TERMINATED: Trump Administration has disbanded San Juan Islands Monument Advisory Committee
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TERMINATED: Trump Administration has disbanded San Juan Islands Monument Advisory Committee

ByJeff Noedel

“Public input from the San Juan Islands… could be more efficiently accomplished through other means“ Sunday, March 2, 2025By Jeff Noedel U.S. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum has terminated the San Juan Islands National Monument Advisory Committee (MAC). It had been operated by the Bureau of Land Management, which is part of the Interior…

The heartbreak
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The heartbreak

ByJeff Noedel

Monday, January 6, 2024by Jeff Noedel Last week’s heartbreaking news of another dead calf of Southern Resident Killer Whales’ Tahlequah (J35) was a worldwide story. Reporters from The New York Times, The Washington Post, and NBC News peppered local experts with questions during a 60-minute telephone news conference. There were even more journalists in the…

SALISH CURRENT: More Canada crude is coming, but trade war could hamper flow
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SALISH CURRENT: More Canada crude is coming, but trade war could hamper flow

BySanJuans.Today Newsroom

by Tom Banse, contributor to The Salish CurrentOriginally published in The Salish Current on January 3, 2025 Western Washington refineries brought in more oil by tanker from Canada after an expanded export terminal opened in May near Vancouver Washington state oil refineries are taking advantage of a newly expanded tanker terminal just across the border…

BETTER LIVING THROUGH CHEMISTRY? Oil spill dispersants making people ‘oil sick’?
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BETTER LIVING THROUGH CHEMISTRY? Oil spill dispersants making people ‘oil sick’?

ByJeff Noedel

Sunday, January 5, 2024 A SanJuans.Today RECORDED LIVESTREAM IS AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE IF YOU FIND YOURSELF looking for a new environmental protection project, this could be it. Dr. Riki Ott is completely focused on how America will respond to its next major oil spill. She makes the case that this is a…

PREVENTING THE BIG OIL SPILL: Lovel Pratt explains need for emergency response towing vessel in Haro Strait
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PREVENTING THE BIG OIL SPILL: Lovel Pratt explains need for emergency response towing vessel in Haro Strait

BySanJuans.Today Newsroom

Thursday, December 26, 2024 A SanJuans.Today VIDEO IS AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE Turn your $50 donation into $100!Turn your $250 donation into $500!Please support community television for the San Juans.The Mary See Foundation will match the next $3,100 in donations! CNL2 MEDIA is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation.Click Here to Double Your Donation to…

,602 new donations X2 = ,718! ,141 remains for matching
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$1,602 new donations X2 = $3,718! $8,141 remains for matching

BySanJuans.Today Newsroom

Tuesday, December 3, 2024 Community internet television and radio for the San Juans gained some strength in the past two days, as $1,602 more in donations have now arrived. That brings the recent total to $1,859. And the Mary See Foundation match has instantly turned that into $3,718! The Mary See Foundation leaders took a…

Land Bank denies existence of a plan to remove dams under Zylstra Lake
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Land Bank denies existence of a plan to remove dams under Zylstra Lake

ByJeff Noedel

VIEW A SanJuans.Today VIDEO AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE Sunday, October 6, 2024 at 10:05 a.m.by Jeff Noedel On Saturday morning, San Juan County Conservation Land Bank Executive Director Lincoln Bormann was interviewed by SanJuans.Today regarding rumors and reports alleging the county agency intends to remove dams at Zylstra Lake. There are two dams…

‘BOXED OUT’ EPISODE #3: Synergies between Conservation Land Bank & affordable housing
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‘BOXED OUT’ EPISODE #3: Synergies between Conservation Land Bank & affordable housing

ByJeremy Tyler

A CNL2 VIDEO IS AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE Originally Published Sunday, September 15, 2024 Directed by Jeremy TylerWritten summary by Jeff NoedelProduced at SanJuans.Today Studios in Friday Harbor, WA Boxed Out host Amanda Lynn welcomes Lincoln Bormann, Director of the San Juan County Conservation Land Bank. The conversation investigates the ways that conversation…