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Previous Issues
Cover Story
March 2017
A Short Chronology of County Water Shortages
by Jean O. Melious Water shortages will increase as Whatcom County’s population grows. Climate change will also exacerbate the county’s water shortages, resulting in reduced water supply in the face of increasing water needs for farm irrigation, home landscape watering … Continue reading
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February 2017
Oil Tankers Could Doom Puget Sound’s Orcas
by Nick Turner This article reprinted with permission by Crosscut.com and first published December 13, 2016. Canada’s recent approval for the construction of a pipeline in British Columbia could signal big changes for killer whales in the Puget Sound. Canadian … Continue reading
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February 2017
Character — The Content of Bellingham’s Neighborhoods
by Dick Conoboy Bellingham faces numerous housing and land use problems. Rents and housing prices are soaring while landlords undercut housing availability by buying up affordable houses to rent at prices that lock out families. Vacation rentals are beginning to … Continue reading
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January 2017
Time for Cascadia?
by Michael Riordan Donald Trump and his alt-right supporters have driven a huge crimson stake through the rusting industrial heart of America. An unbroken swath of red, Republican states now stretches from Idaho to West Virginia. We no longer live … Continue reading
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January 2017
To the Corps: Finish Court-ordered EIS
Please take action before the change of officeholders at the federal level, and ask our congressional delegation to demand the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers release the final Environmental Impact Statement for the BP pier for the reasons described by … Continue reading
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December 2016
How to Improve Whatcom Water-use Efficiency?
by Eric Hirst The Colorado River Research Group wrote that, “Water users consume too much water from the river and, moving forward, must strive to use less, not more. Any conversation about the river that does not explicitly acknowledge this … Continue reading
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December 2016
Stormwaters Run Deep: Bellingham’s Solution to Toxic Runoff
by Robert Johnson Annual rainfall is rising in Whatcom County, bringing with it big storms and increased water pollution in the form of heavy runoff from roads and hard surfaces (1). Runoff carries toxic crud such as oil, pesticides and … Continue reading
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Oct/Nov 2016
The Chuckanut Formation in Our Backyard
by Ron Kleinknecht Fifty million years ago, there were giant, 7-foot-tall chickens wading around palm trees in the subtropical swamp that is now Whatcom County. And the remnants of this geology are still present. (1) Those chickens were Diatryma, a … Continue reading
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Oct/Nov 2016
Human Trafficking in Whatcom County
Jill (last name removed) remembers everything. The way she got into sex-trafficking, her arrest, the King County police officer who stayed with her and guided her to Engedi Refuge Ministries in Lynden. The programs there included addiction recovery and therapy, … Continue reading
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September 2016
The Bromance Between the Mogul and the Senator
by Michael Riordan Donald Trump shaking hands with Sen. Doug Ericksen at the Lynden rally. Photo: Ericksen Facebook page Editor’s Note: The opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not represent the … Continue reading
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