Bum­ble­blitz: Four years of Bum­ble Bee Ecol­o­gy in the Pacif­ic North­west Bom­bus occi­den­tal­is used to be the most com­mon bum­ble bee species in the Pacif­ic North­west. By the mid-1990s it had become one of the rarest, inspir­ing a surge in bum­ble bee sur­veys in the region. Recent stud­ies show the bum­ble bee’s pop­u­la­tion re-emerg­ing where  Con­tin­ue Reading

Spring is in bloom and it’s a per­fect time to enjoy the wild­flow­ers of Mount Grant with San Juan Preser­va­tion Trust’s Kath­leen Foley. Kath­leen will be point­ing out flow­ers as she leads us on a hike up the moun­tain. She will also dis­cuss the future trail poten­tial of this spec­tac­u­lar des­ti­na­tion. Dogs on leash are wel­come.  Con­tin­ue Reading

The San Juan Island Pre­ven­tion Coali­tion shares this notice with you… Recent­ly, Gov­er­nor Jay Inslee pro­claimed April 20th to be Talk to Your Kids about NOT using Mar­i­jua­na Day, as you may know, the pro-pot cul­ture has often referred to 4.20 as “Weed Day”. We would like to change that con­ver­sa­tion with our young peo­ple and give them the  Con­tin­ue Reading

Frag­ile Waters, a trav­el­ing fine art pho­tog­ra­phy exhi­bi­tion, opens Sat­ur­day, April 23, Earth Day week­end, and will run through Sep­tem­ber 5, Labor Day, 2016 at the San Juan Islands Muse­um of Art (SJIMA), Fri­day Har­bor, Wash­ing­ton. Frag­ile Waters is a pow­er­ful aes­thet­ic and envi­ron­men­tal state­ment, blend­ing inspir­ing black-and- white pho­tog­ra­phy by three renowned pho­tog­ra­phers; Ansel  Con­tin­ue Reading

Just heard they’re hav­ing an open house at Paideia Clas­si­cal School today. Here’s what they’re say­ing… Drop in and see what our won­der­ful lit­tle school is all about! Tour the class­rooms, vis­it with the staff and school fam­i­lies, learn about our cur­ricu­lum and enjoy a free hot dog and chips!

Rob Simp­son shares these thoughts as the Con­sci­en­tious Pro­jec­tor Film Series comes to a close… Hel­lo Dis­cern­ing Islanders, Today (Mon­day April 18) brings to a close Con­sci­en­tious Pro­jec­tor ​as a month­ly series. Over the last five years we’ve seen so many pieces of the puz­zle, that it is a real chal­lenge to put the pieces togeth­er. And even if  Con­tin­ue Reading

Island Rec is still recruit­ing for local orga­ni­za­tions that would like to par­tic­i­pate in the 26th Annu­al Children’s Fes­ti­val by host­ing an activ­i­ty. In keep­ing with this year’s fes­ti­val theme – Nature’s Won­der­land – activ­i­ty providers will be joined by the likes of The Rotary, Fam­i­lies and Neigh­bors Sup­port Island Rec, SJI Library, Children’s House Montes­sori  Con­tin­ue Reading

Com­ing up next week­end, Frag­ile Waters calls atten­tion to water, our most crit­i­cal resource, pre­sent­ing icon­ic work of three renowned pho­tog­ra­phers and life­long envi­ron­men­tal­ists: Ansel Adams, Ernest H. Brooks II, and Dorothy Ker­p­er Mon­nel­ly. The 117 black-and-white pho­tographs present a pow­er­ful col­lec­tive state­ment. These artists com­mu­ni­cate the beau­ty and vital­i­ty of water. The exhi­bi­tion was curat­ed  Con­tin­ue Reading