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
Shaw Island house purchase by county makes no sense
A resolution to purchase a $1 million property on Shaw Island to use for dumping road spoils is on the San Juan County Council agenda on Tuesday, June 25. ||| FROM SALISH CURRENT ||| The
Whale Museum Pod Nod
||| FROM TATE THOMPSON for THE WHALE MUSEUM ||| Join our sleepover party at The Whale Museum! The beloved Pod Nods event returns on Friday, July 26 - Saturday, July 27. Event begins at 6:30
Barcelona to ban apartment rentals to tourists in bid to cut housing costs
Spanish city is one of Europe’s top destinations but its popularity has made housing increasingly unaffordable for residents ||| FROM THE GUARDIAN ||| Barcelona, a top Spanish holiday destination, has announced it will bar apartment rentals
Capri lifts ban on tourists after resolving problems with water supply
Ferries from Naples and Sorrento had been forced to return to port as mayor described situation as ‘real emergency’ ||| FROM THE GUARDIAN ||| The Italian island of Capri has lifted a ban on tourists
Crucial marine plant under study: Eelgrass health in San Juans
||| FROM TINA WHITMAN for FRIENDS OF THE SAN JUANS ||| As summer begins, Friends of the San Juans research on eelgrass health will be gathering its second year of data from below the surface.
Biden-Harris administration launches Task Force to advance historic commitment to restore wild salmon, other native fish in Columbia River Basin
||| FROM THE WHITE HOUSE ||| WASHINGTON – The Biden-Harris Administration today announced the creation of a new interagency Columbia River Task Force and the release of a landmark report acknowledging the harms that the federal
US admits dams in Pacific northwest have devastated Native Americans
||| FROM THE GUARDIAN ||| The US government, in a report published on Tuesday, acknowledged for the first time the harms that federal dams have inflicted on Native American tribes in the US Pacific northwest.
Land Bank hosts public meeting and field trip
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County's Conservation Land Bank invites the public to a community meeting and field trip to the Crescent Beach Preserve to discuss a Stewardship and Management Plan
Land Bank meeting
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| The San Juan County Conservation Land Bank Commission will hold its regular monthly meeting on June 21, 2024, from 8:30am – 11:15am at the Orcas Island Library, located at 500 Rose
Judge orders railway to pay Washington tribe nearly $400 million for trespassing with oil trains
||| FROM ASSOCIATED PRESS ||| BNSF Railway must pay nearly $400 million to a Native American tribe in Washington state, a federal judge ordered Monday after finding that the company intentionally trespassed when it repeatedly
Eastsound Water Users will meet tomorrow
||| FROM DAN BURKE for EASTSOUND WATER USERS ||| Our Regular Board Meeting is tomorrow night. Please join us at the Eastsound Firehall at 5:00 pm. Mission Statement Eastsound Water Users Association is a service-oriented
Update | County awaits funding for infrastructure resiliency work on Lopez Island
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County continues to wait for updates regarding its grant application to engage in sea level rise adaptation and infrastructure resiliency work on Lopez Island. San Juan
Master Gardeners to answer plant questions at Orcas Library
||| KATE YTURRI for SJC MASTER GARDENERS ||| As we welcome summer with days spent in our gardens, we have high hopes of success. However, sometimes the weather, insects, disease, or our garden practices betray
Protect marine ecosystems & island resources; become a Green Boater today
||| FROM JESS NEWLEY for FRIENDS OF THE SAN JUANS ||| Boating season is here, and soon our waters will be buzzing with local and visiting boats. Our amazing group of islands, where boaters find
Are B.C.’s open-net pen salmon farms closing — or not?
Five years ago, with wild salmon in sharp decline, the federal government promised a transition away from open-net farming. As the clock ticks towards a 2025 deadline, wild salmon advocates worry Ottawa is back-peddling |||
