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
Midnight Mutterings | Plastic
||| MIDNIGHT MUTTERINGS BY JACKIE BATES ||| You may have noticed references to Plastic Free July in San Juan County. In case that has somehow escaped your attention, here’s a link to a recent article
Council to hear public testimony on vacation rental moratorium Monday
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| PRELIMINARY AGENDA: Discussion items may be added and/or the order or content changed at the discretion of the Council Chair. If there is a change in location, the
Richard Donner honored by PETA for producing Free Willy
Free Willy raised awareness about the anguish of orcas in captivity 20 years before Blackfish, and PETA is grateful for Richard Donner producing the movie ||| FROM MOVIEWEB.COM ||| Richard Donner is getting a lot
Learn how to operate and rent the Conservation District no-till drill
||| FROM KATE MIKULAK for SJC WSU EXTENSION ||| Interested in reseeding your pastures or hayfields? Planting cover crops or grains? The SanJuan Islands Conservation District is implementing a program to rent out their Great
Fair winds, farewell | Departing NAS Whidbey commander shares some words about noise complaint system
||| FROM CAPT MATT ARNY, COMMANDING OFFICER, NAS WHIDBEY ||| NAVAL AIR STATION WHIDBEY ISLAND, Wash. – I’m filled with conflicting emotions as I prepare to “depart the pattern” and embark on a new journey.
Council pre-empts Charter Review Commission with climate re-organization
||| BY MATTHEW GILBERT, theORCASONIAN OP-ED REPORTER ||| Last month, the Charter Review Committee released the outcomes of its lengthy deliberations, and among its proposed amendments was an independently-elected position to run a new Climate
Climate Eyes | Tennis, anyone?
||| BY STEVE BERNHEIM, theORCASONIAN REPORTER ||| To limit global warming to 1.5°C / 2.7°F above pre-industrial levels requires rapid transitions in energy and infrastructure (including transport and buildings), and requires deep emissions reductions in
CWR encounters K Pod in Rosario Strait/Haro Strait
||| FROM CENTER FOR WHALE RESEARCH ||| On June 29th, Jared Towers forwarded a photo to us that he had received of a group of killer whales heading east in Johnstone Strait around 1400. One
Eastsound Water releases annual consumer confidence report
||| FROM DAN BURKE for EASTSOUND WATER ||| It’s the time of the year when water systems send out their annual Consumer Confidence Reports (CCR) to their customers, and I wanted to take the opportunity to say
Land Bank partners with local student for community discussion
Discussion participants’ opinions help shape the direction around controversial land conservation topics in real time ||| FROM TANYA WILLIAMSON for SAN JUAN COUNTY LAND BANK||| Kaj Litch. Kaj Litch, a Spring Street International
OK. WSF has more to say about this upcoming holiday weekend
||| FROM WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| Customers should be prepared if their travels this holiday weekend include riding aboard a ferry. Some routes will be sailing on their holiday sailing schedules. Customers can note specific
Ferry changes ahead of Fourth of July weekend travel
Some schedules modified; COVID-19 guidelines adjusted; San Juans look normal ||| FROM WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| SEATTLE – If your Independence Day weekend travel plans include a Washington State Ferries ride, be prepared for several
Tick Talk | Kwiaht launches two-year study of ticks on island
Specimens? Bag ‘em, and contact Kwiaht for pickup ||| FROM RUSSEL BARSH for KWIAHT ||| Lopez-based conservation biology laboratory Kwiaht has launched a two-year study of the distribution and hosts of local ticks, and of
Asian giant hornet trapping starts July 1; you are invited to participate
||| FROM CASSIE CICHORZ for STATE AGRICULTURE DEPT. ||| Citizen scientist trapping for Asian giant hornets is starting in just days, and we wanted to invite you to participate in trapping again this year! Detailing
Council approves proclamation designating “Plastic Free July” for San Juan County
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| The San Juan County Council, in today’s regular council meeting, approved a proclamation designating “Plastic Free July” in San Juan County. The proclamation recognizes the pressing issues around
