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
Whale Museum’s Summer Lecture Series: Orca Genetic Comparisons
Thursday, September 14, 6:30 p.m., The Whale Museum -- from Tracie Merrill for The Whale Museum -- On September 14, Dr. Lance Barrett-Lennard, Head of the Cetacean Research Program (including the B.C. Cetacean Sightings Network)
Eastsound Planners Review Development Proposals
Thursday, Sept. 7 at 3 p.m. at the Eastsound Fire Hall -- by Margie Doyle -- At its regular monthly meeting tomorrow, the Eastsound Planning Review Committee will hear a County Council update from Council
Islanders Arrive En Masse at UW Medicine Meeting
Updated Sept. 8 at 11 p.m. -- by Margie Doyle -- After years of losing money and physicians, this month Orcas Medical Center will come under management by UW Medicine to meet the challenges of
Guest Opinion: The Farmed Salmon Spill
-- by Dr. Joe Gaydos from SeaDocSociety -- On August 19 and 20, a net pen owned by Cooke Aquaculture Pacific collapsed, releasing an undetermined number (estimates range from 4,000 to 185,000) of the 305,000
Park & Ride Now Ready for Chipseal
-- from Jesse Douglas-Seitz, San Juan County Project Engineer -- Chipsealing is scheduled for Orcas Hill Road and the Park and Ride on Wednesday 09/06/17 and Thursday 09/07/17. Expect short delays. Flaggers will be on
Protect Yourself from Wildfire Smoke
-- from San Juan County Communications -- With a change in the weather pattern, smoke from nearby wildfires is now settling over Western Washington. Air quality could be unhealthy at times over the next several
Whale Museum’s Summer Lecture Series | Whales & Shipping
Thursday, September 7, 6:30 p.m., The Whale Museum -- from Tracie Merrill for The Whale Museum -- The Whale Museum’s Summer Lecture Series continues with Whales & Shipping: How the Enhancing Cetacean Habitat and Observation (ECHO)
New Speech / Language Pathologist Brings 18 Years Experience to School District
-- from Cathy Ferran for Orcas School District -- Anne Auckland is the new Speech and Language Pathologist (SLP) for the Orcas Island School District. She is excited to be here. Anne has been an
Keep an Eye Out for Atlantic Salmon to Assist Lummi Nation
-- from Nick and Sara Jones -- The Lummi Nation small-boat fleet is coming to San Juan County to mop up escaped net-pen Atlantic Salmon. Tribal fisher-folk have been working for a week in the
Guest Opinion | Say No to Longview Coal Terminal
-- from Michael Riordan -- (Reprinted in part with permission of Seattle Times) The state Department of Ecology will soon make an important permitting decision that could well pit Washington state against the federal government.
Burn Ban Enacted For All of San Juan County
All burning is closed except charcoal or propane BBQs for the county. State Parks has additionally shut down the use of charcoal so they are only allowing gas or propane BBQs and cook stoves. --
Coalition Pursues Hospital District Petition
-- from the Coalition for Orcas Health Care -- In several days, volunteers for the Coalition for Orcas Health Care (COHC) may respectfully request your signature on a petition for a Public Hospital District on
Samish Indian Nation Marine Debris Clean Up Map Honored
-- from Amber Benson -- The Samish Indian Nation announced today that its map tracking marine debris clean up in the tribe’s traditional territory has been honored with a second place award in the 2017 Esri Storytelling with Maps
Thousands of Atlantic Salmon Recovered as Clean-up Continues
-- from KOMO News -- KOMO Photo Thousands of farmed Atlantic salmon have been pulled from Puget Sound as the clean-up of a collapsed fish farm continues in the waters off the San
Adey Bell’s Powerful, Mesmerizing Music
-- a review by Margie Doyle-- Adey Bell, dressed in a flowing red "steampunk" dress, fingerless lace gloves and a black top hat, came to Orcas Island on Saturday night and romanced the audience with
