Other News
Apr 11, 2024: Community Meeting: Sea Level Rise Adaptation for Outer Bay and Agate Beach Areas on Lopez Island
Mar 11, 2024: Queers in Unexpected Places: Searching for (and Finding) Gender and Sexual Non-Conformity in the Rural and Early PNW
Mar 7, 2024: DRAFT Richardson Marsh Preserve Stewardship and Management Plan Now Open for Public Comment
Dec 5, 2023: County Council Member Jane Fuller and Senator Liz Lovelett to Host Public Meeting on Lopez
Nov 3, 2023: County and Town Send Open Letter to State Officials Regarding Impacts of Poor Ferry Service
Sep 29, 2023: Conservation Land Bank Announces Special Meeting to Discuss Watmough Bay Preserve Addition
Sep 14, 2023: The mobile dental van is coming to Lopez! // ¡La camioneta dental móvil ya llega a López!
Aug 22, 2023: San Juan County Adopts 32-Hour Work Week in the Name of Fiscal Health, Recruitment, and Islander Wellness
May 25, 2023: Recap of Lopez Neighborhood Meeting Regarding the Relocation of Public Works Facilities
May 23, 2023: District 3 Councilmember Jane Fuller Opens Office on Lopez and Hosts Community Conversation
Apr 17, 2023: Give Lopez Starts April 17th - A two week fundraiser benefiting 15 Lopez Island Non-Profits
Sep 22, 2022: Interim Watmough Preserve Addition Stewardship and Management Plan Now Open for Public Comment
Did bluebirds once sing on Lopez?
Dec 18, 2023
By Kwiaht
The distribution of birds in the San Juan Islands has been changing -- even in the relatively short period of time since the first orchards were planted and fields plowed by settlers in the 1860s. How have changes in our island culture affected ecosystems? Why have some changes differed between islands?
Western Bluebirds, for example, were once widespread in the islands including Lopez; and no, they were not linked to Garry Oaks, which were nearly absent from Lopez when bluebirds still sang here. And Steller’s Jays; they have disappeared from every island since the 1940s--except Orcas, where they still thrive! (Hint: This doesn’t have anything to do with being blue, but in the case of Steller’s Jays, it may actually have something to do with acorns!) Why would these birds only survive on Orcas?
Come join Kwiaht director Russel Barsh for a free public presentation on the biogeography of the San Juan Islands:
How did everything get here?
Thursday, December 28, at Lopez Center, from 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm.
Come join Kwiaht director Russel Barsh for a free public presentation on the biogeography of the San Juan Islands:
How did everything get here?
Thursday, December 28, at Lopez Center, from 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm.
Steller's Jays plant acorns (Photo: Mayne Island Conservancy)