Bellingham Herald Feature

Reporter: Robert Mittendorf. June 17, 2026

“A group of environmental, farming, business and governmental interests have formed an organization focused on solving the Nooksack River basin’s boom-and-bust cycle of water availability.

On one level, the new group — Water For Whatcom — can be considered a parallel process to the Department of Ecology lawsuit that is asking a court to decide who has water rights in Whatcom County and how much water they can use.”

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