Over Town
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OverTown is a list of organizations of interest to Guemes Islanders. If you'd like to suggest an organization to be included here, let us know. [Going] Over Town is an old island expression that refers to the larger community off-island of which we are a part. |
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Anacortes Now Community Web Site
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Beach Watchers • www.beachwatchers.wsu.edu The WSU Beach Watchers Program / Skagit and Snohomish Counties is sponsoring a Community Seminar Series in Skagit County to promote education and stewardship of our local marine resources. Events are free to the public and open to all ages. |
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Island Hospital • www.islandhospital.org Island Hospital is located in Anacortes and is known for its Click on the link "Find a Doctor" and you can search for a physician to meet your personal needs and preferences. By clicking on the "Jobs" link at top, you will see the positions that are currently open at Island Hospital; even file an application online! Should you need more details about any related subject than is available on our website, please click on the "Contact Us" link at the top of each page. Our staff is happy to help you with any question or inquiry you may have. Dennis Richards |
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Evergreen Islands • www.evergreenislands.org First organized back in 1971 to oppose putting an aluminum smelter on Guemes Island, the group reorganized in 1976 and was renamed "Evergreen Islands." Our focus since then has been to try to help assure the environmentally sensitive development of Fidalgo Island. The threat faced back in 1976 was the proposed clearcutting of lovely Hoypus Hill, at the northern end of Whidbey Island. Evergreen Islands successfully met that challenge and went on from there. |
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Save South Fidalgo • www.savesouthfidalgo.com Unless we work together, the character of South Fidalgo Island is about to dramatically change. Despite overwhelming public opposition in two public forums (83 percent opposed in a January survey conducted by county staff) a subarea plan "Citizens' Advisory Committee" - dominated by development and property rights advocates, thanks to county commissioners Don Munks and Ted Anderson - has voted to recommend changing the island's "rural reserve" zoning of 10-acre minimum lot sizes to what would effectively become city lot sizes. |
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Shore Stewards • www.shorestewards.org Shore Stewards is a free, voluntary program in Skagit County that helps shoreline landowners better understand how their decisions affect the long-term value of their property as well as Puget Sound. |
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Futurewise • www.futurewise.org Futurewise is a statewide public interest group working to promote healthy communities and cities while protecting farmland, forests and shorelines today and for future generations. We are the only statewide group in Washington working to ensure that local governments manage growth responsibly. Founded in 1990, Futurewise has established an impressive track record on growth management issues as the state's primary advocate for smart growth policies. Futurewise's organizing and advocacy work, public education and legal program, and the technical support that we provide local groups have become the foundation of good growth management in Washington. In 2005, the organization changed its name from 1000 Friends of Washington to Futurewise to better represent the work that we stand for. |
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Friends of Skagit County • www.friendsofskagitcounty.org Through grassroots organizing and advocacy we work to protect our open spaces, farms, forests, and natural heritage, and to support compact, "walkable" neighborhoods in our towns.
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San Juan Preservation Trust • www.sanjuanpreservationtrust.org The mission of the San Juan Preservation Trust is to preserve and protect open spaces, scenic views, forests, agricultural lands, habitats, watersheds, riparian corridors, wetlands and shorelines in the San Juan Archipelago. |
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Skagit Land Trust • www.skagitlandtrust.org
Founded in 1992, Skagit Land Trust protects wildlife habitat, wetlands, forest and farm lands, open space and shorelines throughout Skagit County. Over 1,000 families and businesses contribute financially and through volunteer efforts, enabling the Trust’s on-going work of protecting the natural environment of Skagit County. Membership is open to anyone. Skagit Land Trust works in three ways to conserve land: 1) through purchase of sensitive lands as conservation areas and wildlife sanctuaries; 2) by helping other groups to protect land; 3) and through voluntary conservation agreements with private landowners. The Trust has protected 26 miles of shoreline and over 6000 acres of land and adds hundreds of additional protected acres each year. Skagit Land Trust actively partners with over 25 other organizations and agencies. The Trust is committed to stewarding protected land responsibly and raising community awareness of conservation. Skagit Land Trust has an active stewardship and outreach program that manages their protected properties and brings people in touch with the land and all that the land supports. On Guemes Island, the Trust owns and manages Guemes Mountain and the trail to the summit off South South Drive. For information about how to get involved with the trail-building project on Guemes Mountain, click here:http://www.skagitlandtrust.org/events.aspx?eventid=79 For more information on Skagit Land Trust visit www.skagitlandtrust.org or call 360-428-7878.
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People for Puget Sound • www.pugetsound.org People For Puget Sound is a citizens' group working to protect and restore the health of Puget Sound and the Northwest Straits through education and action. Our vision is a clean and healthy Sound, teeming with fish and wildlife, cared for by people who live here. |
