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
ALERT Project and Friends of San Juans to co-host oil spill response public engagement event
||| FROM LOVEL PRATT for FRIENDS OF THE SAN JUANS ||| On Saturday, October 26, 4:00 PM at Brickworks, oil spill veteran and activist Dr. Riki Ott will present, “Oil Spill Response: An Opportunity for
Land Bank Meeting
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY CONSERVATION LAND BANK COMMISSION ||| The San Juan County Conservation Land Bank Commission will hold a regular monthly meeting on October 18, 2024 from 8:30am – 11:15am via Zoom. The meeting will also be
A La Niña winter is coming. Here’s what that could mean for the US
||| FROM CNN ||| Fall is in full swing, but it’s not too soon to look ahead to winter, especially one that could feel considerably different than last year’s dominated by El Niño. A weak La Niña is
San Juan County is preparing for rain – and you should be, too
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County is preparing for high intensity rainfall this October and November and encourages the public to take extra precautions to protect property and loved ones. This
Island Stewards receives grant to invite all voices to the table
||| FROM RIVER SKY for ISLAND STEWARDS ||| What is it you love about living in the islands? What do you want to protect? What does the future hold for island residents? A new public
Islands Oil Spill Assoc. Community Forum
||| FROM BILL SYMES for ISLANDS' OIL SPILL ASSOCIATION ||| IOSA staff, volunteers, and board members welcome the Orcas community to an IOSA Community Forum for an evening of facts, fun, and refreshments. Find out
Trees and land absorbed almost no CO2 last year. Is nature’s carbon sink failing?
The sudden collapse of carbon sinks was not factored into climate models – and could rapidly accelerate global heating ||| FROM THE GUARDIAN ||| It begins each day at nightfall. As the light disappears, billions
Protecting whales from ship strikes
||| FROM CBS NEWS ||| In the summer of 2022, I was walking on the beach at Half Moon Bay in California, when I saw the strangest thing approaching on the waves. When it struck
Friends of San Juans virtual annual gathering
Loving this place isn't enough—we need to protect it, too! ||| FROM AYN GAILEY for FRIENDS OF THE SAN JUANS ||| Join Friends of the San Juans Tuesday 10/15 at 5 PM (PST) for our 45th
Collapsing wildlife populations near ‘points of no return’, report warns
As average population falls reach 95% in some regions, experts call for urgent action but insist ‘nature can recover’ ||| FROM THE GUARDIAN ||| Global wildlife populations have plunged by an average of 73% in
Animal Justice calls for immediate action to end Marineland’s cycle of neglect and death
||| FROM ANIMAL JUSTICE ||| TORONTO—Animal Justice is calling for prompt action and accountability following the news of yet another whale death at Marineland. As reported by the Canadian Press, a fourth beluga whale has died this
Earth’s wildlife populations have disappeared at a ‘catastrophic’ rate in the past half-century
||| FROM WASHINGTON POST ||| Earth’s wildlife populations have fallen on average by a “catastrophic” rate of 73 percent in the past half-century, according to a new analysis the World Wildlife Fund released Wednesday. The
Clean Water Advisory Committee response to Zylstra Lake dam removal rumors
||| FROM KIMBAL SUNDBERG for SJC CLEAN WATER ADVISORY COMMITTEE ||| I am writing as Chair of the county Clean Water Advisory Committee (CWAC) in response to misinformation on social media purporting Conservation Land Bank
Researchers concerned after new orca calf observed skinny, struggling to breathe
||| FROM THE CENTER FOR WHALE RESEARCH ||| L128 Update: New calf L128 was documented by researchers from CWR, SR3, OBI, Wild Orca, NOAA, and SeaDoc Society over multiple days starting on 9/15/2024. CWR did
Update on Conservation Land Bank preserves
||| FROM PETER GUILLOZET, ORCAS PRESERVE STEWARD ||| On behalf of your Conservation Land Bank, I wanted to share some updates about several Orcas preserves. First, we are thrilled to see friends and neighbors enjoying
