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Your local laboratory in the San Juan Islands for the science to support good stewardship. Posts by @arbutocrat.bsky.social
Tonight! Kwiaht ecologist Russel Barsh at the Lopez Library with Shining a Light on Local Moths starting at 6pm. And while you are there you can see local high school artist (and Kwiaht lab tech) Sophie Citro's moth art and buy a ticket (or many) for her moth sculpture raffle.
November 13, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Tonight! Kwiaht ecologist Russel Barsh at the Lopez Library with Shining a Light on Local Moths starting at 6pm. And while you are there you can see local high school artist (and Kwiaht lab tech) Sophie Citro's moth art and buy a ticket (or many) for her moth sculpture raffle.
Learn about the research on herring that we are doing with Long Live the Kings and the Nisqually Indian Tribe www.youtube.com/watch?v=khz1...
Recovering Herring in Puget Sound
YouTube video by Long Live the Kings
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November 8, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Learn about the research on herring that we are doing with Long Live the Kings and the Nisqually Indian Tribe www.youtube.com/watch?v=khz1...
Residues of home and garden pesticides sold and used on Orcas Island have been found in local wildlife, with some of the highest concentrations in bats and hummingbirds.
www.sanjuanjournal.com/news/househo...
www.sanjuanjournal.com/news/househo...
Household pesticides found in local bats and other wildlife | The Journal of the San Juan Islands
Submitted by Russel Barsh, director of Kwiaht.
www.sanjuanjournal.com
October 30, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Residues of home and garden pesticides sold and used on Orcas Island have been found in local wildlife, with some of the highest concentrations in bats and hummingbirds.
www.sanjuanjournal.com/news/househo...
www.sanjuanjournal.com/news/househo...
Everyone is invited to our 7th annual camas festival!
‘Earthy and sweet’: Potluck-style Camas Festival to make its mainland debut
The festival, which is primarily a potluck paired with an educational presentation and a panel discussion, is coming to the mainland from noon to 3 p.m. this Saturday, at the
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October 24, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Everyone is invited to our 7th annual camas festival!
Join us for our 7th annual Camas Festival! A potluck featuring camas (Camassia leichtlinii) based dishes and presentations and discussion of camas cultivation. Saturday October 25th 12-3pm at the Stevens Center of the Padilla Bay National
Estuarine Research Reserve. www.kwiaht.org/calendar.htm
Estuarine Research Reserve. www.kwiaht.org/calendar.htm
October 7, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Join us for our 7th annual Camas Festival! A potluck featuring camas (Camassia leichtlinii) based dishes and presentations and discussion of camas cultivation. Saturday October 25th 12-3pm at the Stevens Center of the Padilla Bay National
Estuarine Research Reserve. www.kwiaht.org/calendar.htm
Estuarine Research Reserve. www.kwiaht.org/calendar.htm
"To recover the islands’ Julia Orangetips, could we simply plant more of their preferred host plant? Tower Mustard is native to the San Juan Islands, easy to grow and a part of meadow restoration projects being carried out elsewhere."
Have we lost the Orangetip butterfly? | The Journal of the San Juan Islands
By Sophie Citro
www.sanjuanjournal.com
October 5, 2025 at 5:07 PM
"To recover the islands’ Julia Orangetips, could we simply plant more of their preferred host plant? Tower Mustard is native to the San Juan Islands, easy to grow and a part of meadow restoration projects being carried out elsewhere."
Our Camas Festival is moving to Padilla Bay this year! Save the date: Saturday October 25th for a camas focused potluck including a presentation by Sam Barr of the Coast Salish Youth Coalition on the revitalization of camas culture by Coast Salish youth.
September 30, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Our Camas Festival is moving to Padilla Bay this year! Save the date: Saturday October 25th for a camas focused potluck including a presentation by Sam Barr of the Coast Salish Youth Coalition on the revitalization of camas culture by Coast Salish youth.
More heritage apple events coming up in October! Our third annual apple tasting with the Orcas Museum is Saturday October 4th (12:30-2:30), and on October 11th we're joining the San Juan County Land Bank, apple ID expert Lori Brakken, and master orchardist Marguerite Greening for Apple-Palooza
September 30, 2025 at 5:54 PM
More heritage apple events coming up in October! Our third annual apple tasting with the Orcas Museum is Saturday October 4th (12:30-2:30), and on October 11th we're joining the San Juan County Land Bank, apple ID expert Lori Brakken, and master orchardist Marguerite Greening for Apple-Palooza
The tasting scores for this year are in: Twenty Ounce was the favorite, followed by Esopus Spitzenburg and Glowing Coal. Our next tasting is Saturday October 4th at the Orcas Museum (12:30-2:30).
