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Bellingham purchases forest property for $3.7M to preserve drinking water source
(The Center Square) – The city of Bellingham, Wash., is set to acquire forest land near Lake Whatcom with the intention of protecting the city’s drinking water source. The city is purchasing ...
'The forest won't be protected': Former Parks workers gather in Bellingham to protest mass firings
Mass firings of National Parks and Forest Service workers began last Friday in the name of "government efficiency." ...
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Olympic’s Hoh Rain Forest looks set to reopen this summer after new funding source emerges
The only road with access to the rainforest in Olympic National Park has been closed since December 2024 from a washout, with ...
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Bellingham man who died in Mount Baker backcountry was expert skier, local business owner
Rylan Schoen Courtesy to The Bellingham Herald A Bellingham man who ... with two friends in the Mount Baker and Snoqualmie National Forest on Feb. 5. Wells had fallen head-first into deep snow ...
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Trump fires thousands of US Parks, Forest Service workers: 'It's like having the rug pulled out from under me'
BELLINGHAM, Wash ... This was to be Kollmar's ninth summer working for the U.S. Forest Service, something she hoped to turn into a full-time career. The email announcing she had been fired ...
Federal funding chaos is hampering WA state planning for wildfire season, officials say
The last thing we need right now planning for wildfire season is uncertainty,” one state official told The News Tribune.