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Previous Issues
Cover Story
March 2022
Preserving a Sacred Trust
by Ken Brusic Gabe Epperson has two offices: a vast landscape that stretches eastward from the shores of the Salish Sea to the foothills of the Cascades, and a small room in a downtown Bellingham office along the banks of … Continue reading
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March 2022
Trouble in the Nooksack River Watershed
by Mariama Dryak For those of you who read Whatcom Watch, you will know that the North Cascades Glacier Climate Project (NCGCP), which has been tracking glacier change over the past 38 years, has recorded a significant loss of glacier … Continue reading
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March 2022
Thinking Inside the Package
by Lorene Lewis The pandemic and the end-of-year holidays have greatly increased the quantity of packages we send for and the packaging they come with. It is sobering that an estimated one-third of municipal waste comes from packaging and that … Continue reading
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March 2022
Salmon Threatened by Pesticide Contamination
Since January 2014, Whatcom Watch has been rerunning articles from issues printed 20 years ago. The below article appeared in the March 2002 issue of Whatcom Watch. Editor’s Note: The Washington Toxics Coalition now goes by the name Toxic-Free Future. … Continue reading
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March 2022
Historic Flooding and a Housing Crisis Impacts Evicted Nooksack Members
Now, they’re left with nowhere to go. Faced with disenrollment and climate change, Nooksack tribal members are seeking human rights projections from the United Nations. by Joseph Lee, Grist In 2007, Michelle Roberts took an early retirement from Alaska Airlines … Continue reading
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March 2022
poetrywatch
“When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of man’s concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.” — John F. Kennedy Boris … Continue reading
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March 2022
Marching Into Spring
by Joe Meche By the time you read this month’s Whatcom Watch, we will be a short three weeks away from the first day of spring. Given the weather events we’ve all experienced since November, it couldn’t come a day … Continue reading
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March 2022
Bellingham’s Hearing, Speech & Deaf Center
by Joel Bergsbaken and James Christianson Hearing, Speech, & Deaf Center’s (HSDC) expertise is rooted in over 80 years of experience in serving the D/deaf (see sidebar), hard of hearing and those with speech differences in the Puget Sound Area. … Continue reading
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March 2022
The Difference Between d/Deaf and Hard of Hearing
You’ve probably seen numerous terms used to describe a person with hearing loss, including “Deaf” with an uppercase d, “deaf” with a lowercase d, and “hard of hearing.” But what do they all mean, and how are they different? “Deaf” … Continue reading
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March 2022
A Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapy Clinic
by Molly Thornton As I sit here typing up this article, I become aware that my muscles are holding my body upright without difficulty. My arms position my hands just right on the keyboard, and my fingers coordinate together … Continue reading
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