February 20, 2016 Wendy Harris
Anyone interested in Cherry Point and development impacts on herring? Well, I submitted BAS [Best Available Science] on the herring and it was ignored without comment. Continue reading
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Some Basics About the Critical Areas Ordinance update system / Facebook post, Whatcom Hawk, Wendy Harris
February 18, 2016 Wendy Harris
Some Basics About the CAO update system.
This explains about Best Available Science and how GMA regulations and administrative laws (WACs) work with regard to the CAO update. Continue reading
Info for the Critical Areas Ordinance Review before the Planning Commssion / Facebook Post, Whatcom Hawk, Wendy Harris
February 17, 2016 Wendy Harris
Here is the information for the Critical Area Ordinance Review Before the Planning Commssion. [ http://wa-whatcomcounty.civicplus.com/2305/Planning-Commission-Review ] Continue reading
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 Critical Areas Ordinance Horse and Pony Show? / Facebook post, Whatcom Hawk, Wendy Harris
February 14, 2016 Wendy Harris
The CAO Horse and Pony Show?
Oh yeah, one more thing… I think the entire process is starting to look like a horse and pony show. I put almost 2 years of work into this project under challenging conditions and how many of my suggestions and recommendations are reflected in the final work product? 0 (zero). Continue reading
Railroads Try to Sneak Into GMA with Stronger Provisions / Facebook post, Whatcom Hawk, Wendy Harris
Has anyone been tracking HOUSE BILL 2468, Concerning rail dependent uses for purposes of the growth management act and related development regulations? Continue reading
County Council Agenda for Tuesday Has Important Items for Review / Facebook post, Whatcom Hawk, Wendy Harris
Look at the bottom of the agenda to review the introduction items, and you will see a “Resolution adopting a Statement of Incarceration Prevention, Criminal Justice, and Jail Planning Principles for Whatcom County’s criminal justice and behavioral health systems (AB2016-072).” Any comments on that will need to be made at open session in the evening. Continue reading
Wendy Harris’ Research on Wood Smoke/ Noisy Waters Northwest
February 1, 2016 Dena Jensen
As most folks who visit the Whatcom Hawk Facebook group are aware, Wendy Harris, who manages that Facebook group has done a great deal of research on wood smoke and wood burning over the course of the last couple months. Continue reading
The Science Is Clear. Manure Contaminates Drinking Wells. / Facebook post, Whatcom Hawk, Wendy Harris
6 hrsFebruary 1, 2016 Wendy Harris
While the farmers continue to deny any responsibility for the dangerous nitrate contamination in county ground water and drinking wells, more studies continue to document the connection between manure management and ground water quality, explain how and why this occurs and offer solutions that could reduce the amount of nitrogen loading. Continue reading
Now posted: County Comprehensive Plan Comments sent to Council / Noisy Waters Northwest
Update, February 19, 2016: In an effort to make information more easily accessible to the public, Whatcom County staff has been working on adjusting their method of posting “2016 County Council Comp Plan and UGA Comments.” The information below is in reference to the comments as they were posted on the county website from January 29, 2016 to February 18, 2016. I am leaving this posted since the excerpts from the material of people who submitted comments may still be useful to people. And perhaps some record of how the comments were originally presented will be of some importance in the future. I will do another post about the current way the comments are posted very soon.
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