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Welcome the spring arrival of Gray whales to Whidbey! 
(costume making starts at 11, parade at 1, lecture at 3)

SATURDAY APRIL 19 at the LANGLEY METHODIST CHURCH 
3rd & Anthes 
11 am – 1:30 pm 
Educational displays, slide shows & activities, 
Costume making for the critter parade 

DOWNTOWN LANGLEY 
Parade at 1:30 – come as your favorite critter 
(up 2nd Street & down 1st Street) 

WATERFRONT PARK 2 – 3 pm: Music & celebration 
Whale watching from shore 

3 pm – METHODIST CHURCH - Fellowship Hall

Lecture by Mike Bursk, Ocean Institute, Dana Point, CA

The Friendly Whales of San Ignacio Lagoon: Early Research

Visit the new Langley Whale Center at 2nd and Anthes all day!

All day!  Find out more

• Whidbey - whidbeyearthday.org/
• United States - epa.gov/earthday/
• Earth - http://www.earthday.org/

5-7 pm network and information displays about the work going on here on Whidbey

Followed by the free 7pm screening of Thin Ice.

Climate science has been coming under increasing attack. In response, geologist Simon Lamb took his camera to his climate science colleagues around the world to find out what’s really going on.

Find out more, and watch the movie trailer at thiniceclimate.org

Free admission.

Come earlier (anytime after 5pm) to find out about environmental activities on Whidbey.

Screening of the film: "GrowthBusters: Hooked on Growth". 

Water shortages, hunger, peak oil, species extinction, and even increasing depression are all symptoms of a deeper problem – addiction to unending growth in a world that has limits. This film goes way beyond prescribing Band-Aids to slow the bleeding.

The film examines the cultural barriers that prevent us from reacting rationally to the evidence current levels of population and consumption are unsustainable. - See more at: http://www.growthbusters.org.

Hosted by Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Whidbey Island

This presentation, by Eileen Quigley, Directory of Strategic Innovations at Climate Solutions, will be given twice:

• 10am - Freeland - Trinity Lutheran Church, Community Building, Highway 525, Freeland
• 2pm - North Whidbey - Oak Harbor Library, 1000 SE Regata Drive, Oak Harbor

Sponsored by League of Women Voters

Go birding and weed watching - all at the same time!

Join Janet Stein, WSU Island County Noxious Weed Program Coordinator, and Kim Shepard, Whidbey Audubon Field Trip Chair, as we bird along a loop trail through the forest by Maxwelton Creek to celebrate Whidbey Earth and Ocean Month.

Janet will display some of the invasive plants that are crowding out native species on Whidbey and talk about what we can do to control their spread. If time allows, we may visit Dave Mackie Park to see birds on the beach and offshore, and/or look over the ponds on Ewing Road for ducks and spring migrants.

Carpools meet at 8 am at Coupeville's Prairie Station Park and Ride, 8:30 am at Trinity Lutheran Park and Ride, and 8:40 at Bayview Park and Ride.

For more information, contact Janet Stein (360-678-7992; janet.stein@wsu.edu) or Kim Shepard (360-720-1711).

Meet at Saratoga Woods parking lot at 9.

Sponsored by Whidbey Camano Land Trust, and Greening Congregations

In Septic 201, if you have a gravity fed or pressure system, and pay $25, you may be able to get certified to inspect it yourself.  State and local laws require inspections every 1-3 years. Take Septic 101 first, online or in person, then sign up for Septic 201.

Click here for more details and to register for a class.

You can also take the Septic 101 class online here.

Bring your medications for disposal to any of the listed locations. The service is free and anonymous, no questions asked.  This helps keep them away from kids, and from our fellow creatures swimming in Puget Sound

• SHERIFF OFFICE – 5521 E. HARBOR ROAD, FREELAND, WA
• MARSHALS OFFICE – CITY HALL,  4 N.E. SEVENTH ST, COUPEVILLE, WA 
• POLICE DEPARTMENT 860 S.E. BARRINGTON DRIVE,    OAK HARBOR   

Last October, Americans turned in nearly 324 tons (over 647,000 pounds) of prescription drugs at 5,683 sites operated by the DEA and its thousands of state and local law enforcement partners.  In its seven previous Take Back events, DEA and its partners took in over 3.4 million pounds—more than 1,700 tons—of pills. 

This initiative addresses a vital public safety and public health issue.  Medicines that languish in home cabinets are highly susceptible to diversion, misuse, and abuse. Rates of prescription drug abuse in the U.S. are alarmingly high, as are the number of accidental poisonings and overdoses due to these drugs.  Studies show that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine cabinet. In addition, Americans are now advised that their usual methods for disposing of unused medicines—flushing them down the toilet or throwing them in the trash—both pose potential safety and health hazards.

