Whatcom Family Farmers joins coalition calling on Inslee to save key conservation program

On Thursday, August 24th, the Farm Service Agency (FSA) announced that they will be restructuring or canceling up to 334 Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP) contracts with working landowners across the state beginning October 1, 2023. Whatcom Family Farmers, together with a coalition of farmers and environmental advocates, are ...

BC Pollution Fouls Whatcom Waterways; Farmers Demand WA, Canadian Leaders Take Action

‘Massive’ bacterial counts–as much as 260 times the allowable limit–threaten shellfish, endangered salmon despite Whatcom farmers’ efforts to protect water quality in Nooksack River, tributaries (LYNDEN, Wash.) In a new letter to Washington state, tribal and Canadian officials, farmers in Whatcom County are shedding light on a troubling trend of ...

Whatcom Family Farmers-Education Auction: March 13-19, 2023

Whatcom Family Farmers-Education online auction "Growing Our Future Together," returns on March 13-19, 2023 Thank you to our Title Sponsor: At Whatcom Family Farmers - Education, our mission is to preserve the legacy and future of family farming in Whatcom County by educating and connecting our community with the people ...

2023-03-29T14:15:29-07:00Education, Events, Uncategorized|

Ecology’s Water “Solutions Showcase” Highlights Keys to Success in Yakima Basin

Countering Ecology’s focus on adjudication in Whatcom, leaders in the Yakima Integrated Water Plan explain cooperation and trust are essential to resolving water issues and show how litigation “stymied” progress on solving Yakima Basin issues for decades (LYNDEN, Wash.) The State Department of Ecology sponsored a “Solutions Showcase” on ...

National Expert: Collaborative Process Best to Deliver Nooksack Water & Flood Solutions, Certainty

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 ...

Community Collaboration Can Solve Whatcom Water Crisis, Bring Legal Certainty

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 ...

ACTION ALERT: Tell WA leaders to stop ignoring Whatcom water crisis

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 ...

2022-03-16T15:24:18-07:00Uncategorized|
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