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Bob Ferris, executive director of RE Sources, will speak Oct. 14
Invasive Asian clams found in Lake Whatcom

Asian clams have been found in Lake Whatcom, and their discovery has raised concerns that the non-native species could harm water quality, clog water-intake pipes, and stink up beaches as they accumulate and die off.
City and county officials are surveying the lake to determine the extent…

Environmental educator Bert Webber to speak in Huxley series Oct. 7
Bellingham coal port plan trips over new objections

October is threatening to turn into a rough month for developers of a large shipping terminal at Cherry Point north of Bellingham. SSA Marine, which is proposing the exporting of some 48 million tons of coal a year plus 8 million tons of other commodities, continues to have problems because of…

²ÝÁñÉçÇø professor works to help protect mountain goats in the Cascades

When David Wallin was asked by the Sauk-Suiattle Tribe eight years ago to help figure out why the number of mountain goats in the Washington's Cascades was so low, he was puzzled.
"How could mountain goat populations possibly be in trouble?" wondered Wallin, an environmental…

UW, WSU to get $80M to develop biofuels

Washington's two major public universities have been awarded $80 million in federal grants to kick-start a biofuels industry in the Northwest, with hopes of turning trees into fuel for jet engines and cars alike.

Underscoring the size and importance of the…

Huxley's Rybczyk helps found research consortium in Skagit basin
Earth scientist Michael Wilson to speak Sept. 30 in Huxley speaker series
Coal-export plans turn into a running battle

The nation’s largest coal mining companies had hoped for quick approval of plans to export Powder River Basin coal from Wyoming and Montana to the endless power plants and factories of China. But summer settles into fall with permit applications in abeyance and growing resistance in Pacific…

East College Way now open to bicycle travel
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