THIS IS HOW BELLINGHAM KILLS WILDLIFE / Facebook Post, Whatcom Hawk, Wendy Harris

11722181_10152960183790978_199958796458384265_o16 hrs  July 13, 2015  Wendy Harris

The Cow Beach project is full of manure. The city continues to assert that wildlife, habitat, people, pets and recreation are all compatible uses throughout the waterfront, finding consultants who reach conclusions that contradict Best Available Science. Some of the greatest damage is done through impacts to forage fish, which form the lynchpin of the aquatic food web on the Pacific coast. Continue reading

How The Waterfront Is Really Being Sold / Facebook post, Whatcom Hawk

waterfront toursYesterday at 7:58pm  July 12, 2015  Wendy Harris

Well, the city and port propaganda machine is in full swing selling the public on the waterfront deal and how everything about it is going to be so great, great, great..from the sale to Harcourt, to the clean-ups, the demolition of historic structures, and of course, public access, which in Bellingham somehow increases habitat function. (Hooray for the Camelot that is Bellingham.) Continue reading

What Is An “Intensity of Use” Impact? And Why Should I Care? / Facebook post, Whatcom Hawk

11741194_10152956899635978_7495579539570191703_o19 hrs  July 12, 2015  Wendy Harris

An intensity of use impact is generally used to refer to disruption of wildlife from human presence, activities and land use. The greater the intensity of use, the more humans present, the more disruption to normal wildlife behavior, and the more likely there will be loss of biodiversity because many animals will naturally avoid areas with humans and pets. Continue reading

Do you want your Bellingham Port Commissioners to be listening to you? / Facebook Post, Sj Robson

want to come watch1 hr July 10, 2015  Sandy Robson

Do you want your Bellingham Port Commissioners to be focused on listening to you, or to be offering corporations and developers the upper hand?

As we head into the primary elections, I decided to re-visit some of my older articles and comment posts to remind people why Gary Jensen should not be elected for Bellingham Port Commissioner. . .or for any other elected office. Today’s reason: Continue reading

STOMP OUT ANIMAL ABUSE: Animals Are Not Entertainment / Facebook post, Whatcom Hawk

CHICKEN RACE

[Note: here is a link to the Sunnyland Stomp website: http://sunnylandstomp.com/latest-stomp-news/ ]

10 hrs July 10, 2015  Wendy Harris

Enlightened Bellingham still thinks it is amusing to take animals into strange noisy environments and have them engage in meaningless acts, purely for the purpose of human amusement. It is all good fun, a “friendly gathering of chicken owners”, … just ask the sponsor, Scratch and Peck Feeds. Continue reading