General Overview of Problems With Critical Area Ordinance / Facebook post, Whatcom Hawk, Wendy Harris

Posted on February 22, 2017 by Dena

10 hrs February 22, 2017 Wendy Harris

Will the council approve a Critical Area Ordinance (CAO) that does not comply with the GMA? It is looking more and more likely. I am sick to my stomach thinking that after just one “general issues” work session, council will be ready to vote on the updated Critical Area Ordinance. It really did not help that few people participated, but how could they when there was no real training provided on such a technical issue? Perhaps if the CAO was not improperly separated from the Comp. Plan update, it would have been easier to obtain public input. Continue reading →

What’s Wrong With Whatcom County Habitat? / Facebook post, Whatcom Hawk, Wendy Harris

Posted on June 8, 2016 by Dena

20 hrs June 8, 2016 Wendy Harris

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 →

Talking points for comments on Habitat Conservation Areas / Facebook post, Whatcom Hawk, Wendy Harris

Posted on April 11, 2016 by Dena

8 hrs April 11, 2016 Wendy Harris ACTION

To Comment On Habitat Conservation Areas: #1

If you want to send a comment to the Planning Commission on the issue of Habitat Conservation Areas, or provide comment to the PC, I have a number of talking points. Continue reading →

Why We Need Wildlife Policies At Our Local Park / Facebook post, Whatcom Hawk, Wendy Harris

Posted on January 15, 2016 by Dena

Yesterday at 5:35am January 14, 2016 Wendy Harris

A trip today to the county park at Semiahmoo was not uplifting.

First, I saw heavy construction occurring in the middle of the spit right in the prime of the winter bird season. See that water in the first photo.. Drayton Harbor… it should be full of sea birds and waterfowl. I am not sure if this was planned, but it did not look like a sudden storm event that required emergency repairs. Continue reading →

Hunting And Conservation Are NOT Compatible Activities / Facebook post, Whatcom Hawk, Wendy Harris

Posted on September 28, 2015 by Dena

6 hrs September 28, 2014 Wendy Harris

Also on the agenda for the county council meeting: appointment of applicants for the wildlife advisory committee. Continue reading →

New Wildlife Advisory Committee Moves Forward Under Business Model / Facebook post, Whatcom Hawk

Posted on July 15, 2015 by Dena

19 hrs July 14, 2015 Wendy Harris

Last Tuesday, the county council approved a new wildlife advisory committee and is now seeking applications from qualified people to fill the technical advisory sub-committee that will be meeting first. There is supposed to be a website, but the link has not been working. Continue reading →

Biodiversity: Why we need special focus to protect our land and ourselves / Facebook post, Whatcom Hawk

Posted on June 24, 2015 by Dena

5:20pm June 24, 2015 Wendy Harris

My comment to the county council requesting that the citizen science provisions be retained in the proposed wildlife advisory committee is attached. This committee was always intended (by me, at least) as something that would supplement that normal land use planning process. Continue reading →

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