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
Voters give a big Yes on Land Bank renewal
||| FROM CHRISTA CAMPBELL and SANDI FRIEL for RENEW OUR LAND BANK COMMITTEE ||| In a huge win for protecting San Juan County’s critical resources and the public’s access to natural areas, County residents voted
Join the Eastsound Planning Review Committee (EPRC)
||| FROM JASON BRADSHAW for EASTSOUND PLANNING REVIEW COMMITTEE ||| Are you passionate about shaping the future of Eastsound? The Eastsound Planning Review Committee (EPRC) is seeking dedicated community members from Orcas Island to join
Orcas Garden Club: Welcome to November
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND GARDEN CLUB ||| I always look forward to my lace leaf maple producing spectacular fall colors of yellows speckled with reds. Despite the chillier temperatures and a few torrential rains, we’ve
Land Bank Meeting
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY LAND BANK ||| The San Juan County Conservation Land Bank Commission will hold a regular monthly meeting on November 15, 2024 from 8:30am – 11:15am via Zoom. The meeting will also be available
Wind advisory | Tuesday through Wednesday
||| NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ||| URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Seattle WA 128 PM PST Mon Nov 11 2024 San Juan County-Western Whatcom County-Western Skagit County- Admiralty Inlet Area-North Coast-Central Coast- Including the
Proposition 1 | Conservation Area real estate excise tax extended to 2038
||| FROM LINCOLN BORMANN for SJC LAND BANK ||| On behalf of the Land Bank Staff and Commission, I’d like to extend our sincere gratitude in renewing Proposition 1 and the Conservation Area Real Estate Excise Tax (REET).
Southern residents lose two killer whales in blow to population
One whale born in 1993 and another calf last seen emaciated are missing and presumed dead, according to the Center for Whale Research ||| FROM TIMES COLONIST ||| Two southern resident killer whales are presumed dead
How has extreme weather impacted you?
Participate in the County’s Climate Resilience Planning Effort ||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County is conducting a Climate Vulnerability Assessment to better understand how and to what extent our community –
Penn Cove Orcas make their first return to the site of brutal 1970 killings
Their historic return is a sad reminder of what happened to the rest of their pod ||| FROM GREEN MATTERS ||| Animal lovers may recognize the name Penn Cove thanks to a gruesome incident in
High winds forecast for 4am to 2pm Monday
||| FROM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ||| URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Seattle WA 836 AM PST Sun Nov 3 2024 San Juan County-Western Whatcom County-Western Skagit County- Western Strait of Juan De Fuca-North
Garden Club presentation native bees, hoverflies in our gardens
||| FROM PERRI GIBBONS for ORCAS ISLAND GARDEN CLUB ||| Russel Barsh Please join us on Wednesday, November 13, when the Orcas Island Garden Club welcomes Russel Barsh to speak about native bees
Reminder | Islands Oil Spill Association forum
||| FROM BILL SYMES for ISLANDS' OIL SPILL ASSOCIATION || IOSA staff, volunteers, and board members welcome the Orcas community to an IOSA Community Forum for an evening of facts, fun, and refreshments. Find out
‘Fish War’ film about tribal fishing rights coming to all 3 islands
||| FROM JUSTIN COX for SEA DOC SOCIETY ||| The acclaimed documentary Fish War will tour the San Juan Islands over three consecutive days in November as part of Native American Heritage Month. The free screenings will
The AI power struggle | Data centers are in a desperate search for energy
||| BY MICHAEL RIORDAN, SPECIAL TO THE SEATTLE TIMES ||| The booming electricity demands of the nascent artificial intelligence gold rush boggle the mind and will likely hit ordinary ratepayers in the pocketbook if nothing is
Guests Opion | Public lands, a question of values
||| FROM MICHAEL VOURI ||| The advent of fall weather has resulted in the classic rain shadow the past few days, best seen from American Camp. I photographed several views (offered here) looking south from
