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
Wind advisory for tonight
||| FROM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ||| URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Seattle WA 859 AM PDT Fri Oct 25 2024 San Juan County- Including the cities of Friday Harbor 859 AM PDT Fri
Guest Opinion | Should we be subsidizing the profligate power consumption of mansion owners?
||| FROM CHOM & CHRIS GREACEN ||| Our customer-owned electric utility, OPALCO, has voiced with increasing alarm: “blackouts are coming.”1 Why? Coal and natural gas-fired power plants are being retired faster than we can add
Land Bank seeks input on Draft Stewardship Management Plan
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| The San Juan County Conservation Land Bank is seeking public input on its recently completed Draft Stewardship and Management Plan (SMP) for North Shore Preserve on Orcas Island.
Annual Indian Island report card now available
||| FROM RUSSEL BARSH for KWIAHT ||| Kwiaht’s 2024 annual update on ecosystem health and change at Indian Island and the surrounding eelgrass meadows and beaches is now available for free download from Kwiaht’s website.
Friends of the San Juans — Protecting the San Juans and Salish Sea
||| FROM ELISE COPE for FRIENDS OF THE SAN JUANS ||| The San Juan Islands and Salish Sea are like no other place on earth. That’s why we must protect them! As election season is
ALERT Project and Friends of San Juans to co-host oil spill response public engagement event
||| FROM LOVEL PRATT for FRIENDS OF THE SAN JUANS ||| On Saturday, October 26, 4:00 PM at Brickworks, oil spill veteran and activist Dr. Riki Ott will present, “Oil Spill Response: An Opportunity for
Land Bank Meeting
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY CONSERVATION LAND BANK COMMISSION ||| The San Juan County Conservation Land Bank Commission will hold a regular monthly meeting on October 18, 2024 from 8:30am – 11:15am via Zoom. The meeting will also be
A La Niña winter is coming. Here’s what that could mean for the US
||| FROM CNN ||| Fall is in full swing, but it’s not too soon to look ahead to winter, especially one that could feel considerably different than last year’s dominated by El Niño. A weak La Niña is
San Juan County is preparing for rain – and you should be, too
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County is preparing for high intensity rainfall this October and November and encourages the public to take extra precautions to protect property and loved ones. This
Island Stewards receives grant to invite all voices to the table
||| FROM RIVER SKY for ISLAND STEWARDS ||| What is it you love about living in the islands? What do you want to protect? What does the future hold for island residents? A new public
Islands Oil Spill Assoc. Community Forum
||| FROM BILL SYMES for ISLANDS' OIL SPILL ASSOCIATION ||| IOSA staff, volunteers, and board members welcome the Orcas community to an IOSA Community Forum for an evening of facts, fun, and refreshments. Find out
Trees and land absorbed almost no CO2 last year. Is nature’s carbon sink failing?
The sudden collapse of carbon sinks was not factored into climate models – and could rapidly accelerate global heating ||| FROM THE GUARDIAN ||| It begins each day at nightfall. As the light disappears, billions
Protecting whales from ship strikes
||| FROM CBS NEWS ||| In the summer of 2022, I was walking on the beach at Half Moon Bay in California, when I saw the strangest thing approaching on the waves. When it struck
Friends of San Juans virtual annual gathering
Loving this place isn't enough—we need to protect it, too! ||| FROM AYN GAILEY for FRIENDS OF THE SAN JUANS ||| Join Friends of the San Juans Tuesday 10/15 at 5 PM (PST) for our 45th
Collapsing wildlife populations near ‘points of no return’, report warns
As average population falls reach 95% in some regions, experts call for urgent action but insist ‘nature can recover’ ||| FROM THE GUARDIAN ||| Global wildlife populations have plunged by an average of 73% in
