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
Department of Agriculture destroys another Whatcom County ‘murder hornet’ nest
||| FROM THE BELLINGHAM HERALD ||| The Washington State Department of Agriculture announced that it has destroyed another nest built by Asian giant hornets — commonly referred to as “murder hornets” — in Whatcom County.
Letter to Editor | Council has more to consider with environmental matters
||| FROM BILL APPEL ||| Dear Council Members: You made an excellent start by recently establishing a department into which environmental matters were consolidated. But this action lacks substantive effect without the following: Your willingness
Only 73 SRKWs are left, but three of them appear to be pregnant
||| FROM WASHINGTON POST ||| On a routine research trip, two marine biologists were struck by what they saw in the waters of the Pacific Northwest: three endangered orcas with bulges indicating that they are
CWR reports that SRKW L47 is missing, presumed dead
||| FROM CENTER FOR WHALE RESEARCH ||| The Center for Whale Research (CWR) is sad to report that Southern Resident killer whale, L47, is missing from our 2021 census. CWR last encountered L47 on February
Commerce awards $11.4 million for vital infrastructure projects in 20 rural communities, including in SJC
Community Development Block Grants fund wide range of high-priority local projects, including public water, sewer, emergency and fire protection systems, streets, housing, food pantries and more. ||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE ||| OLYMPIA, Wash. – The
Local shoreline habitat restoration actions support marine food webs
||| FROM TINA WHITMAN for FRIENDS OF THE SAN JUANS ||| It was an exciting week for local forage fish and out-migrating juvenile salmon as Friends of the San Juans and the Salmon Point Community
We’re about to be reminded of winds and rain — glorious rain
||| FROM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ||| GALE WARNING ISSUED: 8:47 AM SEP. 16, 2021 – NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 5 PM PDT FRIDAY... * WHAT...Southeast winds 25
SJC Land Bank is ZOOM-meeting on Friday
||| FROM TANJA WILLIAMSON for SJC LAND BANK ||| Coastal Geological Services visit Upright Head Preserve to assess a small pocket beach adjacent to the ferry landing. The San Juan County Land Bank
SUNY prof to speak about gardens and climate change at Library event
||| FROM CAROL DAPOGNY for ORCAS ISLAND LIBRARY ||| Orcas Island Library presents a hybrid speaker event with Barbara Bentley (Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Ecology and Evolution, SUNY Stony Brook) on the Library’s south lawn
Washington to destroy third murder hornet nest in battle to save bees
||| FROM THE GUARDIAN ||| A third Asian giant hornet nest was discovered in Washington state, a day after entomologists discovered a second. 'They give me the willies': scientist who vacuumed murder hornets braces for
County Council to discuss Docket 21-0003, buildout/impact request
||| FROM JOE SYMONS for KEEPSANJUANSWILD.ORG ||| Tuesday 14 September! Please write the Council with your support for a buildout/impact component to the county's Comprehensive Plan 82 of you wrote letters to the Planning Commission in
Guest Opinion | Hey, county councilors, it’s time to think like an engineer
||| FROM JANET ALDERTON ||| A letter to our County Councilors: Please think like an engineer and reduce risks by making wise Comprehensive Plan updates. I think my daughter’s fate to become a civil engineer
Disturbing new video of self-harm emerges of Marineland’s orca, Kiska
Truly disturbing video. Brace yourself. ||| FROM BlogTO, TORONTO ||| Two more concerning videos have just been leaked of Kiska, Marineland's most famous and undeniably loneliest animal, as people continue to fight for her release
Last chance to enter raffle: OPALCO to host solar town hall on Sept. 20
||| FROM KRISTA BOUCHEY for ORCAS POWER & LIGHT ||| OPALCO’s series of Island Way workshops concludes with a Solar Town Hall via Zoom on September 20 at 5 P.m. The Solar Town Hall will
San Juan County Fire Districts: It’s now OK to have a recreational fire
||| FROM CHUCK DALLDORF for SAN JUAN COUNTY FIRE DISTRICT ||| With changing weather conditions, as of Friday September 10, 2021, the San Juan County Fire Districts are allowing recreational fires including charcoal, wood burning,
