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
CWR Biggs encounter #2
||| FROM THE CENTER FOR WHALE RESEARCH ||| Full Encounter Report ObservBegin: 11:36 AM ObservEnd: 12:27 PM Vessel: Mike 1 Staff: Mark Malleson Pods: Bigg's killer whales IDsEncountered: T049A2, T051 LocationDescr: Parry Bay EncSummary: Mark headed
CWR Biggs encounter #1
||| FROM CENTER FOR WHALE RESEARCH ||| Full Encounter Report ObservBegin: 11:36 AM ObservEnd: 12:27 PM Vessel: Mike 1 Staff: Mark Malleson Pods: Bigg's killer whales IDsEncountered: T049A2, T051 LocationDescr: Parry Bay EncSummary: Mark headed out
Larsen fights for lower costs, supports farmers
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF U.S. REP. RICK LARSEN ||| WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representative Rick Larsen (WA-02) released the following statement: “Republicans are doing nothing in this Farm Bill to lower food prices for families, lower costs for farmers or lower tariffs for small
News Brief | Targeted hunts were supposed to curb ‘Zombie Deer Disease.’ Now what?
||| FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES ||| Over two decades, Illinois has been one of a number of states that have set up culling campaigns to slow the spread of chronic wasting disease, a strange
A collaborative conservation with Land Bank, Conservation District
Lessons from five years of habitat restoration at Mount Grant—and what’s next ||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| Join the San Juan County Conservation Land Bank and the San Juan Islands Conservation District on
Yellow Island lecture coming up April 29
Limited seating so arrive early ||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND GARDEN CLUB |||
Center for Whale Research encounters J Pod in Haro Strait
||| FROM CENTER FOR WHALE RESEARCH ||| Full Encounter Report ObservBegin: 10:05 AM ObservEnd: 01:05 PM Vessel: KCB III Staff: Dave Ellifrit, Michael Weiss, Katie Jones Pods: J IDsEncountered: J16, J19, J26, J27, J36, J38, J39,
The Whale Museum announces open house event
||| FROM CONOR AGNEW for THE WHALE MUSEUM ||| The Whale Museum will be hosting an Open House event on Friday, May 1, from 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM. This is a great opportunity for
Center for Whale Research honors L25 with new logo
||| FROM CENTER FOR WHALE RESEARCH ||| As we celebrate our 50th year, we’re proud to share our new logo for the Center for Whale Research. Our new logo features L25, the oldest living matriarch
Larsen statement on Trump administration denying flood mitigation funds following December floods
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF U.S. REP. RICK LARSEN ||| WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representative Rick Larsen (WA-02) released the following statement: “This is an unacceptable decision for the families and businesses that I represent," said Rep. Larsen. “The disaster
Center for Whale Research celebrates Earth Day and 50 years
||| FROM CENTER FOR WHALE RESEARCH ||| This Earth Day, we're celebrating the Southern Residents and the beautiful, interconnected ecosystem in which we have been studying these extraordinary whales. Since 1976, the Center for Whale
Kwiaht finds urgent weed control measures on Indian Island
||| FROM RUSSEL BARSH for KWIAHT ||| Kwiaht’s Indian Island stewardship team made a disheartening discovery last week while checking nesting birds and trail conditions: a large lush patch of wild weedy and stinky Bur
Community engagement continues for Odlin County Park facility upgrades
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| The San Juan County Parks, Recreation, & Fair Department is seeking to construct a new facility to serve as a visitor contact station, maintenance facility, and office for
Be ‘Plastic Free in the Salish Sea’ this boating season
A FREE boat shrink wrap recycling program kicks off this summer in the San Juans ||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| The San Juan County Department of Environmental Stewardship and Plastic Free Salish Sea
Letter to Editor | OPALCO the elephant in the room
||| FROM RIKKI SWAN ||| OPALCO (YOU) purchased 2 million dollars worth of solar panels for the Bailer Hill microgrid. Those panels? Still sitting outside the Friday Harbor office under tarps, gathering moss and questions.
