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About Us - Salish Current
WEBThe Salish Current is a nonpartisan, nonprofit, online local news organization serving Whatcom, San Juan and Skagit counties. Based in Bellingham, we serve 400,000 residents and tens of thousands of annual visitors to the three-county area. Our region is the ancestral home of Native treaty tribes including the Lummi, Nooksack, Samish, Sauk ...
How islands respond to threats of climate change - Salish Current
WEB20 hours ago · Planning and actions required to develop resilience to multiple challenges. By the end of this century, the San Juan Islands will see sea levels rise up to two feet, increased saltwater intrusion, both drought and extreme precipitation, extreme heat, wildfire and wildfire smoke events. Since 2020, San Juan County government has prioritized ...
Newsletter - Salish Current
WEBSee Salish Current archived newsletters here. More to read from our nonprofit news partners. Crosscut / Cascade PBS: Independent, reader-supported, nonprofit news for the Pacific Northwest ICT News: Independent, nonprofit, multimedia news covering Indigenous peoples InvestigateWest: Dedicated to change-making investigative journalism for the Pacific Northwest
Recycling isn’t a scam. Plastics recycling is. - Salish Current
WEB3 days ago · Indeed, studies show that as little as 9% percent of plastic produced worldwide has ever been recycled (the rate is even lower at 5 to 6% in the U.S.), and a recent report revealed the extent to which oil and plastics companies helped promote plastic recycling despite knowing it wasn’t feasible. Unfortunately, as “recycling is a scam ...
Signs of a hidden threat: preparing for the really big one
WEBSep 6, 2023 · The signs and attention are meant to prepare people, especially visitors, for the certainty of a tsunami, if not the precise timing and magnitude of it. But at times, fatalism settles in. Rusk said, “If the tsunami comes, then maybe it was sort of meant to be.”. Still, making a plan is smart. Ray has an informal one.
Events - Salish Current
WEBCurrent Affairs 2024 Speaker Series. Truth, Trust and the News 2023: “Calling Bullshit “. Sponsored by Salish Current, Western Washington University’s Ralph Munro. Institute for Civic Education and Whatcom Community College, in partnership. with Village Books; April 13, 2023. Watch the video [talk begins at 25.30]. Read the book review.
Anticipated Salish Sea vessel traffic increases spark calls for more ...
WEBJan 28, 2022 · Ready to assist large vessels transiting the Strait of Juan de Fuca and outer coast, the tug Barbara Foss sits dockside at Neah Bay. As vessel traffic is expected to increase in the region, some are calling for additional safeguards against associated risks — such as devastating oil spills.
2021: A look back at some stories from the first full year of Salish ...
WEBDec 31, 2021 · 2021 was a year like no other, with themes such as public health vis-à-vis COVID-19 and opioid addiction; social justice in the courts, the arts, housing and policing; and climate change and natural resources including water rights management. Salish Current offers a look back via articles published during the …
Community Voices / Is time running out? Streamflow trends in the ...
WEBDec 15, 2021 · Over the past 55 years (1967–2021) Nooksack River summer streamflow, measured by the U.S. Geological Survey in Ferndale, has been declining, at an average of 0.5% per year. However, this adverse trend is accelerating: during the past 12 years (2010 through 2021), flows declined by 5% per year. Overall summer streamflow declines on the ...