Forest Preserve Details and Resources
Resources and materials for the proposed Lake Whatcom Forest Preserve.
A new forest preserve is in the planning stages for Lake Whatcom.
Articles about the preserve
Disaster leads to chance for giant park in Whatcom County Dec 08, 2009, Crosscut.com, by Bob Simmons
Reconveyance a great idea for Lake Whatcom watershed July 30, 2008, The Bellingham Herald, by Jack Rand
Effects of DNR logging on Lake Whatcom
Logging on state lands in the watershed is governed by the Lake Whatcom Landscape Plan. When the landscape plan was proposed, Conservation Northwest (formerly Northwest Ecosystem Alliance) submitted our own comments and asked a water quality expert and a geologist to submit comments. Conservation Northwest, Richard R. Horner, David R. Montgomery
Stakeholder review panel
Invitation letter from Pete Kremen, with member list
Reconveyance panel recommendations (6-30-08)
PowerPoints
Details about the proposal (1.5 Mb)
"Timber harvest and road impacts on landslides and sediment delivery in the Lake Whatcom watershed," presentation to the Bellingham City Council on August 4, 2008, by Dave Wallin, Western University (7.4 Mb)
Official documents
Joint letter from the commissioner of public lands and the Whatcom County executive
Memorandum of Agreement between Whatcom County
and Department of Natural
Resources
Washington State Department of Natural Resources' Interagency Agreement with Whatcom County (11-12-09)
Oct 2008 planning materials
DNR table, revised
Reconveyance worksheet, 9/23/08
Response to county council's questions on the reconveyance
Maps
Current state trust land ownership (1.3 Mb)
Proposed state and county land ownership, after reconveyance (1.3 Mb)
Critical areas, designated by the Whatcom Landscape Plan (1.8 Mb)
Proposed trails (4.9 Mb)
Description of physical characteristics
Physical characteristics and proposed recreational amenities (4.7 Mb)
Legal
Laws that pertain to reconveyance
