This op-ed written by Rich Appel originally appeared in the Bellingham Herald on Nov. 13, 2020. Salmon are part of what makes Whatcom County such a beautiful place to live. Farms play a large role in protecting salmon, however, both farms and salmon are in peril. The Lummi Nation and ...
“The availability of water is vital to the future of agriculture in Whatcom County,” Lynne Rainey Wheeler said. She is a dairy farmer in Whatcom County. Her family’s farm, Coldstream Farms, is in the South Fork Valley. They have been farming there since 1978. In that time they ...
Farmers have been accused of not doing their part when it comes to preserving the environment on and around their farm. That couldn’t be further from the truth. Farmers in Whatcom County have taken many measures in recent years to not only improve their sustainability but also work toward the ...
This month marks the 3rd anniversary of the Drayton Harbor Shellfish beds reopening for commercial harvesting. Drayton Harbor suffered from pollution and it took years of effort to clean it up and get the OK for commercial harvesting. Initially 810 acres of shellfish beds reopened, but this year an additional ...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Farmers are protecting water in a number of ways. One of the most important is participation in the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP) administered by the Washington State Conservation Commission. In this program farmers receive financial incentives to take farmland out of production to support riparian buffers protecting streams. In ...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Will Gov Inslee's $1.1 billion plan for orca and chinook recovery pay off? [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text] Sadly, no. Here are four inconvenient facts that explain why. [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_video link="https://player.vimeo.com/video/311317656"][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]This one minute video will introduce you to the four inconvenient facts that show why Governor Inslee's $1.1 billion will fail in restoring our ...
With media, public and government attention on the plight of Southern Resident killer whales the decline in the chinook salmon they feed on, our government leaders are taking action to restore salmon and help bring back the whale population. But will these very expensive measures work –– even make a ...
