Island, San Juan, Skagit and Whatcom counties formed the Northwest Air Pollution Authority (now NWCAA) in 1967 under authority granted by the Washington Clean Air Act. San Juan County withdrew its ...

In late spring, the San Juan charged like a desert bighorn ram in the rut. It was strewn with cottonwood seeds: The puffy globs drifted on the khaki surface like a monsoon over a desert escarpment.

See a seal rookery, feel an ocean breeze and spot the Channel Islands. Here are three summer hikes in or near.

San Juan County officially declared the month of July as Plastic Free in 2021 to address the growing issue of plastic ...