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Forest Preserve Details and Resources
Resources and materials for the proposed Lake Whatcom Forest Preserve.
Editorials about the plan
Reconveyance a great idea for Lake Whatcom watershed
July 30, 2008, The Bellingham Herald
Once in a great while a community has the opportunity to make a decision that profoundly affects its prosperity and quality of life for many generations to come. Whatcom Land Trust believes that the opportunity to transfer 8,400 acres to create a large forest reserve park in the Lake Whatcom Watershed is such an opportunity....
Impacts of DNR Logging on Lake Whatcom
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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 comments
Richard R. Horner, Ph.D. comments
David R. Montgomery comments
Stakeholder review panel
Invitation letter from Pete Kremen, with member list
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
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