A trail proposed from Friday Harbor to Zylstra Lake has been a contentious issue not just for farmers and property owners in San Juan Valley, but for the residents of San Juan Island. The trail, which is to be a multi-use paved trail, was put on the draft Six Year Transportation Improvement Program. A public hearing regarding adding the trail was held on Nov. 7 before the San Juan County Council.
Award winners were celebrated during the Notable Women Lunch on April 27. Soroptimist International of Friday Harbor holds this lunch annually to honor the notable women of history and give tribute to their award winners.
Unearthing archive photos of the Norwegian archipelago's glaciers enabled researchers to reconstruct past melting and project ice mass loss under future climate change