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
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
Join Zero Waste WA at the Fall Great Islands Cleanup event this weekend
||| FROM JESS NEWLEY for FRIENDS OF THE SAN JUANS ||| Friends of the San Juans and Plastic Free Salish Sea are thrilled to announce that Heather Trim of Zero Waste Washington will be hosting
Climate Eyes | Council grasps at greenhouse gases, gets grant
||| CLIMATE EYES by STEVE BERNHEIM ||| The San Juan County Council met last Monday, September 18 to release its greenhouse gas study which attempts to quantify human-caused greenhouse gas emissions originating in the county
10 killer whales caught this year by trawl vessels off Alaska, according to federal fisheries agency
||| FROM ANCHORAGE DAILY NEWS ||| A federal fishery agency reported this week that 10 killer whales were caught in the gear of trawl net vessels fishing this year in the Bering Sea and North
Ashes of famed orca Tokitae returned to Lummi Nation for private ceremony
Tribe will spread remains in a sacred spot ||| FROM CASCADIA DAILY NEWS ||| The Lummi Nation will celebrate the life of Tokitae, the Southern Resident orca that died in August, in a private ceremony
Biden administration promises $200 million to help reintroduce salmon in Columbia River
Dams have blocked salmon’s passage, driving them toward extinction and violating tribal fishing rights. The money will fully fund Native tribes’ plans to bring fish back to the region. ||| FROM OREGON PUBLIC BROADCASTING |||
Yep, there’s wildfire smoke drifting into/across San Juan County
||| FROM BRENDAN COWAN for DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ||| A layer of moderate wildfire fire smoke has settled over San Juan County overnight. Local fire departments are investigating numerous calls to 911 reporting the
Larsen: The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is working for Northwest Washington and the nation
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF REP. RICK LARSEN ||| WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-02), the lead Democrat on the Transportation & Infrastructure Committee, delivered the below statement during a hearing with U.S. Department of
Master Gardeners host final Q&A at Driftwood Nursery for this season
||| FROM DIANNE MACONDRAY for WSU MASTER GARDENERS ||| September 20th from 11:00-1:00 will be one of the WSU Master Gardener’s final Question and Answer Tables at Lorna’s Driftwood Nursery in Eastsound this season. MasSo
Standing up floating across the roof of the world
||| FROM POSTALLEY.ORG ||| Drive east from Seattle on I-90 and take a left at Missoula, MT. Head due north for about 1,700 miles. Then, theoretically, you could dip the front wheels into the Arctic
A Fall favorite returns with new features: SJ Islands farm tours and dining events
||| FROM SAN JUAN ISLANDS MAKERS GUILD ||| Island Farms on San Juan, Orcas and Lopez are opening their gates and fields for delightful and informative farm walks, talks, workshops and special farm-to-fork dining events
