clean water

Action Alert: Prevent the Federal Administration from Gutting the Clean Water Act!

April 10, 2019

The Trump administration is attempting to discreetly eliminate Clean Water Act protections for waters across the United States through a proposed rulemaking that would critically endanger historically-protected rivers, streams, lakes, and wetlands. This proposed rulemaking by the United States EPA and Army Corps of Engineers is a massive attack on the Clean Water Act and ... read more

It wasn’t until 1979 that San Juan County got a comprehensive growth plan and that was largely due to the Friends of the San Juan’s being there to advocate for the shoreline and the ecosystem. Since then, there have been constant waves of pressure by developers. Friends have risen each time, fighting to protect this fragile and precious place.

Liza Michaelson

member, San Juan Island