Department of Ecology
photo: Amy Nelson © 2021
Clock starts on Nooksack basin water rights inventory; stakeholders yet to discuss solutions
July 9, 2021
Mike Sato
Weeks of sparse rainfall and a historic heat wave marked the end of June — and the start of a process to establish water rights among various users in Whatcom County’s Nooksack River basin.
photo: Alex Meacham © 2020
New report details action plan for fixing Padilla Bay fecal coliform sources, urges participation
November 20, 2020
Alex Meacham
The Padilla Bay Freshwater Tributary Fecal Coliform Total Maximal Daily Load (TMDL) Report is due to be submitted by Ecology to the Environmental Protection Agency at the end of 2020 and lists fecal coliform bacteria sources and strategies for cleanup.
Community Voices / Nooksack water rights adjudication is an existential threat to farming’s future
November 13, 2020
Henry Bierlink
Whatcom County farmers say they view water rights adjudication as an existential threat to their future, in their long-term battle to maintain farming as part of the local economy and culture.