ENVIRONMENT2024-05-26T22:02:41-07:00

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

LATEST IN ENVIRONMENT

    Beached bird training session

    March 14th, 2025|

    ||| FROM COASTAL OBSERVATION AND SEABIRD SURVEY TEAM ||| Join the Coastal Observation and Seabird Survey Team (COASST), and make a difference for the environment! COASST participants collect monthly data on beached carcasses of marine

      Spring cleaning tips for your boat

      March 11th, 2025|

      ||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| As the days grow longer and warmer, San Juan County’s Department of Environmental Stewardship is pleased to share a few spring cleaning tips with boat owners. Before jumping

        Garden Club launches Project Blossom

        March 10th, 2025|

        ||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND GARDEN CLUB ||| The Orcas Island Garden Club is sponsoring a citizen science project called Project Blossom. Orcas has many microclimates that affect the bloom time of flowers. This project will

          Full lunar eclipse coming this week

          March 10th, 2025|

          ||| FROM SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN ||| A total lunar eclipse is happening next week, visible across nearly all of North America and all of South America. It will start late the night of March 13 and continue into

            Bellingham taps Orcas glass sand

            February 27th, 2025|

            To take a valueless material and find a use for it! ||| FROM THE SALISH CURRENT ||| Orcas Island’s trailblazing project to divert heavy, discarded glass away from destination landfills and back to the productive

              Updates from The Exchange

              February 27th, 2025|

              ||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND RECYCLING/THE EXCHANGE ||| Household Hazardous Waste Clean-up in March Another Springtime tradition: Cleanout the toxins! On March 15 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. bring us your chemicals—everything from cleaning supplies

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