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
They say it’s going to get windy around these parts tonight
||| FROM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ||| URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Seattle WA 312 PM PST Wed Feb 24 2021 San Juan County-Western Whatcom County-Western Skagit County, Including the cities of Friday Harbor,
Registration now open for San Juans Agricultural Summit
||| FROM KATE MIKULAK FOR SAN JUAN COUNTY EXTENSION ||| Registration for the 9th annual San Juan Islands Agricultural Summit is now open! From March 20 to April 16, join farmers, producers, and food system
Food System Team forges ahead with work on community food assessment
||| FROM CAITLIN LECK for SJC FOOD SYSTEM TEAM ||| For the last ten months the San Juan County Food System Team, comprised of representatives from WSU San Juan County Extension, San Juan County Health
Planning Commission takes a look at climate change
||| BY STEVE BERNHEIM, ORCASONIAN REPORTER ||| If you are concerned that San Juan County government is not doing enough to reduce the county’s carbon footprint, you should know the Planning Commission just received a
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