Some of the apples that will be at tomorrow's tasting with the Lopez Island History Museum:
Belmont
Esopus Spitzenburg
Fameuse
Gloria Mundi
Glowing Coal
Golden Ball
Gravenstein (including Olga Red Gravenstein)
King (of Tompkins County)
Greensweet
Northern Spy
Twenty Ounce
Wolf River
Belmont
Esopus Spitzenburg
Fameuse
Gloria Mundi
Glowing Coal
Golden Ball
Gravenstein (including Olga Red Gravenstein)
King (of Tompkins County)
Greensweet
Northern Spy
Twenty Ounce
Wolf River
Third Annual Heritage Apple Day & Community Press – Lopez Island History Museum
Saturday, September 27, 1:00-3:00PM, Lopez Museum, 28 Washburn Pl Once known as the Fruit Basket of Washington, the San Juan Islands and Lopez have a long histo
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September 30, 2025 at 5:47 PM
The tasting scores for this year are in: Twenty Ounce was the favorite, followed by Esopus Spitzenburg and Glowing Coal. Our next tasting is Saturday October 4th at the Orcas Museum (12:30-2:30).
Some of the apples that will be at tomorrow's tasting with the Lopez Island History Museum:
Belmont
Esopus Spitzenburg
Fameuse
Gloria Mundi
Glowing Coal
Golden Ball
Gravenstein (including Olga Red Gravenstein)
King (of Tompkins County)
Greensweet
Northern Spy
Twenty Ounce
Wolf River
Belmont
Esopus Spitzenburg
Fameuse
Gloria Mundi
Glowing Coal
Golden Ball
Gravenstein (including Olga Red Gravenstein)
King (of Tompkins County)
Greensweet
Northern Spy
Twenty Ounce
Wolf River
Third Annual Heritage Apple Day & Community Press – Lopez Island History Museum
Saturday, September 27, 1:00-3:00PM, Lopez Museum, 28 Washburn Pl Once known as the Fruit Basket of Washington, the San Juan Islands and Lopez have a long histo
lopezmuseum.org
September 26, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Some of the apples that will be at tomorrow's tasting with the Lopez Island History Museum:
Belmont
Esopus Spitzenburg
Fameuse
Gloria Mundi
Glowing Coal
Golden Ball
Gravenstein (including Olga Red Gravenstein)
King (of Tompkins County)
Greensweet
Northern Spy
Twenty Ounce
Wolf River
Belmont
Esopus Spitzenburg
Fameuse
Gloria Mundi
Glowing Coal
Golden Ball
Gravenstein (including Olga Red Gravenstein)
King (of Tompkins County)
Greensweet
Northern Spy
Twenty Ounce
Wolf River
Can rediscovering heritage apples and sharing unique local seedlings help change apple culture in a way that values island orchards?
Lost varieties, new opportunities | Orcas Island’s path back to apple glory | Islands' Sounder
by Darrell Kirk
www.islandssounder.com
September 4, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Can rediscovering heritage apples and sharing unique local seedlings help change apple culture in a way that values island orchards?
Western leafcutter bee (Megachile perihirta) taking off from a Cirsium vulgare (bull thistle) inflorescence near Cattle Point (San Juan Islands National Monument).
August 19, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Western leafcutter bee (Megachile perihirta) taking off from a Cirsium vulgare (bull thistle) inflorescence near Cattle Point (San Juan Islands National Monument).
Do you need more ways to enjoy this years abundant crop of t’áqa7? We have added recipes to the Food Security section of our website.
August 17, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Do you need more ways to enjoy this years abundant crop of t’áqa7? We have added recipes to the Food Security section of our website.
We're raising funds through the San Juan Island Community Foundation to fund more apple genetic fingerprinting. To see some of the apples that grow in the islands take a look at this thread by our botanist @arbutocrat.bsky.social
To donate to the project: sjicf.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/c...
To donate to the project: sjicf.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/c...
August 17, 2025 at 5:21 PM
We're raising funds through the San Juan Island Community Foundation to fund more apple genetic fingerprinting. To see some of the apples that grow in the islands take a look at this thread by our botanist @arbutocrat.bsky.social
To donate to the project: sjicf.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/c...
To donate to the project: sjicf.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/c...
Look for our apple table in the Ag Tent at the San Juan County Fair, and in the catalog of projects in the San Juan Island Community Foundation’s SJI Cares County Fair Program.
Lost and found! The hidden wealth of island orchards | The Journal of the San Juan Islands
Submitted by Russel Barsh, Director of Kwiaht.
www.sanjuanjournal.com
August 12, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Look for our apple table in the Ag Tent at the San Juan County Fair, and in the catalog of projects in the San Juan Island Community Foundation’s SJI Cares County Fair Program.
Kwiaht botanist @arbutocrat.bsky.social presents on local apples and community resilience for the San Juan Grange on July 17th theorcasonian.com/heritage-app...
