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Upcoming Workshops and Other Resources for San Juan County Forest Owners
Upcoming Workshops and Other Resources for San Juan County Forest Owners from NNRG With the help of Rain Shadow staff, our friends and partners from the Northwest Natural Resources Group (NNRG) will be offering several webinars and workshops related to forest health and climate resilience for San Juans forests in [...]
Forest ecology and fire history by bike: Carson talks to Craft MTN magazine
While it's no secret that we love trees here at Rain Shadow, several of us are almost equally enthusiastic about mountain biking. Earlier this year, Carson shared his expertise on local forest and fire ecology with writer Amanda Monthei during a ride at Moran State Park. You can find her [...]
Rain Shadow opens field office on San Juan Island
Rain Shadow Consulting has opened a new field office on San Juan Island, with Galen Boydston overseeing the San Juan crew as foreman. Boydston, an ISA certified arborist who has been with Rain Shadow for 10 years, grew up on Waldron and recently relocated to Friday Harbor from Orcas. Rain [...]
Carson spends “Just a Moment” teaching us about Velvet Top Fungus
In this short video produced by filmmaker and videographer Michael Noonan for the San Juan Preservation Trust's "Just a Moment" series, Carson talks about Velvet Top Fungus (Phaeolus schweinitzii) and its role in enhancing biodiversity and driving succession in our local forests. Check out the other videos in the San [...]
San Juan Islands identified as “priority landscape” in Washington’s 2020 Forest Action Plan
The State of Washington recently released the 2020 Washington Forest Action Plan, which identifies the San Juan Islands as one of 16 priority landscapes in Western Washington "with the greatest opportunities for forest investments," according to the DNR's press release. "These priority landscapes, spanning nearly 2 million acres, are where [...]
Rain Shadow Assists with Salmon Habitat Restoration on Sucia Island
In early October, Rain Shadow was one of several local contractors to work with the Friends of the San Juans on a salmon habitat restoration project on Sucia Island. Located on a major migratory pathway for juvenile Chinook salmon, Sucia's Mud Bay hosts a spawning bay and salt marsh that [...]