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
Registration now open for Whale Museum’s marine naturalist training
||| FROM TRACIE MERRELL for THE WHALE MUSEUM ||| Registration is now open for a summer virtual session of TWM’s Marine Naturalist Program. This dynamic and high quality program will be 6-sessions and run on
Upcoming Garden Club presentation will be all about insects in your garden
Identifying and protecting your best garden friends ||| FROM HELEN HUBER for ORCAS ISLAND GARDEN CLUB ||| The Orcas Island Garden Club welcomes Kate Yturri who will present Insects in Your Garden: Identifying and Protecting
Sheriff’s Office investigation indicates Spring Point deer died from common fertilizers
||| FROM ZAC REIMER, SAN JUAN COUNTY UNDERSHERIFF ||| On Sunday, May 9, 2021 a Deputy on Orcas island responded to a report of several deceased deer in the area of Spring Point Rd. It
Spring is here! Master Gardeners will be at Driftwood to answer your gardening problems
||| FROM DIANNE MACONDRAY for MASTER GARDENERS OF SJC ||| Spring has arrived and with a new gardening season you perhaps have questions or problems related to your plants. The Master Gardeners of San Juan
Climate Eyes | Taking an inventory of where we are in this climate crisis
||| CLIMATE EYES BY STEVE BERNHEIM ||| “How can we work with the Comprehensive Plan … to create a culture that lives harmoniously with … Nature?” Last week twenty local residents hooked up on a
It’s time to be on the lookout for newborn fawns
||| FROM SHONA AITKEN for WOLF HOLLOW ||| In the past week Wolf Hollow has received several calls about newborn fawns, so we know spring fawn season has arrived. May is when most local Black-tailed
Presentation of findings from recent Vessel Drift and Response Analysis coming up
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County, in partnership with Nuka Research & Planning Group LLC and the UW Puget Sound Institute Salish Sea Modeling Center, has completed the Vessel Drift and
Stand.earth hails stunning new ICCT ship dumping report as a wake up call to U.S., Canada
Oceans face a massive fossil fuel combustion wastewater problem from ships, and world leaders must act now to stop further pollution ||| FROM STAND.EARTH ||| Unceded Coast Salish Territories (VANCOUVER, BC) and Traditional Lummi and
West Sound Posse has been cleaning up around their side of the island for years
||| FROM WEST SOUND POSSE ||| Several years ago, when the Great Islands Clean Up began, our neighborhood community responded by forming the West Sound Posse. We are now 30+ members strong, made up of
Coffelt Farm CART report now available for viewing, comments
||| FROM TANJA WILLIAMSON for SAN JUAN COUNTY LAND BANK ||| San Juan County Land Bank has received the requested Conservation Agriculture Resource Team’s (CART) Coffelt Farm Report, a review, analysis, and recommendations for agriculture
OPALCO invites you to this upcoming virtual Solar Town Hall workshop series
||| FROM ORCAS POWER & LIGHT ||| Interested in solar? Our Solar Town Hall is the first in a series of co-op workshops designed to help members prepare their homes and businesses to meet the challenges
Climate Eyes | Warmer weather? Greenhouses gasses? Fire danger? What are we in for?
Earth Day launches new climate column by Steve Bernheim ||| CLIMATE EYES BY STEVE BERNHEIM, theORCASONIAN OP-ED REPORTER ||| Local TV weather announcers couldn’t be happier: record high temperatures and sunshine in April. Viewers seem
Lummi totem pole journey, Red Road to D.C., will have stopover in San Juans
||| FROM STEPHANIE BUFFUM ||| A totem pole carved at the Lummi Nation from a 400-year-old red cedar will begin a cross-country journey next month, evoking an urgent call to protect sacred lands and waters
Coming soon: Master Gardeners spring plant sale
||| FROM MO SLOANE for MASTER GARDENERS ||| Healthy veggie starts and locally grown perennial landscaping plants need new homes! Like last year, our sale is online at SpringSale.org. The sale begins Wednesday, May 5
Look up! There’s something to see up there besides pewter-tinted skies this weekend
||| BY LIN MCNULTY, theORCASONIAN EDITOR ||| The National Weather Service, in a seemingly routine release, is forecasting warm, 70-degree weather, possibly followed up by 80 degrees on Sunday, which is pleasurable news as we
