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
Oil spill response training coming up on San Juan Island
||| FROM BRENDAN COWAN for ISLANDS' OIL SPILL ASSOCIATION ||| This spring nearly 50 islanders have become trained spill response volunteers with the Islands’ Oil Spill Association (IOSA). Recent classes on Orcas and Lopez Islands
Georgia’s Tybee Island moves closer to limiting STVRs on the island
A proposed ordinance outlines how a cap on the number of STVRs would be enforced in residential zones. ||| FROM SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS ||| REPRINT AT REQUEST OF ORCASONIAN READER Tybee's [Island] moratorium on new
OPALCO’s membership meeting is on the horizon
||| FROM SUZANNE OLSON for ORCAS POWER & LIGHT COOPERATIVE ||| OPALCO’s annual member meeting is set for Saturday, April 30 via Zoom from 9 – 11 a.m. The agenda includes election results, the state
Long Live the Kings hatchery receives Robin DiGeorgio Endowment Fund grant from Madrona Club
||| FROM EMILY MCCARTEN for LONG LIVE THE KINGS ||| The Madrona Club of Orcas Island has awarded Long Live the Kings a $5,000 grant through the Robin DiGeorgio Endowment Fund, to support our Glenwood
Trouble on the half shell? Scientists have discovered a mystery parasite in WA oysters
What will it mean for the future of Washington’s oysters? ||| FROM HAKAI MAGAZINE ||| Reprint at request of Orcasonian reader A dozen twists of a knife were all it took to tarnish the unblemished
Canada ignored warnings of virus infecting farmed and wild salmon
Government was in possession of a newly-released report that linked large-scale farms and wild salmon to contagious virus ||| FROM THE GUARDIAN ||| Canada was warned in 2012 by its own scientists that a virus
Help shape a sustainable future for tourism in the San Juan Islands
||| FROM ANGELA BRODERICK for SJC DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP ||| San Juan County is working to develop a Sustainable Tourism Management Plan (STMP) that outlines the shared community vision, goals, and implementation measures to
Our new best buddy, Big Blue is just crushing it out at the Exchange
||| BY EDEE KULPEER, theORCASONIAN REPORTER ||| Meet Big Blue, the new glass crusher at Orcas Recycling Services named by fourth graders Audrey Hance and Lana Sasan after a name-voting contest at school. If you
County Council to finally rule on capping vacation rental permits
||| BY MATTHEW GILBERT, theORCASONIAN OP-ED REPORTER ||| After three years of passionate public comment, Planning Commission debate, and County Council smoke signals, the idea of setting caps on the number of vacation rental permits
Washington water supply outlook report for April
||| FROM U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ||| General Outlook What happened to our miracle March and La Nina, you may ask? Well, the warm dry trend from January and February continued through March. There were
Coming up: A four-season cottage garden presentation in the San Juan Islands
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND GARDEN CLUB ||| Margaret Payne On Wednesday, April 20, at 10:30 am, the Orcas Island and Lopez Island Garden Clubs’ virtual (zoom) meeting will feature Margaret Payne presenting A
Local Earth Day Climate Committee to launch on Earth Day eve
||| FROM ANGELA BRODERICK for SJC DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP ||| On April 22nd, an expected 1 billion people around the world will take action to protect our planet in observance of Earth Day. On
San Juan, Orcas fire crews remain on the scene of downtown Friday Harbor fire
||| FROM KOMO NEWS ||| UPDATE: KING5 News coverage: San Juan Island and Orcas Island fire and rescue crews are working to put out a large commercial fire in downtown Friday Harbor that began Thursday
State Parks Clean Vessel Act Grant Program funds $700,000 in new pumpout and floating restroom projects
Recreational boat pumpout facilities expand across the state ||| FROM WASHINGTON STATE PARKS ||| OLYMPIA – April 5, 2022 – Recreational boaters in Washington waters will have an easier time disposing of vessel sewage thanks
High Wind Warning arrives on the scene for tonight, tomorrow
||| FROM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ||| * What, for the Wind Advisory, South winds 15 to 25 MPH With Gusts Up to 35 MPH. for the High Wind Warning, South winds 35 to 45 MPH
