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#SubduedSocial #BellinghamWA #WhatcomCounty #Whatcom #Cascadia #SalishSea #PNW
#WA #Washingtonstate #washingtonshoreland #portofbellingham #bellinghamwa #Bellinghamsters #WhatcomCounty #marineconservation State audit department slaps Port's hand | All Point Bulletin
https://www.allpointbulletin.com/stories/state-audit-department-slaps-ports-hand,40351
Hey Whatcom County: fill out the poll for Cascadia Daily's "Citizens Agenda" and shape the questions they will ask of local candidates. In particular, I encourage you to pick #15 about Ranked Choice Voting and #36 about Gerrymandering, but there are a lot of other good topics on there too.
https://www.cascadiadaily.com/citizens-agenda/
#WhatcomCounty #CascadiaDaily #BellinghamWA #RankedChoiceVoting #Gerrymandering
Marine Park has become the place I ‘need’ to go to in order to feel calm. Listening to the water here has brought so much peace to me whenever I visit that I almost don’t feel the need to take photos. Which makes me love this place more!
#photography #joshuahallerphotography #bellinghamwa #whatcomcounty #bluehour #printsforsale
Rod Serling voice (The Twilight Zone):
Imagine, if you will...
250 MILLION
Bees 🐝🐝🐝
Escaped...
A big article in the #CascadiaDaily about the recent Whatcom County charter review meeting about #RankedChoiceVoting. It was really a fascinating meeting with four invited guests who are #RCV experts from around the country. Well worth watching the video of the meeting (linked at the end of the article) https://www.cascadiadaily.com/2025/may/14/ranked-choice-voting-considered-in-whatcom-but-it-would-cost-auditor-says/
#BellinghamWA #Whatcom #WhatcomCounty #ProportionalRepresentation
Some more information about what's going on in Blaine https://www.bellinghamherald.com/news/state/washington/article306025746.html
Some of the sights on our trip to #whatcomcounty.
The first 2? #Otherlands #beer in #Bellingham. OMG, the burrito is breakfast and lunch in one sitting! And their Winter Saison, was solid!
Last #photo? #Fringe in #Ferndale. This is the art on their cold box.
#washington #travel #photography
A great article from @sightlineinstitute about how Proportional Representation would benefit Whatcom County: https://www.sightline.org/2025/04/10/whatcom-county-eyes-a-prime-election-upgrade/
#ProportionalRepresentation #ElectoralReform #WhatcomCounty #Cascadia #BellinghamWA
Fewer B.C. residents travelling south into Washington state, data suggests
Southbound border traffic has dropped since inauguration day, down as much as 45 per cent over the Family Day long weekend. Whatcom County officials believe the trend is likely a combination of the low Canadian dollar and political tensions.
#politics #economy #travel #BC #Washingtonstate #WhatcomCounty
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/fewer-canadians-travelling-southbound-1.7465260?cmp=rss
Signature Plastics is a darling company in the custom keyboard scene, and they're based here in #WhatcomCounty, just outside of #BellinghamWA. https://mastodon.social/@mhoye/114008680163406523
The City of Bellingham will purchase 754 forested acres on the southeast side of Lake Whatcom from a local timber company, adding to more than 3,500 acres of land acquisitions in the watershed.
The property was last logged several decades ago and its forests will now be allowed to mature into older growth that will stabilize steep slopes, capture carbon and filter runoff.
This sheriff sure is an improvement over the last one. I'm glad I voted for him.
#BellinghamWA Birchwood & Alderwood neighbors, if you don't want to fight a metal shredder every year, please consider filling out this #WhatcomCounty Comprehensive Plan survey so that you can suggest restricting future heavy industry by Marine & Bennett in the last field for comment.
The Port of Bellingham has been buying up property in this zone, and they are using their considerable sway to keep it heavy industrial. We have to respond where we can.
Northern giant hornet eradicated from U.S.
Almost all 'murder hornets' found in the country were in Whatcom County.
No northern giant hornets have been detected in the country for three years, the Washington State Department of Agriculture announced in a Wednesday, Dec. 18 news release.
https://www.cascadiadaily.com/2024/dec/18/northern-giant-hornet-eradicated-from-u-s/
So-called ‘murder hornet’ eradicated in U.S., officials say
The insect, officially known as the Northern Giant Hornet, became established in the Blaine area of Whatcom County, just minutes south of the British Columbia border.
#environment #insects #Blaine #WhatcomCounty #BritishColumbia #Agriculture #InvasiveSpecies #murderhornet
https://globalnews.ca/news/10924414/northern-giant-murder-hornet-eradicated/
So-called ‘murder hornet’ eradicated in U.S., officials say
The insect, officially known as the Northern Giant Hornet, became established in the Blaine area of Whatcom County, just minutes south of the British Columbia border.
#insect #eradication #Blaine #WhatcomCounty #BritishColumbia #Environment #Agriculture #InvasiveSpecies #murderhornet
https://globalnews.ca/news/10924414/northern-giant-murder-hornet-eradicated/
So-called ‘murder hornet’ eradicated in U.S., officials say
The insect, officially known as the Northern Giant Hornet, became established in the Blaine area of Whatcom County, just minutes south of the British Columbia border.
#insect #eradication #Blaine #WhatcomCounty #BritishColumbia #Environment #Agriculture #InvasiveSpecies #murderhornet
https://globalnews.ca/news/10924414/northern-giant-murder-hornet-eradicated/
