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
Meet Brent Lyles, new Executive Director at Friends of the San Juans
||| KATIE FLEMING for FRIENDS OF THE SAN JUANS ||| You are invited to a virtual town hall on Wednesday, December 16 at 5:30 p.m. The town hall meeting will be led by Brent Lyles,
UW study: Navy jet noise endangers humans, wildlife on Olympic Peninsula
||| FROM KOMO NEWS ||| SEATTLE — Increased noise pollution from more powerful Navy military jets is threatening the health of both humans and wildlife in what once was the quietest place in the continental
These island businesses are greening up the grid
||| FROM LESLIE BRAZEAU for EASTSOUND SUITES ||| Eastsound Suites on Main Street is the latest Orcas business to begin generating their own electricity. Orcas-based installer, Rainshadow Solar, completed installation earlier this month of 34
Deer Harbor Plan Review Committee will meet on Wednesday
|||FROM SHEILA GAQUIN for DEER HARBOR PLAN REVIEW COMMITTEE ||| The Deer Harbor Plan Review Committee will hold their monthly meeting on Wednesday, December 9, 2020 at 4-5:30 p.m. Via ZOOM (Meeting ID 841 6762
San Juan Preservation Trust acquires Deer Harbor’s Reef Island
||| FROM CRAIG CANINE for SAN JUAN PRESERVATION TRUST ||| A 17-acre island near Deer Harbor with a mile of shoreline habitat is now permanently conserved. Earlier this fall, the San Juan Preservation Trust (SJPT)
Center for Whale Research: Fundamental problem with southern resident killer whales
||| FROM CENTER FOR WHALE RESEARCH ||| Comment to the Agenda Item concerning Commercial Whale Watching Public Hearing at the December 3-5, 2020 WDFW (Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife) Commission Meeting Dear Commissioners: The
Human activity, shipping, fishing and polluting linked to killer-whale deaths: B.C. study
||| FROM THE CANADIAN PRESS ||| VICTORIA — A long-running study of more than 50 dead killer whales in the Pacific Ocean concludes human activity poses deadly threats to the orcas. Killer-whale deaths from Alaska
Center for Whale Research buys a 45-ace ranch to help save the Orca
Whale research non-profit takes a big leap in conservation to preserve salmon habitat ||| FROM CENTER FOR WHALE RESEARCH ||| Friday Harbor, WA (December 2, 2020) - In October 2020, the Center for Whale Research
U.S. Navy gets OK for increased disturbance of orca
||| FROM TIMES COLUMNIST (BRITISH COLUMBIA) ||| Environmental groups are worried that the U.S. Navy’s activity in southern resident killer whale habitat spells trouble for the endangered animals. The navy has had authorization for decades
Protecting the Salish Sea: Washington’s plastic bag ban effective Jan. 1
||| FROM MARK INGMAN for SJC PUBLIC WORKS ||| On March 25 Governor Inslee signed Bill ESSB 5323, also known as the Washington Plastic Bag Ban into law (RCW 70A.530). This means that starting January
Virtual community conversation: Fossil free by ’33
So much has changed since last year ||| FROM ANDE FINDLEY for TRANSITION LOPEZ ISLAND ||| Would you like to know what headway San Juan County has made in developing a vibrant local food system
New County Council will start 2021 by voting on a Vacation Rental Permit moratorium
||| BY MATTHEW GILBERT, theORCASONIAN OP-ED REPORTER ||| As reported last week, the county Planning Commission (PC) has unanimously agreed to recommend that the County Council enact a moratorium on new vacation rental permits starting
Garden Club has some November offerings for community
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND GARDEN CLUB ||| Newsletter and Featured Webinar The Orcas Island Garden Club continues to make contributions in the community. And while we aren’t meeting in person, we are actively engaged in
Oh! Look what’s about to blow in
||| FROM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ||| * WHAT...Southeast winds 30 to 40 mph with gusts up to 65 mph possible. * WHERE...San Juan County, Western Whatcom County, Western Skagit County and Admiralty Inlet Area. *
200 queens found in single ‘murder hornet’ nest destroyed by US authorities
||| FROM SCIENCE ALERT ||| After months of searching, in October scientists located and destroyed the first nest of giant 'murder hornets' ever discovered in the US, eradicating a hidden enclave of the invasive insects concealed in
