The most important Washington lawsuit you have never heard of by NYNorthwest.com / posted Thursday, April 26, 2018 at 8:14 am http://mynorthwest.com/967315/washington-native-american-tribes-salmon-case/ Former Washington state Attorney General Rob McKenna, says it’s the most important case Washingtonians have never heard about, yet its results could dramatically change how government works in the Pacific Northwest. “It really is breathtaking in its potential …
Feb. 8th, 2018 – Whatcom County Conservation District Regular Meeting
Meeting Summary: Doug Allen -Director of the Bellingham Office for State Department of Ecology (DOE)- introduced two new field inspectors and discussed starting to draft a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Whatcom County Conservation District (CD) and State DOE to delegate responsibility of which department is responsible for what tasks in Whatcom County when completing Agriculture field inspections. A …
Get Your Ballot and Vote for Farmers
The Whatcom County Conservation District oversees a multi-million dollar budget every year. These funds are useful to our local farms as they work to understand and comply with the numerous changes in farm practices. HAVE YOU REQUESTED YOUR BALLOT TO VOTE IN THIS ELECTION? The people who are asking for your vote need you. Click on this link to request …
Local Dairy Farms threatened by RE Sources for Sustainable Communities and Other Environmental Groups
Today’s Farming Show with Dillon Honcoop highlighted the dangers to the future of farming in Whatcom County. Local nonprofit, RE Sources for a Sustainable Community, continue to claim that local farms and especially dairy farms are polluting the environment and continue to push for regulations that will seriously harm dairy farming in Whatcom County. The claims within their lawsuit were disproven …