2021 Annual Meeting: Shorelines, Orca and Community, with Special Guest Lynda Mapes
Our Annual Meeting, featuring the incomparable author and journalist Lynda Mapes, will be held on October 9th, from 1:30-3:00 p.m. Lynda is an award-winning Seattle Times environmental writer and author who recently published her fifth book, Orca: Shared Waters, Shared Home. We are eager to bring our Friends community together around shared values, inspiration, and protecting what you love. We will be livestreaming the broadcast from the Odd Fellows Hall on Orcas Island, and we invite you to join us via Zoom. Register here!
Our Work
The San Juan Islands: Precious. Finite. Worth protecting.
Friends of the San Juans protects and restores the San Juan Islands and the Salish Sea for people and nature — since 1979. We restore habitat, protect water, forest, farmland and endangered species, while building thriving communities in the San Juan Islands through education, science, advocacy, and citizen engagement.
Healthy
Seas
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Shorelines
Thriving on
the Land
Friends of the San Juans respectfully acknowledges and honors the fact that this beautiful place we call home is comprised of the ancestral lands, waters, and natural resources of the Coast Salish peoples. The Coast Salish peoples have cared for and stewarded the San Juan Islands and the Salish Sea since time immemorial — and continue to do so — and we honor their inherent, aboriginal, and treaty rights that have been passed down from generation to generation.
Our Impact in 2020
5,949
native trees, shrubs, and beach grasses planted at 5 sites providing shoreline bank stabilization, insects for juvenile salmon, and shade for forage fish eggs.
7
local contractors helped Friends implement restoration actions at 7 shoreline sites, supporting the County’s economy and achieving habitat recovery goals.
122,012
petition signers and 40 organizations joined Friends in opposing Roberts Bank Terminal 2 which would increase vessel traffic impacts and risks to environmental, cultural, and economic resources.
The Latest
Register Now: Our Annual Meeting, with special guest Lynda Mapes by Katie Fleming
Read our September Highwater Marks E-Newsletter by Friends of the San Juans
Words from the Next Generation: Gift and Responsibility by Friends of the San Juans
Salmon Habitat Restoration at Salmon Point, Lopez Island by Friends of the San Juans
“I want the beach to be able to be here for my grandchildren… for my nieces, nephews, and godchildren. That’s when we made the decision to contact Friends of the San Juans.”
Mariluz Villa, participating shoreline restoration project property owner
Photos by: Mark Gardner (SRKW Action Center), Mark Gardner (Thriving on the Land)