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
Citizen groups keep pressure on county, OPALCO regarding VRs and dam removal
-- by Matthew Gilbert, Orcas Issues reporter -- In what seems to be an emerging trend here on this increasingly feisty archipelago, citizens are coming together to resist decisions being made that don’t reflect the
Request for salmon recovery project proposals
-- from Sam Whitridge for San Juan County Lead Entity for Salmon Recovery -- The San Juan County Lead Entity for Salmon Recovery is requesting salmon recovery project proposals for the Salmon Recovery Funding Board
Garden Club meeting presents ‘medicinal plants’ of the San Juans
Wednesday, January 15, 10 a.m., Madrona Room at Orcas Center -- from Nita Couchman for Orcas Island Garden Club -- The Orcas Island Garden Club welcomes Kristy Bredin to our January 15 meeting in the
Petrochemical export project canceled: Deal prevents climate pollution, protects SRKW population
-- from Lovel Pratt for Friends of the San Juans -- Deal signed by Environmental Organizations, Skagit County, and Refinery will allow clean air projects to proceed and halts new petrochemical processing and export at
SJC 2019: Comp Plan, tourism, and vacation rentals
-- by Matthew Gilbert, Orcas Issues Reporter -- This past year saw San Juan County take on a series of issues with impacts that will extend far beyond 2019. What ties them all together is
Update on current status of Vacation Rental Permit moratorium process
-- from The Vacation Rental Work Group -- Per the request of County Council, the Vacation Rental Working Group has developed regulatory language and sent recommendations in Mid-December 2019 to Council. There is no guarantee that the Council will
PBS will soon air Hedrick Smith’s ‘Democracy Rebellion’
-- from Hedrick Smith -- The news flow has been pretty rough in the closing weeks of 2019 - the harsh conflict over impeachment, threats from North Korea and the persistent challenge of China, the
Friends of the San Juans ensures added protections for Southern Resident Killer Whales
-- from Katie Fleming for Friends of the San Juans -- On August 29, 2019, Friends of the San Juans appealed Whatcom County’s conditional approval of a 300,000-barrel external floating roof crude oil storage tank
Orcas Recycling asks for help to fix recycling
-- from Orcas Recycling/The Exchange -- The political and ecological challenges we face today can be overwhelming. The problems are vast, spanning the globe. We all know that we need to act, but how can we
Free movie, ‘Dammed to Extinction,’ coming to Sea View
Wednesday, January 8, 7 p.m., Sea View Theatre -- from Justin Cox for SeaDoc Society -- On Wednesday, January 8 head out to the Sea View Theatre for a free movie about salmon, killer whales,
Winter update from your conservation land bank
-- from Lincoln Bormann for San Juan County Land Bank-- Channel Preserve, LopezLopez Preserve Steward, Amanda Wedow, hosted a public scoping meeting in early October. The event was widely attended with break-out discussions covering a
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
