ENVIRONMENT2024-05-26T22:02:41-07:00

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

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    Master Gardeners Clinic

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    ||| FOM DIANNE MACONDRAY for SJC MASTER GARDENERS ||| As we welcome spring with days spent in our gardens, we have high hopes of success. However, sometimes the weather, insects, disease, or our garden practices

      Disaster Preparedness Community Forum

      April 12th, 2024|

      ||| FROM BRENDAN COWAN for DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ||| The San Juan County Department of Emergency Management is teaming up with Orcas Center, OPALCO, and Orcas Island Fire & Rescue to host a community

        Earth Day Festivities

        April 11th, 2024|

        ||| FROM EARTH DAY ORCAS ||| Islanders are joining hands to celebrate Earth Day in meaningful and joyful activities as a way to honor our amazing blue and green planet and also to sound-out our

          Arbor Day

          April 10th, 2024|

          ||| FROM TOWN OF FRIDAY HARBOR ||| PROCLAMATION WHEREAS, Arbor Day was first observed in 1872 with the planting of more than a million trees in Nebraska and is now observed throughout the world; and

            SJC Annual Hazardous Waste Round-up

            April 10th, 2024|

            ||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County is gearing up for its annual hazardous waste round-up collection events, providing our community with a crucial opportunity to safely and legally dispose of poisonous,

              Got to get back to the garden 🎶

              April 8th, 2024|

              Invertebrates Return to Eden ||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND GARDEN CLUB ||| Cynthia Brast-Bormann Please join the Orcas Island Garden Club on Wednesday, April 17, 2024 when we welcome independent entomologist Cynthia Brast-Bormann with

                Warning issued over Orca extinction

                April 5th, 2024|

                ||| FROM NEWSWEEK ||| Southern Resident orcas are facing an accelerating risk of extinction, a new study has found. The study, published in Nature, reports that the population, which lives in areas across Alaska, Washington state,

                  OPALCO Annual Meeting

                  April 2nd, 2024|

                  A NEW Member Appreciation Event Celebrating Local Power ||| FROM KRISTA BOUCHEY for ORCAS POWER & LIGHT COOPERATIVE ||| Get ready to rev up the excitement at the most electrifying event of the year –

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