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
Orcas challenge the Bering Sea’s black cod industry
||| FROM KUCB NEWS ||| Black cod fishermen in the Bering Sea have reported an increase in orcas taking their catch off their fishing lines in recent years. Orca depredation isn't just a costly headache
U.S. officials plan to kill hundreds of thousands of barred owls to save another species from extinction
||| FROM PBS.ORG ||| To save the imperiled spotted owl from potential extinction, U.S. wildlife officials are embracing a contentious plan to deploy trained shooters into dense West Coast forests to kill almost a half-million
7 steps to what a real renewable energy transition looks like
Historically, an overhaul for humanity's energy system would take hundreds or many thousands of years. The rapid shift to cleaner, more sustainable sources of power generations will easily be the most ambitious enterprise our species
Master Gardeners Workshop
2024 San Juan County WSU Master Gardeners Gardening Workshop Series October 15-24, 2024 ||| FROM DIANA STEPITA for SJC MASTER GARDENERS ||| Successful gardeners know that beautiful and bountiful gardens require knowledge and planning. Fall
Master Gardener clinic
||| FROM DIANNE MACONDRAY for MASTER GARDENERS ||| Our summer gardening season is winding down now with cooler weather, but come by and see the Master Gardeners to get ideas for fall planting or with
September Bird Walk at SJI Sculpture Park
||| FROM KRISTEN ARNIM for SJI SCULPTURE PARK ||| Fall migration is here! You don’t want to miss the next bird walk at the Sculpture Park. Our bird expert, Tyler Davis, tells us, “As this
Of Leaks and Lies: A looming nuclear catastrophe threatens PNW
||| FROM COUNTERPUNCH.ORG ||| Last week, the Department of Energy, which oversees the aging nuclear site in Hanford, Washington, reported that a tank containing high-level radioactive waste was leaking. This is currently the third tank we know of
500-million-year-old alien-like sea creature discovered in Canada. It’s a new species
||| FROM THE MIAMI HERALD ||| Entothyreos synnaustrus, a spined animal with stubby clawed legs and flailing appendages. More than 500 million years ago, something in the ocean changed. Some creatures evolved to
Eastsound Water Users draft recall documents
||| FROM MICHAEL RIORDAN ||| Given the circumstances and prior encounters, Friday evening's EWUA special board meeting to draft a recall mailing and proxy form was a remarkably civil affair, with most of the board
Update from The Exchange
||| FROM THE CREW AT THE EXCHANGE ||| Safety First We’ve been recycling batteries at ORS/The Exchange for a decade and for safety reasons we are asking that everyone recycle their batteries at the scale
Take a look: Updated plans for new Washington State Ferries hybrid-electric boats
||| FROM KING-TV SEATTLE ||| SEATTLE — KING 5 got an exclusive look at new hybrid-electric Washington State Ferries (WSF) boat models. The new boats will include charging units on the upper decks. WSF leaders told KING
Letter to Editor | Village Green community tree not looking good
||| FROM B. SADIE BAILEY ||| It hurts my heart to see our Community Tree at the Village Green looking so bad. I didn’t notice how damaged it had become until several weeks ago when I was walking past it. I
How it all went wrong for tourism
||| FROM CNN ||| Protests in the streets. Graffiti warning tourists to go home. Local populations dwindling as short-term rentals mushroom and price residents out. It feels like this was the year that tourism turned nasty
The return of the Kings (salmon, that is)
||| FROM LISA TERRY for LONG LIVE THE KINGS ||| Wanted to share the news that the first salmon of the season has made it home through the fish ladder at our hatchery on Orcas!
Guest Opinion | What will it take?
||| FROM ELISABETH ROBSON ||| We are told there are five stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. In my own journey coming to terms with and accepting the reality of ecological overshoot,
