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
Update from The Exchange
||| FROM THE CREW AT THE EXCHANGE ||| Safety First We’ve been recycling batteries at ORS/The Exchange for a decade and for safety reasons we are asking that everyone recycle their batteries at the scale
Take a look: Updated plans for new Washington State Ferries hybrid-electric boats
||| FROM KING-TV SEATTLE ||| SEATTLE — KING 5 got an exclusive look at new hybrid-electric Washington State Ferries (WSF) boat models. The new boats will include charging units on the upper decks. WSF leaders told KING
Letter to Editor | Village Green community tree not looking good
||| FROM B. SADIE BAILEY ||| It hurts my heart to see our Community Tree at the Village Green looking so bad. I didn’t notice how damaged it had become until several weeks ago when I was walking past it. I
How it all went wrong for tourism
||| FROM CNN ||| Protests in the streets. Graffiti warning tourists to go home. Local populations dwindling as short-term rentals mushroom and price residents out. It feels like this was the year that tourism turned nasty
The return of the Kings (salmon, that is)
||| FROM LISA TERRY for LONG LIVE THE KINGS ||| Wanted to share the news that the first salmon of the season has made it home through the fish ladder at our hatchery on Orcas!
Guest Opinion | What will it take?
||| FROM ELISABETH ROBSON ||| We are told there are five stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. In my own journey coming to terms with and accepting the reality of ecological overshoot,
Near-extinct bird exhibit at SJ Sculpture Park
||| FROM KRISTEN ARNIM for SAN JUAN SCULPTURE PARK ||| Last year the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service removed 21 species from the list of species protected under the Endangered Species Act because of extinction.
Apache Stronghold heads east on prayer journey to Supreme Court
||| FROM INDYBAY.ORG ||| Apache Stronghold shares their journey through the west, from the Lummi Nation to California, and in gatherings with Quechan and Hopi, and in the cities of Tucson, Phoenix and Flagstaff, Arizona.
A new season begins for Orcas Island Garden Club
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND GARDEN CLUB ||| SIGN UP or RENEW YOUR MEMBERSHIP HERE Warm greetings fellow garden club members and friends of the garden club! We hope you are enjoying a bountiful growing season, abundant
Fire risk and climate change in the San Juan Islands
||| FROM ISARA GREACEN, INTERN, LOPEZ COMMUNITY LAND TRUST ||| Climate change can significantly heighten the risk of natural disasters, particularly wildfires which pose a concern to the San Juan Islands. The State of Washington’s
Too many people, not enough management
A look at the chaos of 'overtourism' in the summer of 2024 ||| FROM ASSOCIATED PRESS ||| SINTRA, Portugal (AP) — The doorbell to Martinho de Almada Pimentel’s house is hard to find, and he
Monday’s rare super blue moon is a confounding statistical marvel
||| FROM USA TODAY ||| A rare sky spectacle will occur Monday night that (probably) won't happen again for years: A full moon that can be called both a supermoon and blue moon will grace the night
State Democrat Environment and Climate Caucus adopts resolution to establish rights of the Snake River
||| FROM KRISS KEVORKIAN for LEGAL RIGHTS OF THE SALISH SEA ||| Included among these rights are the right “to flow freely, maintain its natural ecological functions and processes including the health and integrity of
Larsen: $1 Million for pipeline safety trust improves pipeline safety in PNW
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF REP. RICK LARSEN ||| BELLINGHAM, WA – This week, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) awarded a $1 million grant to the Pipeline Safety Trust to support
Workshop | Thinning your forest
||| FROM LAURA LYNN for NORTHWEST NATURAL RESOURCES GROUP ||| Free Workshop | Thinning Your Forest For Climate Resilience – Lopez Island | Friday, Sept. 6, 2024 Stewarding a beautiful, healthy forest doesn’t have to mean locking
