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
Free shoreline workshops coming up for waterfront property owners
||| FROM ELISE COPE for FRIENDS OF THE SAN JUANS ||| Are you a waterfront property owner in the San Juans looking to better understand the unique features of your coastal landscape? Your shoreline property
San Juan Islands Agricultural Summit March 8 & 9
||| FROM REBECCA MOORE for WSU EXTENSION ||| The 12th Annual San Juan Islands Agricultural Summit is taking place in-person on Orcas Island, March 8 & 9, 2024. This year’s event will consist of in-person
Orcas Island Garden Club presents Garry Oaks, Bluebirds, & You
Find out how our Majestic Oak plays a vital role in our ecosystem ||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND GARDEN CLUB ||| Please join the Orcas Island Garden Club on Wednesday, February 21st, 2024, when we welcome Kathleen
Rosario Resort & Spa to be sold to new ownership
||| FROM KOMO NEWS ||| The Rosario Resort & Spa at the historic Moran Mansion on Orcas Island will be sold to new ownership, the resort announced on its website. The resort said the new owner
B.C. environmental groups request review of tire chemical linked to salmon deaths
||| FROM CTV NEWS ||| Conservation groups have written to the federal environment minister requesting a review of a chemical used in tires that they say has been linked to the “mass deaths” of coho
Christmas calf born to southern resident orca is missing, presumed dead
||| FROM CTV NEWS VANCOUVER ||| Researchers say an orca calf that was born to J pod of the endangered southern resident killer whales off the British Columbia and Washington state coasts is missing and
Concern for killer whales trapped in drift ice off the coast of Hokkaido in Japan
||| FROM THE GUARDIAN ||| Concern is growing for the welfare of a pod of killer whales that appear to have become trapped in drift ice off the coast of Hokkaido in northern Japan. Footage aired by
Lower Snake River dams need to go
||| FROM THE BEND BULLETIN ||| The January 2024 issue of the Central Oregon Electric Coop’s magazine ‘Ruralite’ featured a full-page letter by CEO Brad Wilson. Wilson said that “special interest groups” had used litigation
DEEP READS | The call of Tokitae
After half a century in a tank, a beloved orca was about to be freed. Then her life ended, and a moment of reckoning began. ||| FROM WASHINGTON POST ||| She was 3 or maybe
San Juan County vessel turn-in recycling day – April 2024
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| Has your ‘dream boat’ become a ‘nightmare?’ You might qualify to dispose your old boat in a FREE Vessel Turn-In event hosted by the San Juan County Derelict
Land, legacy and food security on a small island
||| FROM LOPEZ COMMUNITY LAND TRUST ||| In 2023, Sage Dilts and Nathan Hodges of Barn Owl Bakery approached LCLT to see if we could work together to make their farm and bakery more stable
Conservation advocates serve notice of intent to sue over Columbia River hatchery programs harming wild salmon recovery
||| FROM EMMA HELVERSON for WILD FISH CONSERVANCY ||| Wild Fish Conservancy and The Conservation Angler issued a 60-day Notice of Intent to sue federal, state, and local agencies for chronic and ongoing violations of the
B.C. trawlers dump thousands of salmon, depleting orcas’ food source, wildlife group says
||| FROM THE GLOBE AND MAIL ||| A British Columbia wildlife protection group says chinook salmon that form the key diet for endangered orcas are being caught in their thousands by trawlers, only to be
Intense storms — fueled by El Niño — are set to bombard West Coast
Over the next week and possibly longer, heavy rain and snow, high winds and large waves are anticipated from the Pacific Northwest to Southern California ||| FROM WASHINGTON POST ||| A series of powerful atmospheric
Friday Harbor youth support recycling reform in Olympia
||| FROM JESS NEWLEY for FRIENDS OF THE SAN JUANS ||| The Friday Harbor Eco Club spent Martin Luther King Jr. Day in Olympia, advocating for legislation that would reform recycling and reduce packaging waste
