New report from former Asst. Solicitor to US Dept. of Interior says process not only would solve Nooksack water rights issues, but also support needed conservation and infrastructure projects impossible under litigation (LYNDEN, Wash.) Salmon habitat restoration, water supply infrastructure, flood prevention and other crucial work needed in the Nooksack ...
We’re fortunate that spring rains and snowpack this year have kept streams from dropping to the record low levels we saw during last year’s drought. But the reality is that stream flows still aren’t where they could be if our community came together to get desperately-needed infrastructure ...
Farming community joins other local leaders’ calls to reinvigorate county-wide collaboration on flooding, water access solutions (LYNDEN, Wash.) Whatcom Family Farmers agrees with the mayors of five Whatcom cities, who are expressing their concerns about the Washington Department of Ecology’s troubling efforts to promote a harmful legal action against local ...
Water Solutions for Farms, Fish, and Communities This major event on May 25, 2022 will bring national experts to Lynden for a discussion of the work needed to protect families, fish and farming. Event to be held at NW WA Fairgrounds Farm Pavilion in Lynden. Come for our social ...
Whatcom Family Farmers members and donors are invited to attend our Annual Members Meeting to be held in person on May 25, 2022 at 5:00 pm during our Solving Whatcom's Water Crisis event. Meeting will be held in the Farm Pavilion building at Northwest Washington Fairgrounds in Lynden, Washington. All ...
Whatcom County routinely experiences widespread flooding in the winter months. But this past late fall and winter was one of the worst on record and caused an estimated $1 billion in damages in nearby Abbotsford, BC and about $100 million in damages and one death in Whatcom County. Loss ...
We need your help to get state leaders to start taking Whatcom County’s water management crisis seriously, and get working on major solutions right away. Despite last November’s flooding disaster, as well as the harmful drought that came before it, the mayors of Sumas, Everson, Nooksack, Lynden and Ferndale ...
New to Washington State is a program to connect people in agriculture with resources available to them to help with a broad range of injuries that occur on and off the farm. Based in Skagit County and operating out of the WSU-Skagit Extension office, Kristen Hinton-Vanvalkenberg is the program ...
We are excited to share with you that our first online/virtual auction will be held April 6-10, 2021. Our theme for this event is Growing Our Future Together. Create your auction account today, browse through our e-catalog and begin marking your favorites. Check back often as new items are being ...
