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
Nat’l. Weather Service issues an unusual high wind advisory
||| FROM BRENDAN COWAN for DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ||| It isn’t often that the National Weather Services issues a high wind advisory for the islands in mid-May, but that’s exactly what they’ve done for 5am to
CWR shares some incredible drone footage of our orca
||| FROM CENTER FOR WHALE RESEARCH ||| Michael and Darren left the dock at 14:25 on a report of a group of killer whales south of Lopez Island. They arrived on scene at 15:24 at
Planning Board draft adds bike lanes, subtracts shore roads
||| BY STEVE BERNHEIM, theORCASONIAN REPORTER ||| The Planning Commission met May 6 to review the long overdue Transportation Element of the County’s draft comprehensive plan for the planning period from 2016-2036 and agreed to
Land Bank to host forest demonstration project tour of Turtleback Mountain Preserve in June
Friday, June 3, 2022 | 5:30pm – 7pm ||| FROM TANJA WILLIAMSON for SAN JUAN COUNTY LAND BANK ||| The San Juan County Conservation Land Bank, in partnership with the Islands Conservation Corps, Rain Shadow
New road signage will remind us all to ‘secure our load’
||| FROM HEATHER WALLACE for ORCAS RECYCLING SERVICES/THE EXCHANGE ||| In the coming months, San Juan County will be adding new road signage on Shaw Island, Lopez Island, Orcas Island and San Juan Island to
SMRU Consulting receives this year’s Finnie Award for stewardship
||| FROM GRETCHEN KRAMPF for STEWARDSHIP NETWORK OF THE SAN JUANS ||| Stewardship Network of the San Juans’ mission is to promote awareness of the Salish Sea ecosystem and our shared responsibility for its preservation
Master Gardeners to be available rest of season on 3rd Wednesdays for your questions
||| FROM DIANNE MACONDRAY for MASTER GARDENERS OF SAN JUAN COUNTY ||| What a spring - like none other! Now with flowers blooming and so much green we have hope for warmer days and a
Tomato soup on the waterfront
||| FROM RUSSEL BARSH for KWIAHT ||| An exceptionally large, dense orange algal bloom developed in Crescent Beach and Fishing Bay beginning Monday May 9 following several weeks of sporadic rainfall and a few days
OWC Environmental Action Team calls for breach of four Snake River dams
||| FROM SUSAN BAUER for OWC ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION TEAM ||| The Orcas Women’s Coalition’s Environmental Action Team (“EAT”) recently adopted a resolution that calls for Congress, by 12/31/2022, to set aside funds and draw up
Orcas Garden Club has a warning about Western Tent Caterpillars this year
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND GARDEN CLUB ||| Orcas Garden Club member, Nancy Schafer, has alerted us to the probability of a Western Tent Caterpillar infestation this year. We reached out to WSU Entomology expert, Dr.
Letter to Editor | Just another walk in the park
||| FROM MISHA RAUCHWERGER ||| Another glorious Mother's day in Moran State Park; this time my mother and father were here with us for a special visit that coincided with her 80th birthday. We went
Natural history, wildflowers, more await your participation in Land Bank’s walks
||| FROM TANJA WILLIAMSON for SAN JUAN COUNTY LAND BANK ||| Join Conservation Land Bank staff for one of three May walks on Turtleback Mountain Preserve. Enjoy wildflowers, natural history highlights and learn more about
350 volunteers made the spring Great Islands Clean-up a success
||| FROM KATIE FLEMING for SJC ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP ||| Jim McNairy from San Juan Island carries a large piece of Styrofoam he collected from Jakle’s Lagoon. Thank you to the 350 dedicated volunteers
A reminder to remember how to secure your vehicle load
||| FROM HEATHER WALLACE for ORS RECYCLING SERVICES/THE EXCHANGE ||| There are just 3 weeks left in the Secure Your Load for Safer Roads campaign that was launched in April by San Juan County to
2022 SeaDoc Society awards Salish Sea Science Prize to Tina Whitman
The SeaDoc Society awards the prestigious Salish Sea Science Prize every two years ||| FROM SEADOC SOCIETY ||| Shorelines play a vital role in ocean health, but they’re also the areas most susceptible to human
