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Previous Issues
Cover Story
March 2024
Little Squalicum Pier Will Open Up the Bay
by Meghan Fenwick The only thing currently keeping residents and visitors from experiencing a one-of-a-kind view of Bellingham Bay is a gate, a lock and a year’s worth of refurbishing. This summer, the City of Bellingham Parks and Recreation department … Continue reading
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March 2024
Single-Bin Recycling Won’t Fix Upstream Issues
by Tori Lehman This story originally appeared in the Fall 2023 issue of The Planet, a WWU student publication dedicated to environmental awareness and advocacy through responsible journalism. Say goodbye to the colorful bins lining Bellingham’s neighborhood roads. Bellingham City … Continue reading
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February 2024
The Metal Pile — A Broken Promise
by Scott Jones Bellingham should be deeply concerned for its future. In a world where corporate interests all too often supersede public interests, Bellingham in many ways was moving in a different direction. Wages are increasing for all, renters are … Continue reading
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February 2024
Progress Made in 2023
by Marjie George In the heart of Whatcom County, a beacon of hope shines brightly — Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Services of Whatcom County (DVSAS). As we reflect on the strides we’ve made in 2023, it’s with a deep … Continue reading
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January 2024
Scrap Metal Meeting Spurs Opposition
by Bill Craven ABC Recycling is the Canadian scrap metal company with eyes on Bellingham for its expansion plans. It already has a lease on the waterfront from a docile and submissive Port of Bellingham where unsightly stacks of … Continue reading
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January 2024
What’s Next for Lake Whatcom?
by Franny Vollert A moratorium on development, intended to protect Bellingham’s primary source of drinking water, has been extended, leaving developers scrambling for faster options. The Silver Beach moratorium was initially put in place in July of 2022 for one … Continue reading
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December 2023
A Silent Green Threat to Thousands of Local Trees
by Michael Feerer English Ivy and other tree-climbing invasives threaten to prematurely kill thousands of trees within Whatcom County. This is slowly and silently degrading our local parks, forests, and neighborhoods. It’s reducing our region’s climate resilience and biodiversity while … Continue reading
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December 2023
Team Studies San Juan Eelgrass
by Meghan Fenwick This summer, The Friends of the San Juans, the Washington Department of Natural Resources (DNR), Cornell, and the University of Washington’s Friday Harbor Labs teamed up to study the declining eelgrass population in the San Juan … Continue reading
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Oct/Nov 2023
First Steps for Whatcom County Food Plan
by Meghan Fenwick In the 1960s, Ralph de Vries retired from dairy farming in the Skagit River Valley and spent his free time vegetable gardening in a greenhouse. He primarily grew Dutch potatoes for his friends and family, a staple … Continue reading
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Oct/Nov 2023
How Global Warming Causes Extreme Weather
by Ray Kamada I suspect most Whatcom Watchers believe that the current global warming/climate change era is real and mostly man-made. They also seem to know that the main source of global warming is excess greenhouse gas from fossil fuels. … Continue reading
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