale Research (CWR) is thrilled to confirm that a new calf, L125, has been born into the Southern Resident killer whale (SRKW) community. Following word
Here’s a good reason to become a Garden Club member
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND GARDEN CLUB ||| Each month the Orcas Island Garden Club emails an informative eclectic Newsletter to its members. We’re sharing the gardening goodness with the community, along with some recipes, a
Land Bank monthly meeting this Friday
||| FROM TANJA WILLIAMSON for SJC LAND BANK ||| Volunteers Jerry Weatherman and Michael Noonan “on set” at Cascade Creek filming fisheries biologist, Jenny De Groot, whilst she makes her way upstream during a
Tea, cookies, an arrangement: Garden Club brings winter warmth
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND GARDEN CLUB ||| For the Orcas Island Garden Club’s second virtual meeting on Wednesday Feb. 17, we invite you to bring your favorite cuppa to the screen and join Laura Walker
Islands’ Oil Spill Association welcomes new Executive Diretor
||| FROM BRENDAN COWAN ||| Tony Parkin has been hired as the new Executive Director of the Islands’ Oil Spill Association (IOSA). Hailing from the UK, Tony used his degree in Geology and Oceanography to
Air quality monitoring is upcoming Meeting of the Minds topic
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Meeting of the Minds continues in February with “Air Quality Monitoring in San Juan County,” a presentation by San Juan County’s Environmental Health Division manager, Kyle
Finnie Awards | It’s time again to honor our tree-loving, bunny-hugging, dirt worshippers
Hail to the Crew of Spaceship Earth! ||| FROM AMY NESLER for SAN JUAN ISLANDS VISITORS BUREAU ||| Why are recycle bins optimistic? Because they’re full of cans! This award season, let’s honor the ‘cans’
Inslee statement on U.S. Rep. Simpson’s proposed Columbia Basin legislation
||| FROM GOVERNOR JAY INSLEE'S OFFICE ||| Gov. Jay Inslee released a statement today regarding a proposal to recover salmon in the Pacific Northwest from U.S. Rep. Mike Simpson, an Idaho Republican. “Washington welcomes Rep.
2021 San Juan Islands Ag Summit goes virtual
||| FROM KATE MIKULAK for WSU EXTENSION SAN JUAN COUNTY ||| The 2021 San Juan Islands Agricultural Summit, an annual gathering of farmers, producers, and all those involved in our local and regional food system,
Join the treasure hunt! We’re looking for Orange Jelly Fungus on Orcas Island
||| FROM RUSSEL BARSH for KWIAHT ||| KWIAHT's Ten Treasures project, supported by more than 30 individual donors through the Orcas Island Community Foundation, will highlight a unique local plant, animal, or other organism twice
Prune Alley construction: What to expect
||| FROM JESSE DOUGLAS SEITZ, PROJECT MANAGER ||| What to expect during construction: Traffic control, including lane and entire block closures, detours, flaggers and limited access. The road will be pulverized with heavy machinery in
Remains of two eagles discovered near Mount Grant summit
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY LAND BANK ||| On January 22, Tom Marschner and his faithful walking companion, Ellie the Golden Retriever, encountered a rare and sad occurrence near the summit of Mount Grant. Splayed
A group of Orca outcasts is now dominating an entire sea
||| FROM THE ATLANTIC ||| On a warm September afternoon, on San Juan Island off the northwestern coast of Washington State, I boarded J2, a sleek black-and-white whale-watching vessel. The boat was named after a
South Africa records one of their own killer whales for first time
||| FROM BUSINESS INSIDER ||| The sounds of a "chatty" killer whale have been recorded in South Africa for the first time, off Fish Hoek in False Bay on Tuesday. The sounds were captured by
