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December,1998
Volume 7, Issue 12

Cover Story
Deliberations Continue on Proposed Fifth Deep Water Pier at Cherry Point
Companion Story
Key Events Relating to Cherry Point
Companion Story
Politics, Misinformation and the Perils of Silence
Companion Story
What Can You Do?
Cover Story
Home Developers Have Flagrantly Violated Bellingham Laws
Companion Story
Cataloging Parkhurst's Sordid Past

Timber Harvest
State Regulations Inadequate to Control Damage From Timber Harvests
Logging
Crown Pacific Practices Forestry That Endangers Downslope Neighbors
Native Americans
Tribes Reclaim Stolen Lands
Companion Story
Lummi Nation/Bellingham/Whatcom County Reach Watershed Agreement
Recomp
Medical Waste, Revisited: Setting the Record Straight
Timber Harvest
Crown Pacific's Work is Protecting Todd Creek
Transportation
Do We Really Need to Expand Roadways?

October/November,1998
Volume 7, Issue 10/11

Cover Story
Blanchard Mountain: An Unrealistic Proposal for a Working Forest
Cover Story
Proposed School Threatens Protected Property in Lake Padden Watershed
Town Meeting
County Residents Question the Governor and Cabinet Members

Lifestyle
Voluntary Simplicy Drives New Movement
Side Story
When I Was Young
Side Story
Find Out More About Living Simply
Side Story
Seventy Years of Progress
Election Coverage
Candidates Questionnaire

September,1998
Volume 7, Issue 9

Cover Story
Bellingham Citizens Propose Lake Whatcom Watershed Protection Ordinance
Cover Story
State Senators in Dark About Burning of Medical Wastes
Side Story
Medical Waste Incineration in Seattle
Side Story
Medical Waste and Dioxin

Timber:
Crown Pacific Road Building May Be Damaging Todd Creek
Environmental Ethics
Can Science Alone Save Us?
Land Protection
Property Donated to Skagit Land Trust
Environmental Education
Naturalist Mentoring at Western Outdoor Learning Foundation
Lake Padden
Educating and Counseling with Nature Workshop

August, 1998
Volume 7, Issue 8

Cover Story:
Squalicum Creek Research Shows Restoration Efforts Worth Pursuing
Cover Story:
County Council Vote Will Not Stop Recycling Education in Public Schools
Internet
Who's Polluting in Whatcom County? Find Out on the Web
Home & Lawn:
Tales from the North Side: Problems with Moss
Endangered Species Act:
Community Members Respond to Proposed Listing of Chinook Salmon

Pollution:
Automobiles, Impervious Surfaces and Stormwater Runoff
Fish Wars in the Northwest:
Major Salmon Controversies of the Twentieth Century
Conservation:
Bellingham's Water Consumption Is on the Decline
Community:
Neighborhood Stewards Teach Residents to Care for Whatcom Water

July, 1998
Volume 7, Issue 7

Cover Story:
Whatcom County Considers Transfer of Density from Lake Whatcom Watershed
Cover Story:
Watershed Association Appeals Crown Pacific's Clearcutting Application
Timber:
Old Growth Forests Are Still Being Harvested
Sewage Treatment:
Natural and Environmentally Responsible Septic System
Mass Transit:
Public Transportation Myths Revealed
Cascadia:
Exploring the North Cascades National Park and Wilderness Areas

Settlement:
Loomis State Forest: Beginning Forest Preservation on Trust Lands
Killer Whales:
Two New Orca Calves Born to J Pod
Oil Tankers:
Remember the Exxon Valdez?
Salmon:
Life After Proposed Listing: Taking the Salmon Test
Waterway:
Washington River Deltas: History and Preservation
Living:
Compassion for Nature: Overly Sensible or Sensitive?

June, 1998
Volume 7, Issue 6

Cover Story:
Washington's Missing Streams, Uncounted Fish, and Ubiquitous Pipes
Bellingham:
Bellingham Planning Commission Approves Hotel for Squalicum Harbor
Forests:
Logging Whatcom County's Steep Slopes
Earth:
Listening to the Heart of the World: A Journey to Renewal

Timber:
Forestry Hits Home in Whatcom County
Drinking Water:
Local Governments “Protect” Lake Whatcom with an Interlocal Agreement
Watershed:
Bellingham Editorial and Response
State Legislative Session:
1998 Washington Legislature Typified by “Happy Talk”
Fertilizer:
New Law Falls Short on Farmworker and Consumer Protection

May, 1998
Volume 7, Issue 5

Cover Story:
Northwest Reverence, Frustration, and Vision: The Good Rain
Gardens & Lawns:
Persistence and Mobility of Garden and Lawn Pesticides
Sewage Treatment:
Cleaner Water From New Approaches to Septic Systems
Water:
Reconnecting with Nature, Explorations and Ecopsychology

Hunting:
Exploring Courage, Morality & Culture
Interview:
A Conversation with “Heart of Home” Author Ted Kerasote
Preservation:
Wildness or Extinction?
Befriending a Plant:
Serendipity Beneath Your Toes
Community:
The Unmeasured Costs of Residential Sprawl

April, 1998
Volume 7, Issue 4

March, 1998
Volume 7, Issue 3

February, 1998
Volume 7, Issue 2

NW Marine Sanctuary Unprotected
Bellingham's First Cohousing Community
Hoag's Pond Referendum Update
Whatcom Wild Chinook Salmon Termed “Critical”
Goats, Olympics, & Native Plants

Book Reviews:
Guns, Germs, and Steel
Darwin Among the Machines
Sucia Island Visitor Impact
WWU Master Plan Discussions
State Says Portions of the Comprehensive Plan Inadequate

January, 1998
Volume 7, Issue 1

Chlorine Phaseout at G-P
Consumer Choices and Chlorine
Hoag's Pond
Animal Proofing Your Home
Sardis Wildlife Center
Your Diet and the Environment
Local Cohousing Group

County Water Quality Coordinators
Affordable Housing
Lake Whatcom: Loosing a Reservoir
Development: “A Citizens Dream”
Final Election Results
Wild Salmon Recovery
Thunder Mountain Timber Sale

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