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
Free webinars upcoming: How to grow great veggies
||| FROM CAITLYN BLETHEN for SJC WSU MASTER GARDENERS ||| Please join the San Juan County WSU Master Gardeners for two free community webinars exploring how to successfully grow your own food. Dr. Carol Miles
Upcoming ZOOM talk | Bees & seeds: Common wonders of the garden
||| FROM ORCAS GARDEN CLUB ||| On Wednesday, January 20, at 10:30 am, the Orcas Island Garden Club will partner with the Orcas Library to host author and biologist Thor Hanson for a Zoom talk
State agencies adopt rules to implement Washington’s 100% clean electricity law
New rules put state on path to greenhouse gas emission-free electricity by 2045 ||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE & UTILITIES & TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION ||| OLYMPIA, WA --- Washington state has passed another milestone on
Navy remains committed to environmental stewardship, conducts critical training in PNW
||| FROM CAPT. MATT ARNY, COMMANDING OFFICER, NAS WHIDBEY ||| Numerous area media outlets, including The Seattle Times, published stories, which cited studies that have raised questions about whether Navy jet noise affects Southern Resident
Wind gusts up to 55-60 mph anticipated for our Tuesday
||| FROM U.S. WEATHER SERVICE ||| * WHAT...Southeast winds 30 to 40 mph with gusts up to 55 to 60 mph possible. * WHERE...San Juan County, Western Whatcom County and Western Skagit County. * WHEN...From
Debate over short-term rentals comes to ‘Washington’s playground’ as Chelan County considers limits on Airbnbs
||| FROM SEATTLE TIMES ||| As post-pandemic vacationing returns in coming years, tourists may find it harder to book an Airbnb near Leavenworth, Lake Chelan and other coveted areas in Chelan County. County commissioners are
State Parks releases environmental determination of U.S. Navy training permit application
Commission will hold public comment meeting Jan. 26 ||| FROM WASHINGTON STATE PARKS ||| OLYMPIA – Dec. 22, 2020 – Today, staff of the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission released a State Environmental Policy
Navy conducting noise monitoring at NAS Whidbey Island
||| FROM MICHAEL WELDING for NAVAL AIR STATION WHIDBEY ||| NAVAL AIR STATION WHIDBEY ISLAND, Wash. - The Navy completed its first week of real-time sound monitoring at Naval Air Station (NAS) Whidbey Island as
Inslee issues proclamation delaying implementation of single-use plastic bags
||| FROM GOVERNOR JAY INSLEE'S OFFICE ||| Gov. Jay Inslee issued a proclamation [Friday] delaying implementation of a law related to single-use plastic bags. Single Use Plastic Bags (20-82): This order delays implementation of a law
Comp Plan | 2021 annual docket application period: Jan. 1 – Mar. 1, 2021
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| The deadline for proposed amendments to the San Juan County Comprehensive Plan and Unified Development Code (UDC) is 4:30 pm March 1, 2021. The “Annual Docket of Comprehensive
Garden Club shares webinars, insight, favorite garden tools in recent newsletter
||| FROM HELEN HUBER for ORCAS ISLAND GARDEN CLUB ||| Newsletter and Featured Webinar The Orcas Island Garden Club has published our December Newsletter and Webinar. Visit the website https://www.orcasislandgardenclub.org. Chock full of webinars, book
Governor announces bold climate package for 2021–2023 biennium
||| FROM GOVERNOR JAY INSLEE'S OFFICE ||| Gov. Jay Inslee today outlined his climate policy package for the 2021–2023 biennium. “Climate change is a health issue, an economic issue and an equity issue. We must address
Human-made stuff doubles in mass every 20 years
It Just Crossed a Disturbing Line ||| FROM SCIENCE ALERT ||| All of the Amazon's splendid greenery. Every fish in the Pacific. Every microbe underfoot. Every elephant on the plains, every flower, fungus, and fruit-fly
Transition Lopez Island outlines progress toward fossil-free, food secure future
||| BY STEVE BERNHEIM theORCASONIAN REPORTER ||| Last Saturday, December 5, a group called “Transition Lopez Island” convened a tele-panel of residents and representatives to update the community on progress toward a fossil-free future and
Next Meeting of the Minds to explore our national monument
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| MEETING OF THE MINDS – The Bureau of Land Management and the San Juan Islands National Monument – Past, Present, and Future @ ORCAS SENIOR CENTER
