By San Juan Island Nation­al His­tor­i­cal Park San Juan Island Nation­al His­tor­i­cal Park announces its sea­son­al clo­sure of the 4th of July Beach park­ing area effec­tive, Sun­day, Nov. 1. The clos­ing of the park­ing area is an annu­al event to pre­vent dam­age to the area due to high rain­fall, poor drainage, and heavy vehi­cle use. Access out­side of  Con­tin­ue Reading

Thanks to the coop­er­a­tion of the Land Bank and the San Juan Preser­va­tion Trust we now have a beau­ti­ful new and his­toric pub­lic land to explore. On Sep­tem­ber 26th, Nation­al Pub­lic Lands Day, 5 years of nego­ti­a­tions and plan­ning came to fruition when the 285-acre Zyl­stra Lake Pre­serve on San Juan Island offi­cial­ly opened part  Con­tin­ue Reading

By WSU Exten­sion Learn to be a bet­ter home gar­den­er and stew­ard of the envi­ron­ment this win­ter with Wash­ing­ton State Uni­ver­si­ty San Juan Coun­ty Extension’s new online Home Hor­ti­cul­ture Train­ing pro­gram. Train­ing focus­es on a wide range of hor­ti­cul­ture top­ics taught online by WSU fac­ul­ty, staff, Mas­ter Gar­den­ers and oth­er region­al experts on Sat­ur­day morn­ings  Con­tin­ue Reading

Almost sev­en years ago, Friends of the San Juans began work­ing with Wash­ing­ton State Parks on a salmon recov­ery project on Sucia Island. After a lot of research, sur­veys, designs, engi­neer­ing, and per­mit­ting, the on-the-ground work to restore habi­tat has come to fruition. Locat­ed along a major migra­to­ry path­way for juve­nile Chi­nook salmon, Sucia’s marine  Con­tin­ue Reading

Thanks to John Miller for cap­tur­ing this sun­rise image… click to enlarge photo…

Robin Don­nel­ly for the Old Mil­i­tary Road Trail Com­mit­tee… What a great time to be explor­ing our trails. Covid seems to have made us all more aware of the heal­ing pow­er of nature and our for­tu­nate abil­i­ty to be part of it. As sum­mer is wan­ing, fall col­ors are tak­ing over for the vibran­cy of  Con­tin­ue Reading

OLYMPIA–On Sept.1, eli­gi­ble orga­ni­za­tions may begin apply­ing for grants to con­serve com­mu­ni­ty forests, the Recre­ation and Con­ser­va­tion Office announced today. The new state Com­mu­ni­ty Forests Pro­gram will offer grants of up to $3 mil­lion. But orga­ni­za­tions need to hur­ry. Appli­ca­tions are due Oct. 1. The grants must be used to buy at least 5 acres of  Con­tin­ue Reading

Join the MAC Meet­ing on August 27, 9:00am ‑5:00pm, Pacif­ic Time (see Zoom link below)… Click on pho­to to enlarge… The MAC (Mon­u­ment Advi­so­ry Com­mit­tee) will be hear­ing from sub­ject mat­ter experts and the pub­lic to inform their delib­er­a­tions as they dis­cuss and present their input to the BLM. The full meet­ing agen­da (PDF) can be  Con­tin­ue Reading