Category: Action Alerts
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Take Action—Ecology Needs to Hear from You!
Friends of the San Juans is calling on community members to speak up for environmental protections in the Salish Sea. Learn what’s at stake and how you can take simple, effective action to make your voice heard and help protect local ecosystems.
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Understanding Ecology’s rulemaking to reduce oil spill risks and impacts
Washington’s Department of Ecology is proposing updates to oil handling and vessel transfer rules aimed at strengthening spill prevention and protecting the Salish Sea from oil transport risks.
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Action Alert: Require Whatcom County to Address Philips 66 Project’s Impacts to the Southern Resident Orcas
On Friday July 19, 2019 Whatcom County issued a State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) Mitigated Determination of Nonsignificance (MDNS) for the Phillips 66 Ferndale Refinery’s proposal to construct a new 300,000 barrel crude oil storage tank and a new 80,000 barrel fuel oil storage tank. The new storage tanks would provide additional operating flexibility for…
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Watch the Video: 3/20 Protect What You Love Orca Event
The Protect What You Love campaign highlights simple actions people can take to safeguard the San Juan Islands and Salish Sea—from protecting marine habitats to supporting wildlife like salmon and endangered Southern Resident orcas. It encourages community stewardship to help preserve the region’s ecosystems for future generations.
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Action Alert: Recent Salish Sea Salmon Spill
A major salmon spill in the Salish Sea released up to 305,000 Atlantic salmon after a fish farm near Cypress Island collapsed. Friends of the San Juans calls on the public to urge stronger protections against risky net-pen fish farming that can harm wild salmon and marine ecosystems.
