- 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
- Lands preservation
- Letter to the Editor
- Life Before Flowers
- Looking Back
- Lummi
- March Election
- Marine Life
- media and publications
- Native Plant Neighbors
- 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
Cover Story
August 2025
Statewide Ban on English Ivy Sales Is Approved, Benefiting Everyone
by Michael Feerer The news is filled with governmental decisions, particularly at a federal level,that will negatively impact Washington’s environment. It can feel both distressing and depressing. But I’m delighted to tell you about a very recent decision that will … Continue reading
Comments Off on Statewide Ban on English Ivy Sales Is Approved, Benefiting Everyone
August 2025
Troubled Waters: Stormwater Bacteria Counts Stir Up Concerns
by Luisa Loi Editor’s Note: Whatcom Watch has entered a cooperative agreement with Salish Current. When possible, we will share each other’s content. Salish Current, an online-only news organization, covers the North Sound area and Whatcom Watch mainly covers Whatcom … Continue reading
Comments Off on Troubled Waters: Stormwater Bacteria Counts Stir Up Concerns
August 2025
A Spring Odyssey
Beaks and Bills Part II Cannon Beach and the Oregon Coast by Joe Meche On the morning of Day Six, we left the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, albeit reluctantly, and headed west by northwest to find saltwater. Our original plan … Continue reading
Comments Off on A Spring Odyssey
August 2025
Providing Hope and Healing Across Washington
Community Service Spotlight Lifeline Connections has provided behavioral health treatment to individuals and families across Washington State since 1962. With a strong presence in the North Sound region, Lifeline Connections delivers a compassionate and comprehensive continuum of coordinated quality services, … Continue reading
Comments Off on Providing Hope and Healing Across Washington
August 2025
Bellingham City Council
Action Taken at June 9, 2025 Meeting Mayor’s report 106. The mayor reappointed Kendra Bradford to her third term on the Sehome Hill Arboretum Board of Governors. The arboretum site is 175.5 acres; the city owns 137.5 acres and Western … Continue reading
Comments Off on Bellingham City Council
August 2025
Whatcom County Council
Compiled by Barry MacHale Action Taken at June 10, 2025 Meeting Shall the council: 136. Appoint Andrew Patterson to the Solid Waste Advisory Committee? Andrew Patterson is a retired chemical engineer. He was formerly employed by the Anvil Corporation in … Continue reading
Comments Off on Whatcom County Council
August 2025
Port of Bellingham Commission
Action Taken at June 3, 2025 Meeting Shall the commission: 56. Approve a lease renewal (modification #4) with The Landings at Colony Wharf? At the 5/4/2014 meeting, vote #61, the commission approved a 10-year harbor land lease for premises on … Continue reading
Comments Off on Port of Bellingham Commission
August 2025
Articles You Might Have Missed
Climate Good News It’s easy to get discouraged about the environment when we see the administration’s cuts in green energy and it’s subsidies to fossil fuel. But, take comfort from these articles which tell us progress is being made in … Continue reading
Comments Off on Articles You Might Have Missed
August 2025
NSEA News
Building a Legacy for Future Generations by Eli DeWitt, NSEA Instream Project Manager This year, Nooksack Salmon Enhancement Association (NSEA) is returning to restoration sites we first planted more than 20 years ago — thanks to dedicated funding that … Continue reading
Comments Off on NSEA News
