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
Request for salmon recovery project proposals
||| FROM SAM WHITRIDGE, SJC LEAD PROGRAM COORDINATOR ||| The San Juan County Lead Entity for Salmon Recovery is requesting salmon recovery project proposals for the Salmon Recovery Funding Board (SRFB) 2023 grant funding cycle.
Process underway to construct a regional PNW hydrogen hub
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE ||| SEATTLE, WA Backed by a letter of encouragement from the US Department of Energy (DOE), the Pacific Northwest Hydrogen Association (PNWH2) will submit a full application for funding
Garden Club to host hybrid meeting on noxious weed control
||| FROM PERRI GIBBONS for ORCAS ISLAND GARDEN CLUB ||| On Wednesday, January 18th at 10:00, the Orcas Island Garden Club will host a Hybrid meeting with Jason Ontjes. You may attend the presentation in person in the
Ag Resource Committee invites community to share economic, regulatory ideas
||| FROM FAITH VAN DE PUTTE for SJC AGRICULTURE RESOURCE COMMITTEE ||| The Agricultural Resource Committee (ARC) of San Juan County is inviting the agricultural community to share their questions, concerns, and ideas related to
Beachwalkers wanted for Coastal Observation & Seabird Survey Team
||| FROM ANNA VALLERY for COASTAL OBSERVATION & SEABIRD SURVEY TEAM ||| On February 4 and 5, the Coastal Observation and Seabird Survey Team (COASST) will delivertwo free training sessions for members of the San
Year end snapshot from San Juan County Land Bank
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY LAND BANK ||| 2022 Snapshot Cady Mountain Preserve, San Juan Island If your Land Bank was a rock band, its 2022 conservation efforts would be an album of the year
OPALCO tackles second power outage on Christmas Eve
OPALCO has redundancy in mind ||| FROM KRISTA BOUCHEY for ORCAS POWER & LIGHT COOPERATIVE ||| At 8:30 a.m. on Saturday, December 24, all of San Juan County lost power again – after experiencing a
In his memory, Ken Balcomb’s whale research work will go on
||| FROM HOWARD GARRETT for CENTER FOR WHALE RESEARCH ||| Ken Balcomb, the Center for Whale Research founder, respected orca researcher, and my beloved brother passed on December 15, 2022. Ken and I shared a
Extreme winter weather leads to countywide 10-hour power outage
||| FROM KRISTA BOUCHEY for ORCAS POWER & LIGHT COOPERATIVE ||| Just before 5 pm on Thursday, December 22, as temperatures dipped into the low 20s, a mainland electrical feeder serving San Juan County lost
Melting snow is stormwater – protect your property and drains
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| With high levels of expected snow melt (stormwater), San Juan County’s Public Works Department encourages residents to be proactive in monitoring and reporting potential blockages to culverts and
Winter Storm Warning | Brrrrrr again (still)
||| FROM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ||| Winter Storm Warning * What, for the Winter storm Warning, Heavy Mixed Precipitation Expected. total Snow Accumulations of Up to Two Inches and Ice Accumulations of Up to Two
WINTER STORM WATCH: WIND CHILLS MAY BE 10 BELOW
||| FROM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ||| * WHAT...For the Wind Chill Advisory, very cold wind chills. Wind chills as low as 10 below zero. For the Winter Storm Watch, heavy mixed precipitation possible. Total snow
Urgent from National Weather Service | How many ‘Rs’ are in Brrrrr?
||| FROM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ||| URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Seattle WA 350 PM PST Tue Dec 20 2022 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING (TUESDAY) TO
Happy holiday wishes from an Orcas Garden Club poet
||| FROM ORCAS GARDEN CLUB ||| ‘Twas December on Orcas, when all through the isle Not a green thing was growing, or would be for a while The gardening catalogs were marked up with care
Nearly every country signs on to a sweeping deal to protect nature
Roughly 190 nations, aiming to halt a dangerous decline in biodiversity, agreed to preserve 30 percent of the planet’s land and seas. The United States is not officially a participant. ||| FROM THE NEW YORK
