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
All burn permits expire today
-- from San Juan County Communications -- The 2018/19 burning season has come to a close. All permits issued this year and last fall are now expired. Commercial and Residential burning is over for the
Library talk: Change your diet, improve our planet
Thursday, June 6, 6 p.m., Orcas Library Reading Room -- from Mary Pugh for Orcas Library -- Join nutrition educator Gigi Carter and learn how changing your diet can improve your health and save our
WSF issues statement on ferry vs. humpback whale in Elliott Bay
-- from Washington State Ferries -- On Tuesday night, the Wenatchee struck a humpback whale around 8:20 p.m., a few minutes after leaving Seattle on its way to Bainbridge Island. The whale breached several feet in front
Canadian garbage on its way from Philippines back to Vancouver
Fights over mislabelled Canadian trash have been going on for 6 years -- from The Canadian Press -- Sixty-nine shipping containers of fetid trash are on their way back to Canada, after being loaded onto a
Master Gardeners Question Table will be setup to answer your gardening queries
Saturday, June 1, and Wednesday, June 5, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. -- from Dianne Macondray for Orcas Master Gardeners -- Announcing the Orcas Master Gardener’s Question Table at the Farmer’s Market on Saturday, June
Meet this year’s Indian Island youth steward fellowship award
-- from Russel Barsh for Kwiaht -- Emma Thoron is this year’s winner of the Robyn Lowe youth steward fellowship for Indian Island. The nonprofit conservation laboratory Kwiaht makes this $3,000 work-study award to an
State ferry on Bainbridge run collides with a gray whale
-- from KOMO News -- A ferry on the Seattle to Bainbridge Island run hit a gray whale Tuesday night in Elliott Bay, according to a Washington State Ferries spokesperson. At 8:18 p.m. the M/V
OPALCO awarded $5.8M to fund member energy efficiency projects
Switch it Up! puts thousands back in members’ pockets -- from Krista Bouchey for Orcas Power & Light Cooperative -- OPALCO is now offering on-bill financing for members who want to Switch it Up! and
Learn about SJC Orca Protection Initiative in upcoming meeting
Tuesday, May 28, 5:30 p.m., Orcas Library -- from Natalie Menacho for Our Revolution San Juan County -- Our Revolution San Juan County has endorsed the San Juan County Orca Protection Initiative 2019-9. Please join
Learn how US Army divers will extract derelict fishing nets from SJC waters
Tuesday, June 25, 7 p.m., The Whale Museum -- from Tracie Merrill for The Whale Museum -- On June 25, Joan Drinkwin, Natural Resources Consultants, and Monica Shoemaker, Washington Department of Natural Resources, will present
“One of the most unusual events I can recall with a killer whale”: Orca pod preys on gray whale in Puget Sound
-- from Q13 FOX -- A pod of orcas apparently preyed on a gray whale near Whidbey Island Saturday, and experts are calling this an extremely “unusual event.” Passengers aboard a Puget Sound Express ship
Land Bank requests farm lease proposals. Schedule a mandatory tour
-- from Tanja Williamson for San Juan County Land Bank -- The San Juan County Land Bank is requesting proposals from anyone interested in a short-term agricultural lease of its Coffelt Farm Property. Acquired from
53 gray whales have washed ashore on West Coast this spring
-- from Finger Lake Times -- At least 53 dead or dying gray whales have washed up on West Coast beaches this spring, a death rate that's only been seen once before. The great mammals
Bear went over to San Juan, to see what he could see
-- from Sheriff Ron Krebs -- The black bear that was last seen on Orcas Island, has now been spotted in the Hillview Terrace area of San Juan Island. The Department of Fish and Wildlife
Letter to Editor | Join me in supporting the work of Friends of the San Juans
-- from San Olson for Friends of the San Juans -- Friends of the San Juans has been committed to protecting our environment since 1979. Throughout those forty years, Friends’ dedication to that mission has