DEA is in the process of approving new regulations that implement the Safe and Responsible Drug Disposal Act of 2010, which amends the Controlled Substances Act to allow an “ultimate user” (that is, a patient or pet or their family member or owner) of controlled substance medications to dispose of them by delivering them to entities authorized by the Attorney General to accept them.  The Act also allows the Attorney General to authorize long term care facilities to dispose of their residents’ controlled substances in certain instances.   

Whidbey Audubon Birding in the Neighborhoods - South Whidbey

The trips are every other Thursday and the meeting time and place varies with the season. If you would like to be notified of the  events, contact Phyllis Kind via the Whidbey Audubon site.  No experience necessary.  Dress for the weather.  Carpool when possible.  This is a Whidbey Audubon Society sponsored event.

Cabin fever? Relatives staying or coming for a bit too long? Why not push the spring envelope and get a jump start on your walking and touring of one of Whidbey Island’s most unusual sites?

You owe it to yourself – AND your relatives! Come out to the Pacific Rim Institute’s 175 acres of prairie and forest for a guided tour of our prairie restoration and research (endangered species, rare native plants, and more).

Why? It is good to know more about the place in which we live!

What? One hour healthful tour of our main prairie and forest sites.

When? Starting on Thursday 20 March, and every first and third Thursday following.
5:30 PM

Who? Pacific Rim Institute’s CEO, Robert K. Pelant, will lead the tours, sharing details about why PRI exists, our current programs and what we are planning for the future.

Where?
Pacific Rim Institute for Environmental Stewardship / Au Sable Institute
Former WA State Game Farm

180 Parker RD, Coupeville, WA 98239
(360) 678-5586

Join us for our annual Prairie Open House! The prairie will be in bloom and we can’t wait to share it with you.  Naturalists will take you off trail into the heart of the prairie and tell you about the natural history, the present state and the future plans for native lowland prairie here at the Pacific Rim Institute for Environmental Stewardship.

Daily Tours
10:00 AM
4:00 PM
7:00 PM

Tours are free and last approximately one hour, unless there is more interest by the group.  No reservations required.  Typically, there is less than a mile of walking involved.  If you would like to have a driving tour, please call ahead to schedule.  Dogs are welcome on the tours if they are kept on a leash and picked up after. 

If you would like to schedule a private tour for your group, please give us a call.
(360) 678-5586.

Kingfishers
Steve and Martha Ellis will present. Coupeville Recreation Hall. Doors open at 7 pm, meeting at 7:15, program at 7:30. Please bring a mug for coffee. Carpool

Whidbey Audubon Birding In The Neighborhoods - North Whidbey

On the 2nd Wednesday of every month, local bird enthusiasts meet at various birding spots on North Whidbey.  To find out more about this month’s meeting place, contact coordinator Jenny Brown via the Whidbey Audubon website.

No experience necessary.

Whidbey Audubon Birding in the Neighborhoods - South Whidbey

The trips are every other Thursday and the meeting time and place varies with the season. If you would like to be notified of the  events, contact Phyllis Kind via the Whidbey Audubon site.  No experience necessary.  Dress for the weather.  Carpool when possible.  This is a Whidbey Audubon Society sponsored event.

Cabin fever? Relatives staying or coming for a bit too long? Why not push the spring envelope and get a jump start on your walking and touring of one of Whidbey Island’s most unusual sites?

You owe it to yourself – AND your relatives! Come out to the Pacific Rim Institute’s 175 acres of prairie and forest for a guided tour of our prairie restoration and research (endangered species, rare native plants, and more).

Why? It is good to know more about the place in which we live!

What? One hour healthful tour of our main prairie and forest sites.

When? Starting on Thursday 20 March, and every first and third Thursday following.
5:30 PM

Who? Pacific Rim Institute’s CEO, Robert K. Pelant, will lead the tours, sharing details about why PRI exists, our current programs and what we are planning for the future.

Where?
Pacific Rim Institute for Environmental Stewardship / Au Sable Institute
Former WA State Game Farm

180 Parker RD, Coupeville, WA 98239
(360) 678-5586

Whidbey Audubon Birding in the Neighborhoods - South Whidbey

The trips are every other Thursday and the meeting time and place varies with the season. If you would like to be notified of the  events, contact Phyllis Kind via the Whidbey Audubon site.  No experience necessary.  Dress for the weather.  Carpool when possible.  This is a Whidbey Audubon Society sponsored event.