Habitat Conservation Areas (HCA), (also referred as Fish and Wildlife Habitat Conservation Areas FWHCA), are one of the 5 types of critical areas that are protected under the Critical Area Ordinance mandated by the Growth Management Act. Continue reading
Tag Archives: Ecological function
What is a Critical Area Ordinance? / Facebook post, Whatcom Hawk, Wendy Harris
February 17, 2016 Wendy Harris
It is the environmental regulations that implement the policies and goals in the county comprehensive plan, as reflected in Chapter 11 on the Environment and a few other places. It is adopted as part of the County Code, in Chapter 16 and is referred to as the Critical Area Ordinance, or CAO. Continue reading
The Final Hoorah For Bellingham Ecosystems / Facebook post, Whatcom Hawk, Wendy Harris
This Monday, the city is holding a public hearing on its Critical Area Ordinance. Continue reading
Hooray! Hooray! Look Everyone… More COB Restoration Work! / Facebook post, Whatcom Hawk, Wendy Harris
17 hrs August 29, 2015 Wendy Harris
And this has all those classic COB moves we associate with their restoration. Continue reading