10 hrs September 8, 2015 Wendy Harris
This is what the city SMP (Shoreline Master Plan) regulations, cited in the staff report for the G Street Stairwells and new trail, require for the G Street pocket beach: Continue reading
Tag Archives: Department of Ecology
No Fine for Nooksack Nine / Cascadia Weekly, The Gristle, Tim Johnson
Tuesday, August 25, 2015 Tim Johnson
With August arrives the earliest and most vulnerable of the Cascadia salmonids. Chinook require abundant cold, clean water to spawn, and the challenged species is returning to find the Nooksack River historically low, warm and cloudy with glacial milk.[…] Continue reading
Status of COB Streams: Justification For A Stronger CAO / Facebook post, Whatcom Hawk, Wendy Harris
16 hrs August 25, 2015 Wendy Harris
According to the City of Bellingham’s 2014 Stream Monitoring Report:
“The status of Bellingham’s urban streams for the period ending in 2014 is mixed. Only Hanna Creek was able to meet all Department of Ecology standards ensuring the highest water quality. Continue reading
COB Issues a SEPA Addendum To the Critical Area Ordinance Updates / Facebook post, Whatcom Hawk, Wendy Harris
9 hrs August 17, 2015 Wendy HarrisThe SEPA review is the environmental analysis required under state law to determine if there will be significant impacts, and if so, whether they can be mitigated. Continue reading
Washington is Powered By Cows / Facebook Post, Whatcom Hawk, Wendy Harris
14 hrs August 11, 2015 Wendy HarrisHey look, right on the heels of tomorrow’s webinar on the new preliminary CAFO (confined animal feedings operation) permit requirements, which expired in 2011, the dairy industry is again running their “sponsored content”, which is what the Herald calls a paid advertisement that is written to look like an article. Continue reading
Helpful Information For Dairy Farm Science Deniers / Facebook Post, Whatcom Hawk, Wendy Harris
Yesterday at 12:37am January 24, 2015 Wendy Harris
A noteworthy exclusion from the “Whatcom Family Dairy” list of haters (lawyers, reporters, activists, government legislators and regulators) who are unfairly accusing innocent dairy farmers of fecal coliform pollution: SCIENTISTS. Yeah, those guys. This is meaningful. Continue reading
Nooksack Water Thievery Redux / Naiads, Rachel Paschal Osborn
July 16, 2015 Rachael Paschal Osborn
As reported in our recent post, “The Tale of the Nooksack Nine,” the Department of Ecology went above and beyond its usual water mismanagement when — faced with clear evidence of illegal water diversions from the Nooksack River – the agency decided to issue permits, rather than penalty orders, to the culprits. Continue reading
DOE announcement about a government shut down / Whatcom Hawk, Wendy Harris
12 hrs June 27, 2025 Wendy Harris
While I was on the DOE site, they had an announcement about a government shut down if they are not funded by July 1, 2015, and a non-exclusive list of services that will be suspended, which included oil or hazardous spill response and dam safety problem inspections, except in critical situations. Continue reading
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