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
Upcoming Garden Club Event | Flower pressing workshop with Tony Suruda
Saturday, August 22nd, 2:30 pm at the Orcas Library (please note the change in time) ||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND GARDEN CLUB ||| In this workshop participants will use microwave oven presses to dry flowers and
San Juan County Conservation Land Bank farmland property proposed for sale
The Conservation Land Bank seeks a buyer who wants to continue the agricultural heritage of a 40-acre property on San Juan Island ||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| The San Juan County Conservation Land
Forests in potential danger as Trump admin scraps roadless rule
||| FROM NEWSWEEK ||| The Trump administration has taken a major step toward repealing one of the most significant federal forest conservation policies in the United States, arguing the decades-old rule has hindered efforts to
Gardening with mushrooms in the PNW Garden Club presentation
JOIN US AT 9:30 AM (just before the program) for social time, and feel free to bring something for the Sharing Table ||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND GARDEN CLUB ||| Please join the Orcas Island Garden
News Brief | Saving old trees might save lives
||| FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES ||| Many cities across the country, including New York, have been planting trees in neighborhoods where cooling shade has been sparse because of neglect in decades past. But a new
News Brief | Judge rules WA utility can take land for data center power lines
||| FROM THE SEATTLE TIMES ||| Grant County Public Utility District filed a lawsuit to condemn parts of their properties last year because their land sits in the path of a planned transmission line designed
CWR Encounter with Biggs
||| FROM CENTER FOR WHALE RESEARCH ||| Encounter Report ObservBegin: 02:36 PM ObservEnd: 03:44 PM Vessel: KCB III Staff: Michael Weiss Other Observers: Charli Grimes, Lily King, Rachel John, Aspen Kendrick-Cisneros Pods: Bigg's killer whales
SJC Land Bank meets on Friday
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY CONSERVATION LAND BANK COMMISSION ||| The San Juan County Conservation Land Bank Commission will hold its monthly meeting Friday, August 21. The meeting is scheduled from 8:45am – 11:10am via Zoom. The meeting
San Juan County outdoor burn ban notice
County issues outdoor burn ban in the face of elevated fire dangers and dry conditions ||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| Per the Washington State Department of Natural Resources, the fire danger level in
CWR Encounter #59 | Bigg’s Killer Whales
||| FROM CENTER FOR WHALE RESEARCH ||| Full Encounter Report ObservBegin: 02:30 PM ObservEnd: 03:59 PM Vessel: KCB III Staff: Michael Weiss Other Observers: Charli Grimes, Taylor Redmond, Lily King, Navi Zwart, Henry Moreau-Smith Pods:
Questions worth asking at EWUA Board meeting tomorrow
||| FROM CORY HARRINGTON ||| The EWUA Board meets tomorrow, August 18 at 5:00 PM at the Eastsound Firehall. With no July Board meeting and several recent updates from EWUA, here are some questions I
CWR encounter #58 • Bigg’s Killer Whales
||| FROM CENTER FOR WHALE RESEARCH ||| Full Encounter Report ObservBegin: 03:37 PM ObservEnd: 05:05 PM Vessel: Mike 1 Staff: Michael Weiss Other Observers: Charli Grimes, Navidad Islam-Zwat, Henry Moreau-Smith, Aspen Kendrick-Cisneros, Taylor Redmond Pods:
CWR encounter #57 | Bigg’s Killer Whales
||| FROM CENTER FOR WHALE RESEARCH ||| Full Encounter Report ObservBegin: 02:10 PM ObservEnd: 02:50 PM Vessel: KCB III Staff: Michael Weiss Other Observers: Charli Grimes, Navidad Islam-Zwat, Henry Moreau-Smith, Aspen Kendrick-Cisneros, Taylor Redmond Pods:
NWCAA adds air quality monitor in Friday Harbor
||| FROM NORTHWEST CLEAN AIR AGENCY ||| The Northwest Clean Air Agency has installed and started operating a high-quality, regulatory-grade air monitoring station in Friday Harbor. At this facility, NWCAA is using high-precision instrumentation to
The Exchange update | August 2026
||| FROM ORCAS RECYCLING SERVICES - THE EXCHANGE ||| SWAP Meet August 29th We still have a few spaces left at the SWAP Meet - Saturday, August 29th from 10am-4pm. Send us an email to
