- This Business Supports
Whatcom Watch
Article Categories
- Cover Story
- Beaks and Bills
- Dear Watchers
- Being Frank
- Watching Government
- Agriculture
- Ballot Measure
- Bay Cleanup
- Bellingham City Council
- Bellingham Parks
- Beyond Fossil Fuels
- Bird Watching
- Book Review
- Campaign 2016
- Candidates
- Climate
- Commentary
- Community Service Providers
- Community Service Spotlight
- Conservation
- Conservation District Election
- County Charter Review
- County Elections
- Dear Sasquatch
- Development
- Earth
- Editorial
- Education
- Election 2017
- Election 2024
- Election Results
- Energy
- Fossil Fuels
- Full Bloom Farm
- Gardening
- Global Warming
- Guest Author
- Health/Digital
- Healthcare
- Housing
- Human Rights Film Festival
- I-1631
- Incarceration
- Internet
- Journalism
- Kushan Carbon Trust
- Lake Whatcom
- Letter to the Editor
- Life Before Flowers
- Looking Back
- Lummi
- March Election
- Marine Life
- media and publications
- Natural Biology
- Natural History
- Northwest Gardening
- Obituary
- Opinion
- pipelines
- poetrywatch
- Pollution
- Port of Bellingham
- Puget Sound
- Recreation
- Recycling
- Red Wheelbarrow Writers
- Salish Sea
- Salmon
- Salmon Streams and Tributaries
- Solar Power
- Stormwater
- Talk to Us
- Transportation
- Trees and Forestry
- Twenty Years Ago
- Unsung Heroes
- Watch Out!!
- Water
- Whatcom: Chronic & Acute
- Whatcom County Council
- Wildfire
- Wildlife
Previous Issues
Community Service Spotlight
May 2024
Forty Years of Conservation
by Claire Johnston Community Service Spotlight Looking Forward to Forever Since 1984, Whatcom Land Trust (the Land Trust or the Trust) has worked to protect and steward Whatcom County’s special places for future generations of all species. Although thousands … Continue reading
Comments Off on Forty Years of Conservation
April 2024
Kulshan Community Land Trust
Community Service Spotlight by Molly McKinney-Holcomb Ask any group of people about the biggest challenges facing Whatcom County, and you’ll hear about the housing affordability crisis. There is a $200,000 gap between what the average Whatcom County family can afford … Continue reading
Comments Off on Kulshan Community Land Trust
March 2024
Serving County Residents With Limited Financial Resources
by Heidi Bode In the tapestry of Whatcom County’s diverse communities, where struggles with basic needs often intersect with legal challenges, LAW Advocates stands as an ally for those in need. For nearly four decades, LAW Advocates has served Whatcom … Continue reading
Comments Off on Serving County Residents With Limited Financial Resources
January 2024
Advocates for Renters
Editor’s Note: There are over 100 organizations in Whatcom County working to provide supportive services to the general population and to those experiencing chronic poverty and its associated effects: addiction, homelessness, incarceration, mental illness, unemployment and civic engagement organizations. Whatcom … Continue reading
Comments Off on Advocates for Renters
September 2023
NAMI Whatcom Improves Lives
by Brylie Taylor I remember exactly where I was the very first instance I had a panic attack. I was 17, standing directly outside the door of my afternoon English class. My school counselor was talking to me about my … Continue reading
Comments Off on NAMI Whatcom Improves Lives
May 2023
The Bellingham Peace Vigil
by Kerry Johnson “Peace, Vigilers! , Last Friday was a good day to stand a Vigil for Peace, Justice, and Earthcare.” Thus begins the weekly email that some folks have asked to receive, giving a brief report of the previous … Continue reading
Comments Off on The Bellingham Peace Vigil
March 2023
Sustainable Connections’ Programs
by Annika Sampson Dear Sasquatch, I recently moved to Bellingham and I already love the sense of belonging I feel here. People seem really invested in the community. There are so many small businesses and restaurants. Also … people compost!? … Continue reading
Comments Off on Sustainable Connections’ Programs
February 2023
Audubon Welcomes Volunteers
by Jamie Huson North Cascades Audubon Society is a nonprofit dedicated to the conservation of wildlife in and around Whatcom County with a focus on birds and their habitat. Our organization operates from September through June each year, taking a … Continue reading
Comments Off on Audubon Welcomes Volunteers
January 2023
The Fight to Save Washington’s Remaining Legacy Forests
by Brel Froebe and Rob Lewis Get on Google maps and take a satellite view of Whatcom County’s lowland forests. Not the uplands, the deep green carpet flanking the white dome of Mount Baker, which is National Forest land, but … Continue reading
Comments Off on The Fight to Save Washington’s Remaining Legacy Forests
