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Orcas Island • Washington
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Madrona Point Insights • Orcas Idylls • Wildflowers • Island Elements
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Black & White • Still Life • Chalk is Cheap • Sk8 4ever • Iridescence
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Orcas Farms • Mexico: Light Travel • Norway: Family & Friends
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San Juan Islands • Eastsound • Ferries • Norway
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Historic Orcas Postcards & Map Reproductions
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In 1984 Madrona Point, a peninsula once a burial site for the Lummi people, was planned for development into a residential enclave. After reading the news I went with my camera to begin documenting this prominent and scenic asset, endowed with significant local history and fragile nature, before its impending demise.
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While researching potential methods for purchasing Madrona Point from the developers, I noticed an article reprinted from the 3.27.1985 Wall Street Journal in our local Journal of the San Juans. It described an unusually effective planning process used to create a local funding source for open space preservation.
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My home, Orcas Island, has a tourist and retirement based economy where few working residents can afford to purchase a home. In 1989 a group of us created the non-profit OPAL (Of People and Land) Community Land Trust that builds homes permanently affordable to buy or rent for those with island incomes.
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