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Previous Issues
Twenty Years Ago
January 2019
Salmon Recovery Efforts to Be Led by the Lummi Nation and Nooksack Tribe
Compiled by Helen Brandt, Ph.D. Since January 2014, Whatcom Watch, has been rerunning articles from issues printed 20 years ago. The below article appeared in the January 1999 issue of Whatcom Watch. In June, 1998, the Lummi Nation, Nooksack Tribe … Continue reading
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December 2018
Tribes Reclaim Stolen Lands
by Greg Hanscom Since January 2014, Whatcom Watch has been rerunning articles from issues printed 20 years ago. The below article appeared in the December 1998 issue of Whatcom Watch. Editor’s Note: This story of the transformation of Indian country was … Continue reading
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October-November 2018
Voluntary Simplicity Drives New Movement
by John Freeburg Since January 2014, Whatcom Watch, has been rerunning articles from issues printed 20 years ago. The below article appeared in the October/November 1998 issue of Whatcom Watch. While a graduate school student in the early seventies, I … Continue reading
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October-November 2018
When I Was Young
by Drew Kampion Since January 2014, Whatcom Watch, has been rerunning articles from issues printed 20 years ago. The below article appeared in the October/November 1998 issue of Whatcom Watch. Editor’s Note: If this article were written today, smartphones, the … Continue reading
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September 2018
Bellingham Citizens Propose Protecting Lake Whatcom
by Tim Paxton Since January 2014, Whatcom Watch, has been rerunning articles from issues printed 20 years ago. The below article appeared in the September 1998 issue of Whatcom Watch. An initiative created by input from a large group of … Continue reading
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August 2018
How Cars Affect the Lake Whatcom Watershed
by Amy Kenna Since January 2014, Whatcom Watch, has been rerunning articles from issues printed 20 years ago. The below article appeared in the August 1998 issue of Whatcom Watch. Recently, a concerned citizen wrote Whatcom Watch requesting an article … Continue reading
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July 2018
Compassion for Nature
by Jonathan Moore Overly Sensible or Sensitive? An event took place five days ago which involved my wife, and an egg noodle she noticed lying precariously on the laundry room floor. Now if you knew Wanda, you’d be apt to … Continue reading
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June 2018
Missing Streams, Uncounted Fish and Ubiquitous Pipes
by Stephen C. Conroy To celebrate 27 years of publishing Whatcom Watch, we will be printing excerpts from 20 years ago. The article below appeared in the June 1998 issue of Whatcom Watch. Editor’s Note: In 2013, federal court Judge … Continue reading
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May 2018
Northwest Reverence, Frustration, and Vision
To celebrate 27 years of publishing Whatcom Watch, we will be printing excerpts from 20 years ago. The below review is from the May 1998 issue of Whatcom Watch. Editor’s Note: “The Good Rain” was selected by the Whatcom Community … Continue reading
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April 2018
Water Quality and the Politics of Obstruction
by Al Hanners To celebrate 27 years of publishing Whatcom Watch, we will be printing excerpts from 20 years ago. The below excerpts are from the April 1998 issue of Whatcom Watch. Editor’s Note: The last paragraph indicates that Dr. … Continue reading
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