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
CWR encounter #43-2 • Js and Ls
||| FROM CENTER FOR WHALE RESEARCH ||| Full Encounter Report ObservBegin: 06:47 PM ObservEnd: 08:50 PM Vessel: KCB III Staff: Dave Ellifrit, Michael Weiss Other Observers: Rachel John, Taylor Redmond Pods: Southern Residents IDsEncountered: J16,
Center for Whale Research shares a full day with Js and Ls
||| FROM THE CENTER FOR WHALE RESEARCH ||| Full Encounter Report ObservBegin: 02:48 PM ObservEnd: 05:07 PM Vessel: Mike 1 Staff: Mark Malleson, Joe Zelwietro Pods: J, L IDsEncountered: All Js All Ls less L54s
Encounter #42 • Bigg’s killer whales T46Bs + T100s
||| FROM CENTER FOR WHALE RESEARCH ||| Full Encounter Report ObservBegin: 02:30 PM ObservEnd: 04:58 PM Vessel: KCB III Staff: Dave Ellifrit, Michael Weiss Other Observers: Rachel John Pods: Bigg's killer whales IDsEncountered: T46B, T46B2,
News Brief | Royal Caribbean ship arrives in Alaska with dead endangered fin whale on bow
||| FROM TRAVEL PULSE ||| A Royal Caribbean Group cruise ship arrived in Seward, Alaska, with a dead fin whale on its bow. A necropsy later revealed blunt force trauma consistent with a ship strike
Environmental comedy show comes to Friday Harbor
||| FROM TRACIE MERRILL and JESS NEWLEY for THE WHALE MUSEUM ||| The Whale Museum and Friends of the San Juans are partnering to host an ocean-themed comedy show with Forrest Shaw at Brickworks on
Surge in oil tanker traffic threatens Salish Sea, Southern Resident Orcas, and shoreline communities
||| FROM LOVEL PRATT for FRIENDS OF THE SAN JUANS ||| Friends of the San Juans is raising urgent concerns over a dramatic increase in oil tanker traffic in the Salish Sea driven by expanding
Biggs encounter logged by Center for Whale Research
||| FROM CENTER FOR WHALE RESEARCH ||| Full Encounter Report ObservBegin: 12:40 PM ObservEnd: 01:50 PM Vessel: Mike 1 Staff: Mark Malleson, Joe Zelwietro Pods: Bigg's killer whales IDsEncountered: T049C LocationDescr: South of Sheringham Point
Have a garden question? Ask an Orcas Master Gardener
Wednesday June 24th at the Market Garden Nursery ||| FROM JULIA TURNEY for ORCAS MASTER GARDENERS ||| Do you have a question about your soil, have a problem with your fruit tree, or are thinking
Community called to action after European Green Crab detected on Orcas
||| FROM JESS NEWLEY for FRIENDS OF THE SAN JUANS ||| A European green crab molt was recently discovered at Crescent Beach by Amy Sprenger’s middle school science class. The finding marks another important detection
The Island Gardener, June 2026
||| FROM ROBIN SULLIVAN for ORCAS ISLAND GARDEN CLUB ||| There is something wonderfully comforting about looking back through the history of our Garden Tour and Garden Faire and realizing that, despite the passing years
News Brief | A tiny solar panel could change America
||| FROM NEW YORK TIMES ||| It’s not so easy to harvest the sunshine if you live in America. But that might be changing soon in more than half the country. A technology — known
The Snake and the Whale screening, finale to Orca Action Month on June 26
||| FROM FRIDAY HARBOR FILM FESTIVAL ||| On Friday, June 26 at 7 PM Friday Harbor Film Festival presents The Snake and the Whale at the San Juan Island Library in Friday Harbor and the
Walking tours scheduled for OPAL neighborhoods
||| FROM QASIM ALI DINO for OPAL COMMUNITY LAND TRUST ||| OPAL Community Land Trust invites community members to lace up their walking shoes and join longtime OPAL homeowner, storyteller – and current OPAL
Reconnect as Turtleback reaches 20 years
Join us on June 24 for a presentation about this remarkable story ||| FROM BARBARA ROSENKOTTER for SAN JUAN PRESERVATION TRUST ||| Did you know the largest fundraising campaign in the San Juans was on
Larsen cheers Trump administration backing off plan to end key ocean monitoring initiative
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF U.S. REP. RICK LARSEN ||| WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representative Rick Larsen (WA-02) released the following statement: “Monitoring our oceans is crucial to protect Northwest Washington’s coastlines, marine ecosystems and
