Protecting the San Juan Islands Since 1985
The Give Orcas Holiday Campaign is here! Please make your donations to IOSA between December 2nd-11th.
IOSA is seeking community support to build our capacity and ensure we can continue protecting San Juan County's waters for generations to come. After 40 years of local oil spill response, we need your help to hire a fundraising consultant who will develop the infrastructure and strategy needed to secure sustainable funding—including hiring a dedicated Outreach and Development Manager in 2026.
With only two staff members coordinating response across all of San Juan County, IOSA is volunteer-driven—relying on trained island residents who respond to 15-20 spills annually. But our small team is stretched thin while facing threatened funding and rising costs. Your donation will help us maintain the rapid, local response capability that's critical when spills happen in our remote island waters, where outside help can take hours to arrive.
Help IOSA continue as San Juan County's frontline oil spill response organization, protecting the waters that sustain our critically endangered orcas, salmon runs, and our island way of life.
Donate to IOSA through Give Orcas
The Islands’ Oil Spill Association (IOSA) is a non-profit, community focused, oil spill response organization. IOSA’s mission is to provide the San Juan Islands with prompt, effective oil spill response and prevention, which includes training and coordinating of oil spill responders, maintaining spill response equipment, and educating about the prevention and containment of oil spills of all sizes and sources.
Do you need to report a spill?
If this is an active emergency with fire or risk of explosion, or an actively occurring spill, call 911 immediately.
Next, call WA Emergency Management Division at 800-OILS-911.
Also, please call the USCG National Response Center at 800-424-8802.
San Juan County Dispatch, the County Department of Emergency Management, and IOSA will be notified.
