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
Letter to Editor | On behalf of Longhouse trees
||| FROM B. SADIE BAILEY ||| I'm writing because I was told that you three are the only people who can postpone or stop any tree removal on the Prune Alley Road Project. The low
Hazardous waste round-up just around the corner
||| FROM KATIE FLEMING for DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP ||| San Juan County’s hazardous waste round-up collection event is our community’s once-yearly opportunity to legally and responsibly dispose of poisonous, flammable, corrosive or other hazardous
Corvus Energy to expand, opening new factory at Port of Bellingham
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE ||| Whatcom County, WA–The Port of Bellingham (Port) is excited to announce that Corvus Energy has chosen Whatcom County to expand its US operations and open a new factory.
Washington launches new website to track recovery efforts for orca population
||| FROM THURSTON TALK ||| The Governor’s Salmon Recovery Office launched a new Web site today to track recovery efforts for the endangered Southern Resident orcas. “The website is beautiful and chock full of information,” said Tara
Tips on planting over a septic drainage field
||| FROM SJC WSU MASTER GARDENER PROGRAM ||| The Master Gardeners occasionally get questions about planting over a septic drainage field. This came up as a "chat" query during Margaret Payne's recent Zoom presentation to
Change of leadership at Islands’ Oil Spill Association (IOSA)
||| FROM ISLANDS OIL SPILL ASSOCIATION ||| The IOSA Board of Directors would like to share with the community the news that IOSA’s Executive Director Tony Parkin is stepping back from the position at the
Nat’l. Weather Service issues an unusual high wind advisory
||| FROM BRENDAN COWAN for DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ||| It isn’t often that the National Weather Services issues a high wind advisory for the islands in mid-May, but that’s exactly what they’ve done for 5am to
CWR shares some incredible drone footage of our orca
||| FROM CENTER FOR WHALE RESEARCH ||| Michael and Darren left the dock at 14:25 on a report of a group of killer whales south of Lopez Island. They arrived on scene at 15:24 at
Planning Board draft adds bike lanes, subtracts shore roads
||| BY STEVE BERNHEIM, theORCASONIAN REPORTER ||| The Planning Commission met May 6 to review the long overdue Transportation Element of the County’s draft comprehensive plan for the planning period from 2016-2036 and agreed to
Land Bank to host forest demonstration project tour of Turtleback Mountain Preserve in June
Friday, June 3, 2022 | 5:30pm – 7pm ||| FROM TANJA WILLIAMSON for SAN JUAN COUNTY LAND BANK ||| The San Juan County Conservation Land Bank, in partnership with the Islands Conservation Corps, Rain Shadow
New road signage will remind us all to ‘secure our load’
||| FROM HEATHER WALLACE for ORCAS RECYCLING SERVICES/THE EXCHANGE ||| In the coming months, San Juan County will be adding new road signage on Shaw Island, Lopez Island, Orcas Island and San Juan Island to
SMRU Consulting receives this year’s Finnie Award for stewardship
||| FROM GRETCHEN KRAMPF for STEWARDSHIP NETWORK OF THE SAN JUANS ||| Stewardship Network of the San Juans’ mission is to promote awareness of the Salish Sea ecosystem and our shared responsibility for its preservation
Master Gardeners to be available rest of season on 3rd Wednesdays for your questions
||| FROM DIANNE MACONDRAY for MASTER GARDENERS OF SAN JUAN COUNTY ||| What a spring - like none other! Now with flowers blooming and so much green we have hope for warmer days and a
Tomato soup on the waterfront
||| FROM RUSSEL BARSH for KWIAHT ||| An exceptionally large, dense orange algal bloom developed in Crescent Beach and Fishing Bay beginning Monday May 9 following several weeks of sporadic rainfall and a few days
OWC Environmental Action Team calls for breach of four Snake River dams
||| FROM SUSAN BAUER for OWC ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION TEAM ||| The Orcas Women’s Coalition’s Environmental Action Team (“EAT”) recently adopted a resolution that calls for Congress, by 12/31/2022, to set aside funds and draw up
