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
Partial solar eclipse
||| FROM JOHN FLEISHER ||| John Fleisher, from West Sound Observatory, was able to capture this morning's partial solar eclipse in a stunning photograph.
Killarney becomes first Irish town to ban single-use coffee cups
‘It was a plague’: A blanket ‘bring or buy’ reusable scheme has been introduced in the town, which was getting through 23,000 cups a week ||| FROM THE GUARDIAN || at request of Orcasonian reader
Large Snake River toxic algal bloom hasn’t happened before
||| FROM KNKX NPR.ORG ||| POSTED AT REQUEST OF ORCASONIAN READER From the air above Lower Granite Dam on the Snake River, a green sheen spreads out over the water. “There was a pretty extensive
Fall 2023 Great Islands Clean-up successfully removes 1,800lbs of litter
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| In an inspiring display of community unity and environmental stewardship, 164 dedicated volunteers came together to participate in the Fall Great Islands Clean-up on Orcas, San Juan, Shaw,
Vermont utility plans to end outages by giving customers batteries
Green Mountain Power is asking state regulators to let it buy batteries it will install at customers’ homes, saying doing so will be cheaper than putting up more power lines. ||| FROM THE NEW YORK
Eastsound Water Association updates and annual meeting notice
||| FROM DAN BURKE for EASTSOUND WATER USERS ASSOCIATION ||| Eastsound Water Users Association (the “Association”) is hosting an annual membership meeting on Wednesday November 15, 2023 to be held on Zoom at 3:00 PM in order to announce
Southern Resident Orca community coffee roundtable
Showcasing the interconnected efforts to recover the endangered Southern Resident Orca ||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| Join Representative Debra Lekanoff, San Juan County, and the MRC as they celebrate Orca Recovery Day with
Guest Opinion | Destination Management Plan is still open for public comment until end of this month
||| FROM BRIAN WIESE ||| The County's Department of Environmental Stewardship, in coordination with the San Juan Visitors Bureau and with funding from the Lodging Tax, has issued its Draft Destination Management Plan, proposing its
Reports of Washington earthquake sparks concerns among residents (to the South of us)
||| FROM KIRO NEWS 7 ||| Residents throughout Washington felt an earthquake around 7:21 p.m. on Sunday. “I felt it here in downtown Seattle, sofa shaking and the water inside a bottle also moving a
The Crevice Garden and Plant Conservation at Far Reaches Botanical Conservancy
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND GARDEN CLUB ||| Please join the Orcas Island Garden Club on Wednesday, October 18, 2023, when we welcome Sue Milliken and Kelly Dodson to present The Crevice Garden and Plant Conservation at
Mystery as Orca swallows six Sea Otters whole
||| FROM NEWSWEEK ||| An orca has been found dead with a very strange meal inside its stomach: Six whole sea otters, fully intact, with a seventh stuck in its throat. The orca's carcass was
Larsen: Highway, bridge and EV funding announcements mean more jobs and better infrastructure coming to NW Washington
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF REP. RICK LARSEN ||| WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) announced it is awarding $1.08 billion in formula funding to the Washington State Department of Transportation to
WSU Master Gardeners Gardening Workshop Series
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY MASTER GARDENERS ||| Successful gardeners know that beautiful and bountiful gardens require knowledge and planning. Fall is the perfect time to start thinking about the what, when, where, why and
WSU Extension SJC Master Gardener volunteer program coming up
||| FROM KAT ROSE for SJC MASTER GARDENERS ||| Are you a gardener in San Juan County? Do you enjoy learning and sharing your knowledge with others? Have you just moved to the islands and
Live Tomorrow: Climate Heroes Bill McKibben & Gus Speth – Thursday, Sept. 28 at 12pm EDT
"I have been learning with this group since March and think sharing this session tomorrow might be a welcome response to Climate Eyes." Thanks, Stephen Shrader ||| FROM STEPHEN SHRADER ||| As part of Capital
