Toby Cooper
Toby Cooper lives on Orcas Island where his great-grandfather bought land in 1906. He serves as a director of Orcas Recycling Service and the California-based Mountain Lion Foundation, coaches rowing, races surfskis and writes about issues important to the community.
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It’s risky, it’s costly, and it’s bad for the whales. But, OPALCO continues to pursue the feasibility of harnessing San Juan County’s robust ocean currents for power generation. -
Eurasian watermilfoil — a fast-growing, non-native aquatic plant that threatens domestic water sources has infested Orcas Island’s Cascade Lake. -
A team of four teenagers will push off from Victoria, B.C., point the bow of their 29-foot secondhand sailboat north and race 750 cold-water miles to Ketchikan, Alaska. -
Tapping tidal flows for power generation has long been an elusive goal for clean-energy advocates. Formidable hurdles make the task far from certain.
