May-2018
Peter HeffelfingerPhoto: Evelyn Adams by Peter Heffelfinger The fertile flats of the valleys west of the Cascades were formed over geological time by river flows and frequent floods. The clay soils and cool climate of the Skagit Valley, situated at the same latitude as Northern Europe, are eminently [Read More...]
Lorraine Loomis by Lorraine Loomis As the tribal and state co-managers begin the annual salmon season setting process, the effects of drought and poor ocean conditions over the past few years — combined with ongoing loss of habitat — are leading to another year of low returns and [Read More...]
by Nichole Schmitt I am often so enthusiastic about starting the garden in the spring that I plant more than I can take care of through summer. By August I’ll be too busy harvesting, cooking and preserving my crop to pull up large hunks of crab grass, thistles and indian [Read More...]
Boris Schleinkofer, poetrywatch editor Do You Enjoy poetrywatch? Want to see it continue? Then please, send your poems to us and let the Whatcom Watch share them with our readership! Seriously, we really do want your roughly 25-line poems (though length is by no means a deal-breaker; it’s how you use [Read More...]
To celebrate 27 years of publishing Whatcom Watch, we will be printing excerpts from 20 years ago. The below review is from the May 1998 issue of Whatcom Watch. Editor’s Note: “The Good Rain” was selected by the Whatcom Community College faculty as the 1998 “Book of the Year.” Timothy [Read More...]
Upcoming Sessions All meetings start at 7 p.m. May 1 — County Council Chambers May 15 — Sudden Valley Dance Barn May 29 — Ferndale Library June 12 — Fairhaven Middle School June 26 — East Whatcom County Regional Resource Center, Maple Falls The Whatcom County Council’s Criminal Justice and Public Safety [Read More...]
by Judge Debra Lev and Commissioner Pete Smiley Thinking Outside the Box I take full responsibility and I’m sorry for what I did, but if I could serve my sentence outside of jail then I can keep my job, take care of my family and be able to pay the [Read More...]
Nooksack River, Washington State photo: Rose Braverman - Wikimedia Commons by Eric Hirst In so many ways the Nooksack River basin is the lifeblood of our county, [Read More...]
This article originally appeared on the Sightline Institute website sightline.org and is reprinted with permission. by Eric de Place It's a High-stakes Showdown of Cinematic Proportions In a surprise Sunday afternoon [April 8] announcement, the company backing a huge oil pipeline proposal in British Columbia cried uncle. (1) Citing conflicts [Read More...]
Artwork by Hilary Cole by Lyle Harris Sr. “If we think of fascism as a wound from the past that had almost healed, putting Trump in the White House was like ripping off the bandage and picking at the scab,” Madeleine Albright, U.S. Secretary of State from 1997 [Read More...]