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
Garden Club checking in about those winter tasks
WOW!!! THIS WORKSHOP IS FULL!!!! WE DON'T HAVE ROOM FOR ANY MORE PARTICIPANTS ||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND GARDEN CLUB ||| Winter is a fantastic time to take care of those precious garden tools, make necessary
Additional snow accumulations of up to 2 to 4 inches, ice accumulations of a light glaze
||| FROM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ||| URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Seattle WA 1004 AM PST Thu Jan 18 2024 San Juan County-Western Whatcom County-Western Skagit County- Admiralty Inlet Area-Eastern Strait of
Urgent overnight weather message: Freezing rain, 3″ snow
||| FROM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ||| URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Seattle WA 202 PM PST Tue Jan 16 2024 San Juan County- including Friday Harbor and Eastsound 202 PM PST Tue
Early Bird Registration now open for San Juan Islands Agricultural Summit March 8 & 9
||| FROM REBECCA MOORE for SJI AGRICULTURAL SUMMIT ||| Early Bird Registration is now open for the 12th Annual San Juan Islands Agricultural Summit March 8 & 9, 2024 through 5pm January 29. The Summit
Land Bank regular monthly meeting on January 19
||| FROM SJC CONSERVATION LAND BANK COMMISSION ||| Friends (Kurt Fuller, Carey Chenoweth, Tracey Cottingham and Steve Snowden) take a new mobility device for a test drive around Channel Preserve, Lopez Island. The
No turning back: The largest dam removal in U.S. history begins
||| FROM NPR ||| The largest dam removal in U.S. history entered a critical phase this week, with the lowering of dammed reservoirs on the Klamath River. On Thursday, the gate on a 16-foot-wide bypass
San Juan Preservation Trust seeks summer internship applicants
||| FROM CRAIG CANINE for SAN JUAN PRESERVATION TRUST ||| The San Juan Preservation Trust https://sjpt.org/ (SJPT) is seeking applicants for its 2024 Fred E. Ellis Summer Internship. This internship program is designed to expose the
Wind chills as low as -5 F predicted throughout night, early morning
||| FROM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ||| URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Seattle WA 505 PM PST Fri Jan 12 2024 San Juan County-Western Skagit County-Admiralty Inlet Area- Eastern Strait of Juan de
Register now for Winter Birding Workshop coming up in March
||| FROM TATE THOMPSON for THE WHALE MUSEUM ||| Increase your birding skills through field trips and presentations! This year's Winter Birding Workshop, a collaboration with The Whale Museum and San Juan Islands Audubon, will
Weather Alert | Brrrrr only begins to describe it; it might even get below Brrrrr
||| FROM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ||| Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Seattle WA 1251 PM PST Thu Jan 11 2024 San Juan County-Western Whatcom County-Southwest Interior- Western Skagit County-Everett and Vicinity-Tacoma Area- Admiralty Inlet
Brrrrr | Wind chill advisory issued thru Saturday morning
||| FROM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ||| Wind Chill Advisory Thu 9:37 AM - Sat 7:00 AM URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Seattle WA 937 AM PST Thu Jan 11 2024 San Juan
Alaskan Chinook in peril; a plea for protection under the Endangered Species Act
||| FROM EMMA HELVERSON for WILD FISH CONSERVANCY ||| Wild Fish Conservancy filed a petition today calling for federal protection of Alaskan Chinook, also known as ‘king’ salmon, under the U.S. Endangered Species Act. This
San Juan County is prepared for inclement weather – and you should be, too
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS ||| San Juan County is pleased to provide the public with a reminder of Public Works services, priorities, and mission during inclement weather. Additionally, there are several ways
Mount Vernon awarded $12.5 M bipartisan infrastructure law grant to install 78 EV charging ports
Larsen, Donovan and Boudreau applaud game-changing investment in MVLC project ||| FROM THE OFFICE OF REP. RICK LARSEN ||| MOUNT VERNON, WA – The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) is awarding the City of Mount Vernon
From Nantucket | New state rules would regulate coastal development, construction
Orcas and Nantucket Islands are each roughly the same size and the same distance off their respective coasts. We share the same concerns about the high cost of living, lack of affordable housing, tourist management, ferry problems and environmental
