April-2019
Orca Survival Status Quo No Longer an Option
L-Pod orca blowing bubbles, as seen from San Juan Island’s Westside Preserve Land Bank [Read More...]
The Nooksack River The History and Current State of the River
The River with boulders and logs washed down with Spring floods, looking North. Photo: Ron Kleinknecht by Ron Kleinknecht Part 2 In part 1 of this series, I described the Nooksack River from its headwaters and contributing forks in the North Cascade Mountains through its course to the [Read More...]
Members of Bellingham Climate Action Plan Task Force
The final report on recommended actions and resources needed to achieve greenhouse gas reductions will be delivered in the last quarter of 2019 with the task force terminating on December 31, 2019. Members - Terms Expire 12/31/2019 Charles Barnhart Don Goldberg Christine Grant Derek Long Erin McDade Lynn Murphy Rick Nicholson [Read More...]
Bellingham’s Climate Action Task Force Meeting
by Betsy Gross On February 6, I attended the city’s monthly Climate Action Task Force meeting. It had been moved from the Mayor’s Board Room to City Council chambers, as three experts were scheduled to make presentations using PowerPoint slides. I wondered if there were a second reason to move [Read More...]
From Bellingham to Port Townsend
Double-crested Cormorant photo: Joe Meche by Joe [Read More...]
9,014 Dubious Claims in 773 Days in Office
This section is devoted to studying the impacts of the Trump Administration. by Lyle Harris Sr. What can we say? Shocking! Terrible! How could this happen? When will it end? Artwork by Hilary Cole That’s the question for all of us when we examine data from The Washington [Read More...]
When the Spirit Rebels
by Rob Lewis It would have been a strange vision for any one of our great grandparents, if they had tried to imagine one day the emergence of something called Extinction Rebellion. “What? A rebellion against the end of life itself?” Yes, I am afraid. And yes, finally. Finally, some [Read More...]
Reply by Author
Dear Watchers: I thank Mr. Richardson for his correction and comments on my recent article on the Nooksack River. His comments are always welcome, as he is an authority on Nooksack language, and literally wrote a book on the subject, as well as an historical article. Concerning his first comment, [Read More...]
Native Languages and Names for Mt. Baker
Dear Watchers: The article “The Nooksack River: A Treasure to Preserve: Part 1” in the March 2019 issue of Whatcom Watch provides an excellent overview of the Nooksack watershed. The author uses my book “Nooksack Place Names” as his primary source for native names and traditions in this area. (1) [Read More...]
Rescuing ALL of the Homeless
by Lynnette Allen I interviewed Markis Dee and JC Mansfield, who helped find and transport homeless people to shelter in Bellingham during the weeks of freezing weather in February, and going into March of 2019. So many were escorted to shelter by the HomesNOW vans and the volunteers — who [Read More...]