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 Island Garden Club presents Preserving your Garden Bounty
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND GARDEN CLUB ||| Please join the Orcas Island Garden Club on Wednesday, December 13, 2023 when we welcome Jennie Bryan-Goforth from WSU San Juan County Extension. Jennie will be presenting remotely
Rebirth of a beach with big impact
||| ELISE COPE for FRIENDS OF THE SAN JUANS ||| In a remarkable effort to return a beach to its natural state, a comprehensive restoration project was successfully completed this past month on Shaw Island.
San Juan County responds to public’s feedback on Destination Management Plan
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County would like to acknowledge the public response to the Preliminary Draft San Juan Islands Destination Management Plan (SDMP) and thank those community members who have
Guest Opinion | Why is San Juan County not talking about ecological overshoot?
||| FROM ELISABETH ROBSON ||| Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about what life here in San Juan County might look like as life-as-we-know-it crumbles with the ongoing and ever-increasing impacts of ecological breakdown. As
Roberts Bank Terminal 2 project is a looming environmental disaster
||| FROM THE SALISH CURRENT ||| It was in 1984 I first became aware of the port on Roberts Bank in the south arm of the Fraser estuary, when we moved to a small farm
Will Makah Tribal gray whale hunts soon restart?
The Makah Indian Tribe has requested authorization to hunt gray whales, a tradition secured by the 1855 Treaty of Neah Bay. ||| FROM NOAA FISHERIES ||| The Makah Indian Tribe has requested authorization to hunt eastern North
Guest Opinion | Recapping the 2023 annual EWUA members meeting
||| FROM MICHAEL RIORDAN ||| In Wednesday's hour-long annual meeting of the Eastsound Water Users Association, there was only limited information given about its financial condition, plus a summary of the recent elections of two
New plant hardiness map, used by gardeners nationwide, is unveiled
||| FROM PHYS.ORG ||| The U.S. Department of Agriculture today released its new Plant Hardiness Zone Map, the national standard by which gardeners can determine which plants are most likely to survive the coldest winter temperatures
BC mega container terminal questions answered
||| FROM SALISH CURRENT ||| The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority has proposed that Roberts Bank Terminal 2 (RBT2) — a mega project consisting of a new three-berth marine container shipping terminal adjacent to an existing coal
Any weather geeks out there? We have an El Niño winter advisory
After three straight winters of La Niña, El Niño is expected for 2023-2024 ||| FROM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ||| EL NIÑO/SOUTHERN OSCILLATION (ENSO) DIAGNOSTIC DISCUSSION issued by CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER/NCEP/NWS 9 November 2023 ENSO Alert
Upcoming Meeting of the Minds topic: “Monitoring Wild Salmonid Runs on Orcas Island”
by Jenny De Groot @ Orcas Senior Center – Wednesday, November 15, 1 pm ||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Did you know that Coho salmon were observed in Cascade Creek as
Wind gusts up to 50mph in the immediate forecast through Saturday morning
||| FROM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ||| URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Seattle WA 224 PM PST Thu Nov 9 2023 San Juan County-Western Whatcom County-Western Skagit County- Admiralty Inlet Area-North Coast- Including the
Waters off Vancouver Island being watched for missing orca
Missing orca most likely dead but whale groups still holding out hope ||| FROM VICTORIA NEWS ||| Whale groups are watching the ocean carefully for any sign of K34. The missing southern resident killer whale
Welcome to Wind Warning weather
||| FROM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ||| URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Seattle WA 318 PM PDT Fri Nov 3 2023 San Juan County- Including the city of Friday Harbor 318 PM PDT Fri
Latest from Lekanoff | Update on environmental work taking place
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF REP. DEBRA LEKANOFF ||| I hope this message finds you well. I want to provide you with a comprehensive update on the environmental work taking place in the 40th District.
