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  July 2025

Whatcom Water Supply/Demand Imbalance

Time for Action by Eric Hirst and Fred Likkel Water is one of the most critical issues facing everyone in Whatcom County. We have a structure in place to manage our water resources, in the Watershed Management Board. But the … Continue reading

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  March 2025

How Water Use Affects Nooksack Streamflows

by Eric Hirst Editor’s Note: a longer, more detailed version of this article is available at: https://whatcomwatch.org/wpww2/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Effects-of-Human-Water-Use-on-Nooksack-Streamflows.pdf Climate change is dramatically affecting seasonal flows of water throughout the Nooksack River watershed, with substantial declines in summer flows. These declines are … Continue reading

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  December 2024

Nooksack Watershed Summer Water Temperature Trends

by Eric Hirst Over the past several years, I’ve written articles that document declines in summer streamflow throughout the Nooksack River basin. (1) This paper expands these prior analyses with an examination of water temperatures. I focus on summer (July, … Continue reading

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