Critical projects will protect families, fish and farms – but will require community-wide collaboration By Rich Appel, President, Whatcom Family Farmers Families across Whatcom County devastated by November’s flooding disaster in the Nooksack River Basin need our help with more than just putting their lives back together. It is urgent ...
[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 ...
