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2024 Conservation Plan

2024 Conservation Plan

We work with community members and partners to update our Land Conservation Plan, ensuring that our approach to conservation is reflective of the pressures we face today and into the future.

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Where are salmon in the nooksack basin?

Where are salmon in the nooksack basin?

Volunteer eDNA study estimates location of fish populations By Guest Writer Steve Kopp, North Sound Trout Unlimited Whatcom County and the Nooksack basin have an abundance of native species...

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Reaccreditation 2023

Reaccreditation 2023

Whatcom Land Trust Earns National Recognition Since 1984, Whatcom Land Trust has been working to protect Whatcom County’s special places for future generations. Today, the National Land Trust...

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Conserving Galbraith Mountain

Conserving Galbraith Mountain

Conserving Galbraith Mountain How community partners rallied together to protect Bellingham’s recreation hub – Forever. On Galbraith Mountain, conservation, recreation and working timberland coexist...

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Have you heard the wild cougar chirp?

Have you heard the wild cougar chirp?

Have you heard the wild cougar chirp? Check out this amazing video of cougars on a Whatcom Land Trust protected property, and read a quick note from Land Trust Founder and Board member Rand Jack....

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Bridge Way Restoration

Bridge Way Restoration

Demolished and Polished: Restoring functioning coastal wetland habitat at California Creek Bridge Way On a cold January morning, Stewardship Director Jennifer Mackey bundled up her young daughter...

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Continuing a Legacy of Conservation

Continuing a Legacy of Conservation

Continuing a Legacy of Conservation at Nautilus Tree Farm The purpose of placing land in trust is to ensure that it will be protected across many generations, in perpetuity. Some of the  land...

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