save ancient trees: Yew
Originally posted July 22, 2015, Updated information provided in the comment section of this post August 5, 2015
Who do we want to PETITION to preserve the above Ancient Yew?
1. The Bellingham Mayor Kelli Linnville. 2. To SEPA of City Planning
3. The Co-op Board, including the Director Jim Ashby, and share-holders Continue reading
16 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
July 14, 2015 Whatcom Land Trust
From the event listing on the Whatcom Land Trust webpage http://www.whatcomlandtrust.org/?page_id=23 :
WORK PARTY – Lily Point: Work party at Lily Point Marine Preserve, a WLT-conserved Whatcom County Park near Point Roberts on Boundary Bay. Continue reading
Yesterday 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
Saturday, July 11, 2015 Nick Mullins
We are so often amazed at the way our journeys intersect with events and organizations. Finding that our initial schedule just happened to coincide with the Tongue River Railroad EIS hearings in Eastern Montana, the Miner’s Memorial Weekend in Cumberland, BC, the Sustainability Festival on Denman Island, and most recently, an event titled “Resilience at the Crossroads of Racial and Climate Justice” in Seattle, all seems to strain the concept of coincidence. Continue reading
JUNE 29, 2015 Nick Belcaster
Western students will be able to explore the idea of social justice in environmental issues next year with a new minor program created by Huxley College of the Environment.
The new environmental justice minor is slated to be offered starting winter quarter 2016, and will attempt to enlighten students as to how different social groups are affected by any environmental problem, said Tim O’Melia, a junior at Western. Continue reading
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