Heritage Apples and Wild Hybrids | A deep look at resilience through local food - theOrcasonian.com
What do forgotten orchards and wild-growing trees reveal about our island’s future? ||| FROM STEPHANIE PRIMA for SAN JUAN GRANGE ||| Botanist Madrona
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July 8, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Kwiaht botanist @arbutocrat.bsky.social presents on local apples and community resilience for the San Juan Grange on July 17th theorcasonian.com/heritage-app...
Our 2nd annual Hummel Lake fishing derby starts at 8am on Saturday June 28th. Weigh-in ends at 4:30 and prizes are awarded at 5pm. Register at the WDFW boat launch on the day of the event. Contact brett@kwiaht.org with questions.
June 26, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Our 2nd annual Hummel Lake fishing derby starts at 8am on Saturday June 28th. Weigh-in ends at 4:30 and prizes are awarded at 5pm. Register at the WDFW boat launch on the day of the event. Contact brett@kwiaht.org with questions.
Join Kwiaht herpetologist Christian Oldham at the Orcas Island Public Library at 1pm on Saturday June 28th to learn about ongoing snake research and the sharp-tailed snakes on Orcas and San Juan Islands theorcasonian.com/orcas-librar...
Orcas Library Presentation | Snake studies and sharp-tails on San Juan Islands - theOrcasonian.com
||| FROM JENNY DeGROOT for ORCAS ISLAND LIBRARY ||| Please join the Orcas Island Public Library on Saturday, June 28 at 1 pm for Snake Studies and
theorcasonian.com
June 26, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Join Kwiaht herpetologist Christian Oldham at the Orcas Island Public Library at 1pm on Saturday June 28th to learn about ongoing snake research and the sharp-tailed snakes on Orcas and San Juan Islands theorcasonian.com/orcas-librar...
Kwiaht's hard working lab technician Matilda Twigg gets some well deserved recognition as she heads off to college www.facebook.com/100064773128...
San Juan Preservation Trust
We are thrilled to announce the recipients of our 2025 Climate Leadership Award: Nonie Prout and Matilda Twigg, both incredible young leaders from Lopez Island! 🏆
These inspiring individuals will.....
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June 23, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Kwiaht's hard working lab technician Matilda Twigg gets some well deserved recognition as she heads off to college www.facebook.com/100064773128...
Dasysyrphus intrudens, a common and widespread North American hoverfly, enjoying a meal of Fragaria vesca (woodland strawberry) nectar. Syrphid hoverflies like this one should be welcomed in Northwest gardens; their larvae eat aphids voraciously.
June 7, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Dasysyrphus intrudens, a common and widespread North American hoverfly, enjoying a meal of Fragaria vesca (woodland strawberry) nectar. Syrphid hoverflies like this one should be welcomed in Northwest gardens; their larvae eat aphids voraciously.
It's too windy! We're rescheduling the seine for Sunday June 1st.
We're seining at Watmough Bight this evening (4pm). Everyone welcome to help pull the net and sort fish.
May 29, 2025 at 9:43 PM
It's too windy! We're rescheduling the seine for Sunday June 1st.
We're seining at Watmough Bight this evening (4pm). Everyone welcome to help pull the net and sort fish.
May 29, 2025 at 3:19 PM
We're seining at Watmough Bight this evening (4pm). Everyone welcome to help pull the net and sort fish.
Community science volunteer Anita Holladay documented an extensive Noctiluca scintillans bloom around Indian Island. Noctiluca is a native, non-toxic dinoflagellate; blooms are triggered by warm weather and nutrients in runoff.
May 18, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Community science volunteer Anita Holladay documented an extensive Noctiluca scintillans bloom around Indian Island. Noctiluca is a native, non-toxic dinoflagellate; blooms are triggered by warm weather and nutrients in runoff.
Today is our first beach seine of the 2025 season with our Lopez Community Salmon Team. We'll be at Watmough Bight (Bay) around 4pm and everyone is welcome to help. Yesterday our community team at Cowlitz Bay counted over 2,000 juvenile Chum and Pink salmon and lavaged 5 juvenile Chinook.
May 14, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Today is our first beach seine of the 2025 season with our Lopez Community Salmon Team. We'll be at Watmough Bight (Bay) around 4pm and everyone is welcome to help. Yesterday our community team at Cowlitz Bay counted over 2,000 juvenile Chum and Pink salmon and lavaged 5 juvenile Chinook.
Our juvenile salmon research season starts this coming week. The Lopez Community Salmon Team will be beach seining at Watmough Bight on Wednesday (May 14th) starting around 4pm. Everyone is welcome to help pull the net and see what the fish are up to
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LopezRocks - a community website by Lopez Island
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May 11, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Our juvenile salmon research season starts this coming week. The Lopez Community Salmon Team will be beach seining at Watmough Bight on Wednesday (May 14th) starting around 4pm. Everyone is welcome to help pull the net and see what the fish are up to