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||| FROM KUCB.COM ||| Encounters with humans from 2017 to 2021 killed hundreds of Steller sea lions and other marine mammals that swim in Alaska waters, along with dozens of Alaska whales, according to a new federal report. Of 819 human-mammal interactions reported in the period, 710 were found to have caused death, serious injury or
“Tai chi is often described as “meditation in motion,” but it might well be called “medication in motion.” There is growing evidence that this mind-body practice... has value in treating or preventing many health problems." --Harvard Women’s Health Watch, May 2009 ||| FROM STEPHANIE ROSENBLATT ||| “Thank you for inviting me to speak about the
||| FROM ELISABETH ROBSON ||| Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about what life here in San Juan County might look like as life-as-we-know-it crumbles with the ongoing and ever-increasing impacts of ecological breakdown. As the average time between U.S. billion-dollar disasters decreases, from 82 days in the 1980’s to 18 days in 2018-2022 and
||| MIDNIGHT MUTTERINGS by JACKIE BATES ||| Weather’s getting cooler, daylight is scarcer and we’re all planning ahead for even colder weather to come. We might stock up on firewood, find our candles in case of a power outage and check to see what the moth larvae left of our sweaters last spring. Maybe you
||| FROM ELLEN ROBERTS & KAREN PALMER for FRIDAY HARBOR FILM FESTIVAL ||| Friday Harbor Film Festival Is thrilled to present the Audience Choice Award for the Best Overall Feature Film to Patrick and the Whale, directed by Mark Fletcher. This documentary, along with many other award-winning features and short films, is available to watch
Largest U.S. fishery violating environmental laws, harming marine mammals ||| FROM THE CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY ||| ANCHORAGE, Alaska— The Center for Biological Diversity filed a formal notice today of its intent to sue the National Marine Fisheries Service for failing to protect marine mammals from being killed by the Bering Sea Aleutian Islands groundfish trawl fisheries. Nine
||| FROM ROBERT AUSTIN, FRED KLEIN, and MICHAEL RIORDAN ||| The three of us have recently watched with growing concern and dismay the unfolding management chaos at the Eastsound Water Users Association. From our combined perspective, there are two groups of EWUA Board members and former Board members who have been presenting conflicting accounts of
||| AS THE PARADIGM SHIFTS by ROSIE KUHN||| This week, after 14 years of love and joy, I said goodbye to my companion Gracie, my dog. My experience in the first few days has been surreal. From the time of her coming into my life, she has been a constant, if not in my physical
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Rep. Debra Lekanoff “You are like my Auntie’s house” said State Representative Debra Lekanoff to a group of 50 community members on Saturday, September 9. “When I was growing up, my Auntie made sure I had everything I needed. She fed me. She encouraged
||| FROM SAM GAILEY for ORCAS ISLAND PUBLIC LIBRARY ||| Join WA Dept of Fish & Wildlife’s Furbearer Biologist, Shawn Behling, in a discussion and presentation to deepen your understanding and appreciation for beavers in our local ecosystems. Leave it to Beavers: The Science of Making a Wetland presentation will be held on Friday, September 22 at