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…

Free painting sessions on Land Bank Preserves are back
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Free painting sessions on Land Bank Preserves are back

BySanJuans.Today Newsroom

Friday, January 17, 2025 FOLLOWING IS AN ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SAN JUAN COUNTY CONSERVATION LAND BANK Led by Alchemy Art Center co-directors, Maria Michaelson or Glenn Hendrick, free three-hour painting sessions will take place from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. every Friday in February and March. These unique events provide an opportunity for participants to connect with nature and…

Community Meeting Recap: Bayhead Creek Culvert Repair Project on Killebrew Lake Rd on Orcas Island
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Community Meeting Recap: Bayhead Creek Culvert Repair Project on Killebrew Lake Rd on Orcas Island

BySanJuans.Today Newsroom

Friday, January 17, 2025 FOLLOWING IS A NEWS RELEASE FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY GOVERNMENT San Juan County held a community meeting on Orcas Island and online January 9, 2025, to discuss the replacement of the culvert on Bayhead Creek under Killebrew Lake Road. Approximately 40 community members joined the meeting where County staff provided an…

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…

,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…

GOVERNOR JAY INSLEE ON WSF: “The San Juans community has been tolerant to the ‘nth degree…”
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GOVERNOR JAY INSLEE ON WSF: “The San Juans community has been tolerant to the ‘nth degree…”

ByJeff Noedel

A CNL2 VIDEO IS AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE Saturday, August 24, 2024by Jeff Noedel Governor Jay Inslee visited San Juan Island today, and he rekindled hope that the State may help with with some kind of solution – temporary or permanent – if and when we experience the kind of meltdown of Washington…

Town wastewater treatment plant recognized for outstanding performance
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Town wastewater treatment plant recognized for outstanding performance

BySanJuans.Today Newsroom

FOLLOWING IS A STATEMENT BY THE TOWN OF FRIDAY HARBOR, WASHINGTON Friday, August 9, 2024 The Washington State Department of Ecology (DOE) has presented the Town of Friday Harbor sewer treatment plant with the 2023 Wastewater Treatment Plant Outstanding Performance award.  The plant is one of 118 out of more than 300 plants statewide to…

UPDATE 3 (FINAL): Southern Vancouver Island wildfire declared ‘Under Control’

UPDATE 3 (FINAL): Southern Vancouver Island wildfire declared ‘Under Control’

ByJeff Noedel

UPDATE 3 (FINAL): Thursday, August 8, 2024 @ 5:20 a.m.: The wildfire that was discovered on July 22 approximately 15 kilometers west of Victoria — which had cast an orange hue to the skies in recent weeks — has been declared “under control” by the BC Wildfire Service. The fire is under control, but not…

PART 1 OF 3: Cindy Wolf Addresses DCD Changes, New County Manager, & Her Lived Experience as a Council Rep
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PART 1 OF 3: Cindy Wolf Addresses DCD Changes, New County Manager, & Her Lived Experience as a Council Rep

ByJeremy Tyler

A CNL2 VIDEO IS AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE Thursday, July 11, 2024 @ 3:25 a.m.Directed by Jeremy Tyler This interview occurred Wednesday, July 10, 2024 at approximately 12:30 p.m. Cindy Wolf is 7/8ths into her four year term as San Juan County Council Representative, residency district 2 (Orcas). In this three-part interview, Cindy…

Lopez Island’s Russel Barsh Counts All the Little Fish in the Sea
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Lopez Island’s Russel Barsh Counts All the Little Fish in the Sea

ByJeremy Tyler

A CNL2 VIDEO IS AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE Friday, June 7, 2024Video Capture & Writing by Jeff Noedel Video Editing by Jeremy Tyler For 18 years, Russel Barsh has been studying how the little things are changing — the bottom of the food chain — in the ecosystem of our archipelago. He calls…