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Previous Issues
Conservation
Oct/Nov 2022
Elegy for the Oyster Clearcut
by Sarah Gardam Ever wonder what a Department of Natural Resources (DNR)-approved clearcut of public forestland looks like after the fact? Our Whatcom County field team got a close look at the wreckage when we walked the recently cut Oyster … Continue reading
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May 2022
State Plans to Save Trees, Reduce Carbon
by Tyler Brown The Washington Department of Natural Resources is making strides to lead the country in reducing carbon emissions and slowing global warming by setting aside public land and selling carbon credits to generate money for schools, hospitals and … Continue reading
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March 2022
How to Get Involved
The Whatcom Land Trust offers several ways to join its conservation work. Here is a sampling: • Work Parties – Events generally held on Land Trust properties on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to noon in the spring and fall • Field … Continue reading
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March 2022
Whatcom Land Trust at a Glance
The Mission of the Whatcom Land Trust is to preserve and protect wildlife habitat, scenic, agricultural and open space lands in Whatcom County for future generations by securing interests in land and promoting land stewardship. Total Land Protected (through the … Continue reading
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March 2022
Whatcom Land Trust: History
In March, 1983, nearly 50 people gathered in the basement of the Dutch Mothers Restaurant in downtown Lynden, Washington, an agricultural community in the heart of Whatcom County. Together, they learned about ways a land trust might preserve Whatcom County’s … Continue reading
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January 2022
Wild Cascades’ Article Off the Mark
Editor’s Note: Conservation Northwest and RE Sources are criticized in the January 2022 Whatcom Watch article, “Forest Service Approves Nooksack Logging.” This article is a response from Conservation Northwest to that criticism. RE Sources felt the response from Conservation Northwest was … Continue reading
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January 2022
Forest Service Approves Nooksack Logging
Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared in the Fall 2021 issue of The Wild Cascades; published by the North Cascades Conservation Council. The council was formed in 1957, “To protect and preserve the North Cascades scenic, scientific, recreational, educational and … Continue reading
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April 2021
State Supreme Court Will Interpret: Public Lands Held in Trust for “All the People”
by Conservation Northwest Staff Conservation Northwest, Washington Environmental Council and Olympic Forest Coalition are pleased that, on March 3, 2021, the Washington Supreme Court granted direct review in Conservation NW, et al. v. Commissioner of Public Lands et al., No.; … Continue reading
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February 2021
Protect State Trust Lands
by Conservation Northwest Staff Wild Northwest Action Alert #312: Ask your legislators to continue to fund and empower the Trust Land Transfer Program. Since 1989, the state of Washington has spent more than $800 million to protect about 128,000 acres … Continue reading
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