Environmental

Did you know approximately 90% of all wildfires are human-caused? Meanwhile, fires in the home might or might not be the residents’ fault – but will 100% affect them.

While the forecast tsunami was not a disaster on any level, it was, on every level, a good thing for us in Whatcom County. Why? Because of all we learned.

Preparations include temporary coffer dams installed at the site, which will collect rainwater in order to be pumped out to tanks if needed.

Under the ordinance, healthy trees that are at least 36″ in diameter cannot be cut down and violators can be fined between $800 and $5,000 for each instance.

Public Works reports that the area, a former logging site, has become too dense and is preventing ecological growth.

Cleanup crews say wildlife responders recovered the carcasses of three coho salmon and one crayfish on Sunday.

The species can cause serious ecological and economic damage by consuming eelgrass, bivalve mollusks, crustaceans and other native species.

The Washington State Department of Ecology adds that at least two fish were killed as a result of the leaks.

Fishing for the Chinook is only open in lower Whatcom Creek on Saturdays and Sundays through Sept. 14. 

My Bellingham Now previously reported testing at the cove in late July noted high levels of enterococcus bacteria, causing Whatcom County’s health department to issue the swimming advisory.