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
Local weather alert: Heavy rain in the forecast for later this week
-- from Brendan Cowan for Department of Emergency Management -- 2010 Flooding on Bailer Hill on SJI (DEM Photo) While flood impacts in the islands are much less than for our mainland neighbors, every few
State awards more than $26M for salmon recovery projects statewide
$414,702 to San Juan County -- from Susan Zemek, WA Recreation and Conservation Office -- OLYMPIA–The Washington Salmon Recovery Funding Board today announced the award of $26.1 million in grants for projects across the state aimed
Want to fight climate change? Experience what we’re fighting for
-- from Jay Inslee, Governor -- My first interaction with an orca whale took place when I was 5 years old. I was fishing on a boat with my dad in the San Juan Islands,
It’s the grandmother orcas that help their grand-whales survive, study says
-- from Washington Post -- An endangered female orca leaps from the water in Puget Sound in Seattle. A new study documents how grandmother orcas help their grand-whales survive. (Elaine Thompson/AP) In the Salish Sea
Whale Museum hosting storykeeper stargazing event to honor SRKW babies
Friday, December 20, 4:30 p.m., American Camp -- from Tracie Merrell for The Whale Museum -- Please join The Whale Museum (TWM) at the first parking lot at South Beach, American Camp on San Juan
Learn to create ornaments, gifts from trash
Saturday, December 14 12 - 4 pm., the Exchange Annex -- Marta Nielson for ORS/Exchange -- The Exchange, in conjunction with “Sew For Zero Waste," is having an Ornament/Gift Making Workshop on Saturday, December 14
Letter to Editor | Vacationing in a fools’ paradise
-- from Tom Evans -- There is no better time than right now to save what all of us hold sacred about the beauty of the land, water, trees, mountains and shoreline of the San Juan Islands. It has
Guest Opinion | Proposed Monument plan threatens fragile ecosystems
-- from Russel Barsh for Kwiaht -- The federal government’s plan for managing the San Juan Islands National Monument will do more harm than good, according to an analysis by the nonprofit conservation laboratory Kwiaht.
Guest Opinion | A call for rational climate action
-- from Bill Appel -- You attend lectures, subscribe to emails, newsletters and magazines, and buy books describing environmental degradation and the resulting death, destruction and misery suffered by all forms of life, and the
State’s ocean acidification research is drawing global interest
-- from Governor Inslee's Office -- Jennifer Hennessey is Gov. Jay Inslee’s policy expert on ocean health and environmental issues. She recently traveled to Chile to help researchers better understand the impact of ocean acidification
Land Bank giving local salmon a fighting chance
-- from Tanja Williamson for San Juan County Land Bank -- San Juan County’s sole remaining wild salmon run may have been doomed to extinction until a last-minute agreement to increase water flow gave the
Ocean Night at Sea View | ‘The Salmon Way’ film
Wednesday, December 4, 7 - 8 p.m., Sea View Theatre -- from Justin Cox for SeaDoc Society -- On Wednesday, December 4, spend the evening at the Sea View Theatre with Amy Gulick and the
Of course, just in time for Thanksgiving, a seemingly annual wind watch
-- from National Weather Service -- * What, Northeast winds 25 to 40 MPH with Gusts Up to 55 MPHPossible. * Where, San Juan County, Western Whatcom county and WesternSkagit county. * When, from Tuesday
Here’s another Master Plan up for review — Shoreline
-- from San Juan County Communications -- The County is beginning a periodic review of its Shoreline Master Program (SMP) as required by WAC 173-26-090. This update is intended to assure consistency of the SMP
Land Capacity Analysis establishes baseline for managing County growth
-- by Matthew Gilbert, Orcas Issues reporter -- A briefing memorandum along with the second draft of the Land Capacity Analysis (LCA) report were presented to the Planning Commission (PC) on November 15. It was
