The Whatcom County Natural Hazards Mitigation Plan does include a section on wildland fire and the county adopted a wildland fire-specific action plan in November 2023. But Whatcom County is still ...

Lautenbach Recycling plans to build a recycling center that accepts construction and demolition materials in Bellingham’s Irongate industrial neighborhood.

AS World Wetlands Day approaches this Sunday (2), Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust is unveiling a series of projects to create and protect more wetland habitats. Healthy habitats not only support ...

Some may even hang out long enough to make a nest and lay some eggs. Southern Nevada, particularly Clark County Wetlands Park, is surprisingly seen as one of the country’s best bird-watching spots.

The County Council last week paused on acting on updating the rules for wetland buffers and critical areas in its development regulations to do more fact-finding first. Council members asked county ...

Whatcom County is known for its unique breweries, restaurants and coffee shops, but seven local eateries are currently listed for sale by their owners. Some of these current real estate listings ...

New research has revealed the unique ecological role of coastal wetlands in the face of rising sea levels, capturing carbon, adjusting their soil elevation and protecting the coastline. Ms. Conroy ...

In 2023, CTM cleared trees from the property in Delaware County, Iowa, for farming. Some of the trees in the background are part of the designated wetland, which is why they were not removed.

Last summer, the Hillsborough County Environmental Protection Commission granted developers a wetland mitigation permit that allowed them to fill in the sensitive habitat as long as another was ...

has granted a final one-month opportunity to the state wildlife authorities to file their reply and submit a detailed map of the Pong wetland’s notified wildlife sanctuary area and its ...

Drug overdoses and overdose deaths appear to have dropped sharply across Whatcom County over the past year, as programs aimed at prevention, intervention, treatment and follow-up care are showing ...

If you have regulated wetlands on your property, you may need to double-check with the new maps the next time you plan a project. Whether or not your property is on the official wetlands map or ...