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
Sick plants? Master Gardeners at Farmers Market, Driftwood Nursery
Saturday, August 3, 10 a.m. -3 p.m., Farmers Market Wednesday, August 7, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m., Driftwood Nursery -- from Dianne Macondray for Master Gardeners -- Bring your plant problems to the San Juan
New pumpout facility serves recreational boaters in the San Juan Islands
Facility funded by State Parks' Clean Vessel Act program -- from Washington State Parks -- A new sewage pumpout for recreational boaters is now open at the Shaw Island General Store in the San Juan Islands. The
Letter to Editor | Vacation rentals: Wanna do something about it?
-- from Steve Henigson -- Jean and I went to our bank, today, to do some everyday banking business. The lines were long, and moving slowly, and even the Bank Manager was doing the work
Planning Commission discusses traffic lights, water, VR saturation
-- by Matthew Gilbert, Orcas issues reporter -- The SJC Planning Commission (PC) met on July 19 with all members present either in person or by phone with the exception of Brent Snow and Victoria
Port of Orcas addresses proposed Aeronautical Services expansion
-- from B. Sadie Bailey -- All five commissioners were present at the Port’s regular monthly meeting held on 7/11/19: Clyde Duke, Poke Haffner, Steve Hopkins, Greg Sawyer, Bea Von Tobel; and interim manager Dwight
Guest Opinion | Restoring salmon runs, not politics, will save southern resident killer whales
-- from Ken Balcomb for Center for Whale Research -- The only real solution for reversal of the downhill trend in Chinook salmon size and abundance, and for the southern resident killer whale population, is
Salmon and recovery efforts grow through natural shoreline restoration, land-based whale watching
-- from Governor Jay Inslee's office -- Gov. Jay Inslee toured three projects in Northern Washington Wednesday to see how state agencies, tribes, local governments and nonprofits are carrying out recent legislation to aid orca
Group proposes sanctuary in San Juan Islands to retire captive orcas
‘Empty all the tanks’ and bring them home -- from Seattle Times -- Lolita the orca was captured from the Puget Sound region in 1970 and became the star attraction at Miami Seaquarium. (Harley Soltes
State AG sues Navy over impact of expanded Growler operations
Navy’s decision to expand its operations on Whidbey Island failed to adequately analyze human health, environmental and historic impacts -- from Attorney General Ferguson's office -- Attorney General Bob Ferguson [July 9 2019] filed a
Whale Museum sponsoring on-site, in-depth workshop starring the Elwha River
Explore ancient connections between land, river, salmon, orca -- from Tracie Merrill for The Whale Museum -- Elwha River delta The Whale Museum is holding an “In-Depth” Workshop over the weekend of October 18-20, 2019.
Enter your hay or grain in the Fair this year, get free quality analysis
-- from Adrienne Bourne for San Juan County Fair -- Hay hay hay - new for this year at the Fair. Consider entering your hay or grain in the San Juan County Fair Grains &
They don’t live on words alone: Voices of our Salish Sea
Saturday, July 13, 9:30 a.m. - 5 p.m., San Juan Islands Museum of Art -- from Diane Martindale for San Juan Islands Museum of Art -- Don't miss the opportunity to experience legendary speakers on
Master Gardeners will be at Saturday’s Farmers Market, Driftwood on Wednesday
-- from Dianne Macondray for San Juan County Master Gardeners -- On Saturday July 13 the San Juan County Master Gardeners will be at the Farmer’s Market on the Green to answer questions and accept
Whale sanctuary? Learn about local project at upcoming meeting
Tuesday, July 23, 7 - 9 p.m., Emmanuel Episcopal Church -- from Mariann Carrasco for Whale Sanctuary Project -- The Whale Sanctuary Project invites your comments at a town meeting regarding providing a sanctuary for orca
San Juan County voter initiative looks to restrict whale-watching
-- from MyNorthwest.com -- (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson) A new voter initiative was filed with the San Juan County Auditor Monday to increase the distance whale-watching boats can view endangered southern-resident orcas. The petition gathered 2,625
