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Apr 11, 2024: Community Meeting: Sea Level Rise Adaptation for Outer Bay and Agate Beach Areas on Lopez Island
Mar 11, 2024: Queers in Unexpected Places: Searching for (and Finding) Gender and Sexual Non-Conformity in the Rural and Early PNW
Mar 7, 2024: DRAFT Richardson Marsh Preserve Stewardship and Management Plan Now Open for Public Comment
Dec 5, 2023: County Council Member Jane Fuller and Senator Liz Lovelett to Host Public Meeting on Lopez
Nov 3, 2023: County and Town Send Open Letter to State Officials Regarding Impacts of Poor Ferry Service
Sep 29, 2023: Conservation Land Bank Announces Special Meeting to Discuss Watmough Bay Preserve Addition
Sep 14, 2023: The mobile dental van is coming to Lopez! // ¡La camioneta dental móvil ya llega a López!
Aug 22, 2023: San Juan County Adopts 32-Hour Work Week in the Name of Fiscal Health, Recruitment, and Islander Wellness
May 25, 2023: Recap of Lopez Neighborhood Meeting Regarding the Relocation of Public Works Facilities
May 23, 2023: District 3 Councilmember Jane Fuller Opens Office on Lopez and Hosts Community Conversation
Apr 17, 2023: Give Lopez Starts April 17th - A two week fundraiser benefiting 15 Lopez Island Non-Profits
Sep 22, 2022: Interim Watmough Preserve Addition Stewardship and Management Plan Now Open for Public Comment
Thank you, Lopez, for a great Hummel Lake WorkPARTY!
Apr 28, 2024
By Kwiaht
Over a dozen Lopezians celebrated Earth Day by helping clear away more brush and debris from the Hummel Lake boat ramp area. You can see the difference it’s made! At least one more work party will be organized next month to complete the clean-up and replanting.
Nathan Hodges has prepared a draft landscaping and replanting plan that includes a picnic area; a trail to provide safe access for pedestrians and bicycles from Hummel Lake Road; and greater shoreline access for fishing, bird watching and lake views. Options for a marked safe-swimming zone are under discussion. Please comment and share suggestions for the final plan!
Beth St. George will lead more bird walks this summer. Also being planned: a bass-fishing derby and a safe-boating instruction day. This year’s Bat Night at the lake will be August 19 when a full moon rises just after sunset.
A new dock box has been installed to store “loaner” life jackets, and new interpretive signs will soon be posted. (Sadly, someone removed the memorial sign from the kiosk before we could move it to the new dock box. If you find it, please return it as soon as possible!)
A reminder that state law requires that all canoes, kayaks and other watercraft left on this state land be marked with the owner’s name and phone number. Unmarked boats may be removed by the state’s maintenance crew the next time they come through.
Lopez: this is YOUR lake to protect and enjoy!
Beth St. George will lead more bird walks this summer. Also being planned: a bass-fishing derby and a safe-boating instruction day. This year’s Bat Night at the lake will be August 19 when a full moon rises just after sunset.
A new dock box has been installed to store “loaner” life jackets, and new interpretive signs will soon be posted. (Sadly, someone removed the memorial sign from the kiosk before we could move it to the new dock box. If you find it, please return it as soon as possible!)
A reminder that state law requires that all canoes, kayaks and other watercraft left on this state land be marked with the owner’s name and phone number. Unmarked boats may be removed by the state’s maintenance crew the next time they come through.
Lopez: this is YOUR lake to protect and enjoy!
Trumpeter Swans enjoy a dip in the lake! Hummel Lake is a crucial winter refuge for migratory waterfowl.
Draft Hummel Lake fishing access landscaping plan.