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The Reintroduction of the Olympia Oyster in Mud Bay<\/a><\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n by Dean Longwell Forgotten City of Bellingham obligations and a misinformed Bellingham Hearing Examiner have assumed a shellfish bed in North Chuckanut Bay (Mud Bay) is not protected by the tribes and\/or city park regulations. Since the inception of the … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\r\n\n<\/div> Beaks and Bills<\/p>\r\n Birding the Neighborhood<\/a><\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n Beaks and Bills by Joe Meche For years, I\u2019ve espoused the concept of birding in your backyard as an alternative to getting out of the house on miserable-weather days, or if you were housebound for one reason or another. This … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\r\n\n<\/div> Watching Government<\/p>\r\n Port of Bellingham Commission<\/a><\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n Action Taken at June 9, 2026 meeting Shall the commission: 76. Authorize the executive director to sign a 2,838 contact with Mead & Hunt of Middleton, Wisconsin, for planning activities at the airport industrial park? At the 2\/3\/2026 meeting, vote … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\r\n\n<\/div> Watching Government<\/p>\r\n Whatcom County Council<\/a><\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n Compiled by Barry MacHale Action Taken at June 9, 2026 Meeting Shall the council: 145. Authorize the executive to sign an 0,000 contract with Nel\/Son Distributing, dba Nelson-Reisner of Anacortes, to provide fuel to be used in Whatcom County fleet … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\r\n\n<\/div> Watching Government<\/p>\r\n Bellingham City Council<\/a><\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n Action Taken at June 1, 2026 Meeting Shall the council: 91. Authorize the mayor to spend 0,000 to purchase property from the owner, The Oeser Company? The 20-acre parcel is undeveloped and located near the north end of Lake Whatcom.The … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\r\n\n<\/div> Agriculture<\/p>\r\n 19th Annual Whatcom County Farm Tour<\/a><\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n by Jessica Gillis The 19th Annual Whatcom County Farm Tour, is taking place Saturday, September 12, 2026 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The 13-farm tour is part of September Eat Local Month, Sustainable Connections\u2019 annual month-long celebration of the … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\r\n\n<\/div> Climate<\/p>\r\n Articles You Might Have Missed<\/a><\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n Climate Good News Around the world people are taking the initiative to mitigate climate change. Here are some good news briefs compiled and summarized by Jayne Freudenberger, climate committee chair, League of Women Voters of Bellingham-Whatcom County. A Simple Dietary … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\r\n\n<\/div> Community Service Spotlight<\/p>\r\n Changing the Housing Narrative in Bellingham<\/a><\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n Community Service Spotlight by Rebecca Quirke Tenants Revolt has fundamentally changed the conversation about housing in Bellingham, Washington. Our mission is to shift power away from predatory landlords and toward the people who actually call this city home. For too … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\r\n\n<\/div> Native Plant Neighbors<\/p>\r\n A Fragrant Forest Beauty<\/a><\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n Native Plant Neighbors by Eric Worden I have a friend who knows little about native plants. Nevertheless, she has a system for distinguishing native plants from \u201cnormal\u201d ones. Her system is this: If it looks neat and showy, then she … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\r\n\n<\/div> Talk to Us<\/p>\r\n Talk to Us<\/a><\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n Golf Balls Deteriorating, Polluting Lake Whatcom Recent news about the continuing decline of water quality in Lake Whatcom stirred up a question I have about a recreational practice I have noticed neighbors engaging in. It is not a huge issue, … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\r\n\n<\/div> Water<\/p>\r\n Nooksack River Adjudication Story<\/a><\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n The fight to protect the Nooksack River is deeper than adjudication by Liam Walsh On May 1, 2024, the Washington State Department of Ecology formally began the adjudication process for the Nooksack River watershed, or Water Resource Inventory Area 1 … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\r\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Water Nooksack River Adjudication Story The fight to protect the Nooksack River is deeper than adjudication by Liam Walsh On May 1, 2024, the Washington State Department of Ecology formally began the adjudication process for the Nooksack River watershed, or … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatcomwatch.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatcomwatch.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatcomwatch.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatcomwatch.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatcomwatch.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/whatcomwatch.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1042,"href":"https:\/\/whatcomwatch.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions\/1042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatcomwatch.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}