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Celebrate the power of people coming together to make change and protect what you love. Enjoy seasonally inspired food and beverages while connecting with Friends! Tickets are $50 per person and space is limited. Click here to register today: sanjuans.org/40th. Celebration details: Orcas, Sep. 22 Odd Fellows Hall, 112 Haven Rd., 4 – 6 pm, ... read more

The 2019 Fall Great Island’s Clean-Up (GICU) is coming this Saturday, September 28. This twice a year county wide cleaning event is when residents and visitor’s, individuals, businesses, clubs, school groups, parks and land trusts come together to pick-up litter and marine debris. Friends of the San Juans helps organize the beach clean-ups for San ... read more

Thursday July 25, 4:00-5:30 p.m., San Juan Island Brewing Co., 410 A St., Friday Harbor., WA Join Friends of the San Juans in thanking 20 soldiers from the US Army’s 569th Engineering Dive Detachment who have been removing derelict fishing nets off of the west side of San Juan Island since July 7, 2019. Thousands ... read more

Curious about the role that vacation rentals play in our local community? What about the growth of vacation rentals around the world? A small, diverse group of Orcas community members have been gathering and researching this issue for the past couple of months and they’d like to invite you into the conversation! This community conversation will ... read more

Friends of the San Juans, San Juan Islanders for Safe Shipping and Orca Protectors will be marching in the Friday Harbor July 4 parade. Our message is “Protect What You Love.” Join us!   We have one (nearly) life size black foam-core fin for every living member of JKL pods, and two large banners; so ... read more

Come honor the Southern Resident orcas at beautiful Lime Kiln Point State Park! Join us for the 20th Annual Orca Sing, and gather for an evening of picnicking and live music while celebrating Orca Action Month. Fred West and Seattle’s City Cantabile Choir will perform their delightful music. An offering by Odin and Orca Annie ... read more

Photographer, filmmaker, former NASA researcher, bird expert, and Lopezian Peter Cavanagh will present a photographic journey of a voyage along the Scotia Arc to Antarctica. Come learn more about the vast polar desert, its amazing wildlife, and how changes in climate there impact us locally and globally. A Photographic Journey: Climate and Antarctica Thursday, May ... read more

“Talking Trash” is an exciting workshop hosted by the Marine Resources Committee during Earth Week.  The event will be held on April 25, 2019 at Brickworks in Friday Harbor from 5 – 7 PM. The workshop is part of the Plastic Free Salish Sea campaign which aims to share ideas about how to reduce waste ... read more

Help make the San Juan Islands “Plastic Free by the Sea”! This year’s Great Islands Clean-up is on Saturday, April 20, 2019. Join the county-wide greening event and collect litter from public beaches and roadways. There will be litter clean-up events happening on Orcas, San Juan, Lopez and Shaw Islands this year. Litter picker-uppers will ... read more

April 11, Emmanuel Episcopal Parish, Orcas Island, 6:30-8 p.m. Friends of the San Juans is excited to partner with Toby Cooper and Georgette Wong to bring information to the community about green investing – a movement that benefits humanity and the planet. Toby, a sustainability advocate and career financial professional will trace rise of socially-responsible ... read more