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
Islanders launch campaign to renew Land Bank’s funding
||| FROM SANDI FRIEL for RENEW OUR LAND BANK COMMITTEE ||| Left to right: Former Land Bank Commissioners Christa Campbell and Sandi Friel are co-leading the campaign to “Renew Our Land Bank.” Photo taken
Whale Museum’s summer lecture series continues
||| FROM TATE THOMSON for THE WHALE MUSEUM ||| The Whale Museum is continuing its Summer Lecture Series with Everybody Loves a Pooping Whale: what poop can tell us about the health of the Southern
Why ‘deadbeat dam’ removals are so difficult in WA, PNW
||| FROM THE SEATTLE TIMES ||| WILDBOY CREEK, Washougal — Kwoneesum Dam once had a purpose. It created a lake for girls attending a summer camp to swim, canoe and sail. But just two decades
Whale researcher says orphan orca ‘likely’ seen off Vancouver Island
||| FROM CITY NEWS ||| VICTORIA — A killer whale calf whose struggle for survival captured international headlines when she became trapped in a Vancouver Island tidal lagoon earlier this year only to escape on
Weather Alert | Hot, hot, hot through weekend
||| FROM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ||| URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Seattle WA 758 AM PDT Wed Jul 3 2024 San Juan County-Western Whatcom County-Southwest Interior-Western Skagit County-Everett and Vicinity-Tacoma Area-Admiralty Inlet Area-Hood
Visitors Bureau response to Letter to the Editor in theOrcasonian
||| FROM SAN JUAN ISLANDS VISITORS BUREAU BOARD OF DIRECTORS ||| The San Juan Islands Visitors Bureau would like to make some corrections and clarifications to Michael Johnson’s June 30 Letter to the Editor. It’s
Pea Patch campus awarded $98,675 to explore a solar microgrid from WA Dept. of Commerce
||| FROM SUZANNE OLSON for PEA PATCH PROJECT ||| The Pea Patch Project is pleased to announce that the Orcas Island Food Bank and Orcas Community Resource Center were awarded a community decarbonization grant of
State Democrat Environment, Climate Caucus (ECC) adopts resolution recognizing inherent rights of Southern Resident Orca
||| FROM KRISS KEVORKIAN for LEGAL RIGHTS OF THE SALISH SEA ||| Seattle, WA – The inherent rights of Southern Resident Orcas, including the right to “life, liberty, autonomy, free and safe passage, adequate food
SJC Monthly News Digest – June 2024
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| This column is part of a series detailing San Juan County’s recent news. Follow along each month to learn about important County projects, Council initiatives, department updates, and
Shaw Island house purchase by county makes no sense
A resolution to purchase a $1 million property on Shaw Island to use for dumping road spoils is on the San Juan County Council agenda on Tuesday, June 25. ||| FROM SALISH CURRENT ||| The
Whale Museum Pod Nod
||| FROM TATE THOMPSON for THE WHALE MUSEUM ||| Join our sleepover party at The Whale Museum! The beloved Pod Nods event returns on Friday, July 26 - Saturday, July 27. Event begins at 6:30
Barcelona to ban apartment rentals to tourists in bid to cut housing costs
Spanish city is one of Europe’s top destinations but its popularity has made housing increasingly unaffordable for residents ||| FROM THE GUARDIAN ||| Barcelona, a top Spanish holiday destination, has announced it will bar apartment rentals
Capri lifts ban on tourists after resolving problems with water supply
Ferries from Naples and Sorrento had been forced to return to port as mayor described situation as ‘real emergency’ ||| FROM THE GUARDIAN ||| The Italian island of Capri has lifted a ban on tourists
Crucial marine plant under study: Eelgrass health in San Juans
||| FROM TINA WHITMAN for FRIENDS OF THE SAN JUANS ||| As summer begins, Friends of the San Juans research on eelgrass health will be gathering its second year of data from below the surface.
Biden-Harris administration launches Task Force to advance historic commitment to restore wild salmon, other native fish in Columbia River Basin
||| FROM THE WHITE HOUSE ||| WASHINGTON – The Biden-Harris Administration today announced the creation of a new interagency Columbia River Task Force and the release of a landmark report acknowledging the harms that the federal
