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
4.7, 5.4, 6.4 earthquake swarm recorded off Vancouver Island
||| FROM VANCOUVER CITY NEWS ||| Earthquakes Canada says a magnitude 6.1 earthquake has been recorded off the west coast of Vancouver Island Thursday morning. The national earthquake agency says the quake, which was recorded
How Native nations forced federal investment in salmon reintroduction
Work above the Chief Joseph and Grand Coulee Dams has proven that salmon will return home, pressuring the government to uphold obligations to Upper Columbia United Tribes. With further litigation on hold, the federal government
Squirt guns and ‘go home’ signs: Barcelona residents take aim at tourists
||| FROM THE STRAITS TIMES ||| LONDON/ZARAGOZA, Spain - For the past few months, tourists in certain areas of Spain have found fewer welcome mats and more hostility. Anti-tourism graffiti loops across buildings, and tens of
Green invasion hits Orcas Island’s Cascade Lake
||| FROM TOBY COOPER for THE SALISH CURRENT ||| Eurasian watermilfoil — a fast-growing, non-native aquatic plant that threatens the natural freshwater ecosystems, human recreation and domestic water infrastructure — has infested Orcas Island’s Cascade
Cultivating Success | Growing future farmers
Learn how to develop a sustainable small farm ||| FROM REBECCA MOORE for WSU EXTENSION | SAN JUAN COUNTY ||| Interested in farming? Not sure how to begin? Do you dream of beginning or expanding
Master Gardener Clinic
||| FROM DIANNE MACONDRAY for SJC MASTER GARDENERS ||| The Master Gardeners of San Juan County are here to help with science based answers to your plant questions. There will be another Plant Answer Clinic
Islanders launch campaign to renew Land Bank’s funding
||| FROM SANDI FRIEL for RENEW OUR LAND BANK COMMITTEE ||| Left to right: Former Land Bank Commissioners Christa Campbell and Sandi Friel are co-leading the campaign to “Renew Our Land Bank.” Photo taken
Whale Museum’s summer lecture series continues
||| FROM TATE THOMSON for THE WHALE MUSEUM ||| The Whale Museum is continuing its Summer Lecture Series with Everybody Loves a Pooping Whale: what poop can tell us about the health of the Southern
Why ‘deadbeat dam’ removals are so difficult in WA, PNW
||| FROM THE SEATTLE TIMES ||| WILDBOY CREEK, Washougal — Kwoneesum Dam once had a purpose. It created a lake for girls attending a summer camp to swim, canoe and sail. But just two decades
Whale researcher says orphan orca ‘likely’ seen off Vancouver Island
||| FROM CITY NEWS ||| VICTORIA — A killer whale calf whose struggle for survival captured international headlines when she became trapped in a Vancouver Island tidal lagoon earlier this year only to escape on
Weather Alert | Hot, hot, hot through weekend
||| FROM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ||| URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Seattle WA 758 AM PDT Wed Jul 3 2024 San Juan County-Western Whatcom County-Southwest Interior-Western Skagit County-Everett and Vicinity-Tacoma Area-Admiralty Inlet Area-Hood
Visitors Bureau response to Letter to the Editor in theOrcasonian
||| FROM SAN JUAN ISLANDS VISITORS BUREAU BOARD OF DIRECTORS ||| The San Juan Islands Visitors Bureau would like to make some corrections and clarifications to Michael Johnson’s June 30 Letter to the Editor. It’s
Pea Patch campus awarded $98,675 to explore a solar microgrid from WA Dept. of Commerce
||| FROM SUZANNE OLSON for PEA PATCH PROJECT ||| The Pea Patch Project is pleased to announce that the Orcas Island Food Bank and Orcas Community Resource Center were awarded a community decarbonization grant of
State Democrat Environment, Climate Caucus (ECC) adopts resolution recognizing inherent rights of Southern Resident Orca
||| FROM KRISS KEVORKIAN for LEGAL RIGHTS OF THE SALISH SEA ||| Seattle, WA – The inherent rights of Southern Resident Orcas, including the right to “life, liberty, autonomy, free and safe passage, adequate food
SJC Monthly News Digest – June 2024
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| This column is part of a series detailing San Juan County’s recent news. Follow along each month to learn about important County projects, Council initiatives, department updates, and
