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
Bullet train study should include other options
The electric line is a literal 'third rail' ||| FROM CASCADIA DAILY NEWS ||| REPRINT AT REQUEST OF ORCASONIAN READER There’s light rail; there’s high-speed rail and there’s ultra-high-speed rail. Then there’s the “third rail,”
The Whale Museum to hold open house for prospective volunteers
||| FROM TRACIE MERRILL for THE WHALE MUSEUM ||| The Whale Museum is holding an open house for anyone interested in volunteering with TWM’s Education Department. The open house event will be held on Friday, April 29
Science & spirit of seaweed author to visit our Library
||| FROM CAROL DAPOGNY for ORCAS ISLAND LIBRARY ||| Sustainable seaweed harvester, Amanda Swinimer, will present on her new book, The Science and Spirit of Seaweed (Harbour Publishing) at Orcas Island Library (500 Rose Street Eastsound WA) on May
Secure your load for safer roads campaign to begin this week
||| FROM HEATHER WALLACE for THE EXCHANGE ||| With the Great Islands Clean-up fast approaching on Saturday, April 23, 2022, San Juan County will be launching a 6-week campaign, Secure Your Load for Safer Roads,
Reminder: Land Bank’s Spring Community Conversation series is in the offing
||| FROM TANJA WILLIAMSON for SAN JUAN COUNTY LAND BANK ||| Got questions for Your Conservation Land Bank? We want to hear from you! Join us on Zoom for our Spring Community Conversation series –April
Island Marble Butterfly habitat tour is on the horizon
Saturday, May 7, 2022 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., San Juan Island ||| FROM TANJA WILLIAMSON for SAN JUAN COUNTY LAND BANK ||| For those who have been following the Island Marble Butterfly, or our
Washington Clean Vessel Act program expands options for boaters
Second mobile pumpout vessel expands options for Pierce County and south sound boaters, protecting state waters from sewage pollution ||| FROM WASHINGTON SEA GRANT ||| For the past two years, the pandemic has stimulated boat
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
