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
Guest Opinion | Amend the Charter with a “Universal” bill of rights that includes the rights of nature
||| FROM JULIENNE BATTALIA FOR COMMUNITY RIGHTS SAN JUAN ISLANDS ||| Is there potential for expanding San Juan County’s Home Rule Charter to include a Bill of Rights recognizing the Rights of Nature within the
Orcas Garden Club preparing for upcoming 2021 Safe Garden Tour
||| FROM ORCAS GARDEN CLUB ||| Each year, as spring brings sunshine and warmer temperatures, gardeners begin their search for new plants. We gardeners are varied in our planning. Some design an artistic palette of
State Parks’ annual ‘Spring Aboard’ campaign launches this month
||| FROM WASHINGTON STATE PARKS ||| OLYMPIA – March 10, 2021 – The Washington State Parks Boating Program encourages boaters and paddlers to prepare for the upcoming season by taking a safety education course. Developed by
Land Bank requests seasonal sheep grazing lease proposals for 2021-2022
FOWLER’S POND PRESERVE, ORCAS ISLAND 12 acre Seasonal Sheep Grazing Short-term Lease Arrendamiento de Agrícola para Ovejas Que Pastan 12 acres ||| FROM TANYA WILLIAMSON for SAN JUAN COUNTY LAND BANK ||| The San Juan
Council approves VR moratorium but limits length/scope
||| BY MATTHEW GILBERT, theORCASONIAN OP-ED REPORTER ||| A February 23 public hearing on an emergency moratorium on new vacation rental permits was extended to the County Council’s regular March 9, and although the comment
Solid Waste Program is set to discuss our handling of organic materials
||| SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| The Solid Waste Program is holding a meeting on the handling of Organic Materials. The intent of our first meeting is more introductory in nature. Some questions I ask
In recent encounter, Center for Whale Research confirms J58 is a girl
||| FROM CENTER FOR WHALE RESEARCH ||| Jane Cogan had been keeping Dave informed Saturday morning about a group of transients in Rosario Strait. Around noon, Jane called again to say they were now hearing
Salish Sea Science Symposium: Implications of noise from navy aircraft for the Salish Sea and Olympic Region
||| FROM CHRISTINA KOONS for SJC MARINE RESOURCES COMMITTEE ||| The San Juan County Marine Resources Committee (MRC) and the Salish Sea Institute at Western Washington University invite you to learn about navy jet noise
Upcoming State Park free day coincides with agency’s 108th birthday
||| FROM WASHINGTON STATE PARKS ||| OLYMPIA – Washington State Parks invites visitors to help celebrate the agency’s 108th birthday on Friday, March 19, by enjoying a state park for free that day. March 19
Council will again address moratorium in upcoming public hearing; pre-hearing on Sunday
Island Stewards to host pre-hearing Q&A Sunday, March 7 at 4 pm. via ZOOM || FROM ISLAND STEWARDS ||| Please Take Action! 2nd Public Hearing 9 March 2021 Opposition to Moratorium Grows! San Juan County
Whale Museum has big day planned with virtual Marine Naturalists
||| FROM TRACIE MERRILL for THE WHALE MUSEUM ||| Friday Harbor, WA –The Whale Museum (TWM) is holding an exciting virtual Gear Up Workshop for Marine Naturalists this spring on Saturday, April 24. This workshop
Second public hearing on vacation rental moratorium now scheduled
||| FROM ISLAND STEWARDS ||| San Juan County (SJC) Council will be continuing an online public hearing on Tuesday, March 9 to discuss whether the moratorium on the issuance of Vacation Rental Permits should be
Can a conservative Idaho Republican bring sockeyes back to the Salmon River?
||| FROM POST ALLEY ||| Reprint at request of reader. We were lifting cups in a lodge at Redfish Lake, beneath 10,000-foot summits of Idaho’s Sawtooth Mountains, talking about thousands of sockeye salmon that once
Larsen votes to protect public lands, rivers in Washington state, nationwide
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF REP. RICK LARSEN ||| WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-02) voted for a comprehensive wilderness and public lands protection bill which includes Representative Derek Kilmer’s legislation to designate more
Land Bank: It’s time to order native plants while supplies last
||| FROM TANJA WILLIAMSON for SAN JUAN COUNTY LAND BANK ||| The San Juan County Land Bank is offering a rare opportunity to purchase locally grown wildflowers native to San Juan County. Reserve plants online
