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
Quiet Sound says more vessels joining Puget Sound slowdown
||| FROM WORKBOAT.COM ||| Organizers of Washington State’s Quiet Sound project say they have recruited more vessel operators to the second year of a voluntary, seasonal slowdown of shipping to help protected endangered killer whales
Attention Farmers, Ranchers | Land Bank farmland lease opportunities on San Juan
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| The San Juan County Land Bank requests proposals from farmers or agricultural/food systems organizations interested in a long-term agricultural lease of its Frazer Homestead and/or Beaverton Marsh Preserves
Food System Plan for San Juan County | Public comment period Dec. 8-22
||| FROM CAITLIN LECK for SAN JUAN COUNTY FOOD SYSTEM TEAM ||| Four years in the making, the draft Food System Plan for San Juan County is now available for public comment from December 8th
Make your voice heard: Conservation Land Bank embarks on strategic planning efforts
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| The San Juan County Conservation Land Bank is pleased to invite the community to participate in shaping its emerging Strategic Plan. This document will guide the Land Bank in
Holiday Tea Party to follow Orcas Garden Club December meeting
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND GARDEN CLUB ||| Our December meeting is just around the corner on Wednesday, December 13. Please join us for our HOLIDAY TEA PARTY following the Zoom presentation. Following Garden Club tradition, Past
OPALCO Board passes 2024 budget and rates
||| FROM KRISTA BOUCHEY for ORCAS POWER & LIGHT ||| The 2024 OPALCO annual budget was approved at the November 16 th board meeting including a 6% rate increase for all members. This works out
We’re under a Flood Watch through Thursday
||| FROM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ||| Flood Watch National Weather Service Seattle WA 346 AM PST Sun Dec 3 2023 Heavy rain along with rising snow levels Monday into Tuesday will lead to rapidly rising
Derelict structures removed to make way for wildlife
||| FROM ELISE COPE for FRIENDS OF THE SAN JUANS ||| As part of ongoing efforts to safeguard critical eelgrass meadows and Pacific herring spawning grounds, Friends of the San Juans (Friends) recently spearheaded the
Another weather advisory; this time for wind gusts
||| NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ||| URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Seattle WA 1023 AM PST Fri Dec 1 2023 San Juan County-Western Whatcom County-Western Skagit County- Lower Chehalis Valley Area-Western Strait of Juan
Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is possible
||| FROM WEATHER.GOV ||| Areal Flood Watch Description * What, Flooding Caused by Excessive Rainfall is Possible. * Where, Portions of Northwest and West Central washington, Including the Following Counties, in Northwest washington, Clallam, Grays
Larsen: Bipartisan PIPES Act makes Northwest Washington safer
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF REP. RICK LARSEN ||| WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-02), the lead Democrat on the Transportation & Infrastructure Committee, announced the introduction of a bipartisan bill to improve pipeline
Faroe Islands farmers charge a fee to access beauty spots as visitor numbers soar
A tourism boom to the North Atlantic islands, fuelled by social media, has resulted in some landowners taking measures to get a share of the revenues ||| FROM THE GUARDIAN ||| The first snows have
Guest Opinion | Why is San Juan County not talking about Ecological Overshoot? Part 2
||| FROM ELISABETH ROBSON ||| Ecological overshoot is not a topic I hear the citizens of San Juan County discussing often. So, to help kickstart such conversations, I am hosting three online events about ecological
Port of Orcas working to reduce airplane noise
||| FROM KIM KIMPLE for PORT OF ORCAS ||| Orcas Island Airport plays a vital role in connecting people and supporting the local economy. However, the noise generated by aircraft operations can have a significant
Coast Guard partners with local agencies to respond to sinking vessel in West Sound
||| FROM U.S. COAST GUARD SECTOR PUGET SOUND ||| SEATTLE — Crews from Coast Guard Sector Puget Sound, Washington Department of Ecology, and the Islands’ Oil Spill Association (IOSA) responded to the sinking of the
