Cover Story
Clean Water: Lake Whatcom Water Quality Update
Clean water. Each of us gets up every morning, turns on the water faucet and expects to have clean, fresh water at our disposal. We make coffee with it, prepare food, brush our teeth, take a shower, wash dishes, flush … Continue reading
Cover Story
Character The Content of Bellingham’s Neighborhoods Part II
This article was first posted on nwcitizen.com on April 11, 2017 Editor’s Note: From here forward, Whatcom Watch will allow authors to offer a rebuttal to an article critical of their article in the same issue. Correcting Misconceptions For the … Continue reading
Beaks and Bills
A few years back, one of the field trips that I offered through the North Cascades Audubon Society was called Birds on Bikes. While the title evoked a few chuckles, it was a great way to spend time looking for … Continue reading
Dear Watchers
Clarification for Real Change Vendors
To the Editor: I want to express my deep appreciation to Kathryn Fentress and Whatcom Watch for featuring Real Change for Whatcom County in its April edition. As we prepare to welcome Real Change News vendors to Whatcom County, we … Continue reading
Bellingham Parks
Elizabeth Park Whatcom County’s First Official Park
From July 2000 through April 2002, Whatcom Watch ran a 16-part series on Bellingham parks. Aaron Joy wrote the series based on his self-published book, “A History of Bellingham Parks.” The 394 page book had almost 200 pages of predominantly … Continue reading
Climate
Denying Climate Change and Attacking Science
Climate change is a bunch of nonsense. At least according to Scott Pruitt, President Trump’s new head of the Environmental Protection Agency. In fact, he supports eliminating the EPA, commenting: “I think people across the country look at the EPA … Continue reading
Looking Back
With the April 2017 issue of Whatcom Watch the paper completed twenty-five years of publishing. We would like to take this opportunity to thank our long-time subscribers and advertisers. The below dates are the years our current contributors started subscribing … Continue reading
Northwest Gardening
Growing tomatoes in the Maritime Northwest can be a challenge, even with the warmer summer temperatures of the past few years. Tropical plants native to South America, tomatoes struggle with our more temperate, though sunny and dry, summers. For the … Continue reading
poetrywatch
“When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of man’s concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.” — John F. Kennedy Poetry … Continue reading
Twenty Years Ago
Are Environmentalists Shooting Themselves in the Foot?
To celebrate 26 years of publishing Whatcom Watch, we are printing excerpts from 20 years ago. The excerpt below is from the May 1997 issue of Whatcom Watch. Editor’s Note: Bob Keller died in February 2017. A long-time contributor to … Continue reading
Unsung Heroes
Ellen Murphy, 80, has been a lifelong nonviolence practitioner and teacher for peace and justice. She was arrested many times as a 10-year member of The Desert Waves Affinity Group at the Nevada Nuclear Weapons Test Site in the late … Continue reading
Watch Out!!
Climate Facts Trump You Know Who
A scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it. Max Planck, physicist “I’m not a … Continue reading
Whatcom: Chronic & Acute
Algorithms Can Treat Physician Fallibility
Part I Yes, physicians are fallible. They are human, just like you and me. And the intense pressure of their profession often flaws and distracts their thinking despite their best efforts to be clinical. In fact, half of all physicians … Continue reading
