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A simple rain barrel system captures and stores water for gardens and households — one of the practical strategies featured in this month’s Islands Resilience panel.

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Securing our water future: A community conversation on island resilience

Submitted by the San Juan Island Grange.

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It isn’t always a boat

By Bill Symes

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Farm tours of the San Juans are back | Experience island life at its best

Submitted by the San Juan Conservation District.

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Karen and Norris Palmer displaying their signs.

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Labor Day protest

Several hundred islanders took to the courthouse on Labor Day for another Indivisible San Juan Island-sponsored protest.

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Friday Harbor #1 Ben Baisch brings down Cedar Park running back.

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Wolverines took a loss to Cedar Park

Friday Harbor suffered a loss to Cedar Park Christian on Friday, Sept. 5, at home during one of…

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Christopher White with his drum, in front of Gordon DIck’s “Great Being”

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Behind the scenes of ‘Shapeshifters’

The summer of 2025 has been one of the San Juan Island’s Museum of Art’s busiest summers since…

NPS/Claire Crawbuck photo. A Yuma myotis bat is inspected by a USGS biologist.

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White-nose syndrome suspected in bats at San Juan Island National Historical Park

Submitted by the National Park Service.

A unifying message at the Leagion

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Legion teams up with local artist to create a fresh, healing mural on their waterfront wall

Submitted by Pam Hoke.

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The Joyce L. Sobel Family Resource Center celebrates 25 years of community connection

Submitted by the Joyce L. Sobel Family Resource Center.

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Rare white humingbird

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Images collected in partnership with The Whale Museum and Cascadia Research Collective, NOAA Permit #24359 Trained responders work to cut entangling lines from the flukes of a humpback whale. White lines across the whale’s head and back are scars from the previous entanglement that the team freed the whale from on July 16th.

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Young humpback whale “Starry Knight” freed from second entanglement in Salish Sea

Submitted by Cascadia Research Collective.

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Cultivating Success: Growing future farmers | Learn how to develop a sustainable small farm

Submitted by Washington State University Extension.

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Showcasing island talent with ‘Island Songs’

Celebrate local musical talent Sept. 6 with Island Songs at the San Juan Community Theatre. Fan favorites Desolation…