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Previous Issues
Dear Watchers
December 2018
“Brain on Fire” and Misdiagnoses
Dear Watchers: In reference to “Brain on Fire” by Susannah Cabalan … Looking at the medical profession from the point of view of a journalist, doctors are pretty good at answering the Who, When, and Where, but dismal at What, … Continue reading
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December 2018
Whatcom Conservation District Election
An election for one seat on the Whatcom Conservation District board will be held on Tuesday, March 26, 2019. Registered voters that have participated in previous Whatcom Conservation District elections do not automatically receive a ballot. Ballots must be requested … Continue reading
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December 2018
Plastic Pollution Comes Home to Our Beaches
by Ron Kleinknecht Part 1 On a gray September morning, about 50 Bellinghamsters from infants to octogenarians trudged along Locust Beach under leaky skies carrying buckets, reusable plastic bags, grabbers and recording charts. All nonnatural items were picked up and … Continue reading
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December 2018
Could Anchovies and Other Fish Take Pressure Off Salmon and Steelhead?
by Christopher Dunagan Part 3 Editor’s Note: This series was originally published in the Encyclopedia of Puget Sound. An intensive research program in the United States and Canada is studying why so few salmon in the Salish Sea are returning … Continue reading
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December 2018
Skookum Creek Conservation Corridor
by Whatcom Land Trust Staff The waters of Skookum Creek are so clear that at times they appear translucent. The major tributary of the lower South Fork of the Nooksack River has a 22-square-mile watershed made up of wooded areas … Continue reading
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December 2018
To Help Orcas, Eat Chinook
by Lorraine Loomis Don’t stop eating or serving chinook salmon if you want to help recover Southern Resident Killer Whales. It might make you feel better for a while, but it accomplishes little and makes recovering chinook even harder, by … Continue reading
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December 2018
Tribes Release Habitat Recovery Strategy
by Lorraine Loomis “As the salmon disappear, so do our cultures and treaty rights. We are at a crossroads and we are running out of time.” These words of the late tribal leader Billy Frank Jr. become more urgent every … Continue reading
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