Here’s a thought…
“We do not inherit the Earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children.”
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News on State of the Salish Sea | Science Day Tuesday
||| FROM EARTH DAY ORCAS MONTH ||| Tuesday Apr 8th is Science Day for Earth Day Orcas Month. Two informative and valuable events full of local environmental impact news are meeting at the Parish Hall at the Emmanuel Episcopal Church: Climate COMPASS, 3:30pm: Dynamic and challenging learning tools and process
Community feedback requested on 2025 Community Wildfire Protection Plan
||| FROM SAN JUAN ISLANDS CONSERVATION DISTRICT ||| The San Juan County Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP) is being updated from its original 2012 version and is now open for public comment – community feedback is requested! Please view the latest online at www.sanjuanislandscd.org/wildfire-preparedness and submit written comments by email
June is Orca Action Month 2025. Please join us
||| FROM ORCA SALMON ALLIANCE ||| It’s that time again! June is Orca Action Month in the Pacific Northwest, and the Orca Salmon Alliance is looking forward to all kinds of activities throughout the region. Orca Action Month (a.k.a Orca Month) is an annual series of events intended to raise
Friday Harbor High School students advocate for recycling reform in Olympia
||| FROM JESS NEWLEY for FRIENDS OF THE SAN JUANS ||| On March 24, Friends of the San Juans led a group of passionate student advocates from the Friday Harbor High School Eco Club to the Washington State Capitol, where they spent the day engaging with lawmakers and championing environmental
Community comes together at Resource Center Health & Wellness Fair
||| FROM THE RESOURCE CENTER COMMUNICATIONS TEAM ||| The Orcas Community Resource Center transformed its courtyard and parking lot into a hub of health and wellness this past Tuesday, as approximately 40 community members gathered for a thoughtfully curated fair organized by their Health Focus Group. The event showcased the
Coming to Orcas Center | International Indigenous Forum: “A Welcoming”
||| FROM BETHANY MARIE for ORCAS CENTER ||| WHAT: As part of its series of International Indigenous Forums, Se’Si’Le is honored to work with Batani: International Indigenous Fund for Development and Sovereignty to offer “A Welcoming.” Together we are bringing to the Orcas Center for one night only Indigenous leaders
Get ready for the return of Actors Theater PlayFest!
||| FROM LYNDA SANDERS for ACTORS THEATER OF ORCAS ISLAND ||| After a hiatus, PlayFest is back! Join us for an exciting showcase of original 10-minute plays written, directed, and performed by Orcas Island's very own community members—both seasoned performers and newcomers alike! What’s Happening? Experience a collection of diverse,
Commerce rescinds funding for tidal energy project after tribal objections
Decision to rescind funding respects sovereignty of tribal nations ||| FROM WASHINGTON DEPT. OF COMMERCE ||| OLYMPIA, WA – The Washington State Department of Commerce has withdrawn funding for a proposed tidal energy research project in response to concerns from multiple tribal nations whose treaty-protected waterways would be affected by
Gardening at the Orcas Christian School to make way for spring planting
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND GARDEN CLUB ||| We're looking for a few enthusiastic volunteers on next Monday, April 7th at 10:00 am to help out a local school garden. We need just one hour of your time to prepare the beds so the students, ages 4 through high school, can proceed
Midnight Mutterings | April 5, 2025
||| MIDNIGHT MUTTERINGS by JACKIE BATES ||| When you read this, what happened across the country on April 5, 2025, will already have happened or is, at least, in progress. I am muttering at midnight just before the beginning of April 5, 2025. Molly the Cat is asleep at the
New summer schedule for Anacortes/San Juan Islands Route
||| FROM WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| We’ll begin a new summer schedule for the Anacortes/San Juan Islands route on June 15, following a collaborative schedule update process with the community. This is the third new schedule for the route after successfully implementing new winter and spring sailing schedules earlier this
Sheriff’s Report | March 26 – April 1, 2025
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ||| WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26 25-001645 Fraud 10:44:36 03/26/25 Orcas Island Deputies contacted a person reporting fraud. Deputies took the report and found the matter to be civil in nature. 25-001646 Theft 13:14:33 03/26/25 A Lopez resident reported the theft of packages from their
Guest Opinion | Death by 1000 cuts
||| FROM BOB THOMAS ||| I am the “against” advocate. My intent has been to bring up points that may not have been covered or add to those that have and encourage islanders to investigate for themselves. Over the past three or so weeks I have attended a number of
WA Reps. send open letter to ICE Director, DHS Secretary re: raid in Bellingham
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF U.S. REP. RICK LARSEN ||| WASHINGTON, DC - Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-02), along with Rep. Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Rep. Suzan DelBene (WA-01), Rep. Marilyn Strickland (WA-10), Rep. Emily Randall (WA-06), Rep. Adam Smith (WA-09) and Rep. Kim Schrier (WA-08) have sent the following letter to
Why the big freak out over tariffs?
||| FROM SUBSTACK ||| President Trump insists that stiff tariffs on products from other countries will help U.S. manufacturers, despite the risk of higher prices for consumers and even a recession. Of far less interest in the news media is that increased domestic manufacturing and related activities, such as mining,
Letter to Editor | Question on Health Care initiative
||| FROM JOHN ERLY ||| You must have received your Voting Ballot today. It made me go to the County Assessor page and see what I am paying to support the "Island Health Care District", about .41 cents per thousand. The problem is the assessor says we are a "Hospital
