Salmon Habitat
Dear Friends, Our home is spectacular. So are our people. Our community’s amazingly strong local belief in the value of land and stewardship means that today Galbraith Mountain, Skookum Creek, Governors Point, California Creek Estuary, Kendall’s Harrison Reserve, and other special places are permanently protected. Land and places important to you, your family, and to …
A Legacy of Restoration A few minutes past the town of Maple Falls and just off of Highway 542 sits Maple Creek Reach. Named for the creek that meanders through the property, this 111-acre property is a testament to the power of restoration. Maple Creek Reach’s story started in 2003 when Whatcom Land Trust acquired …
One of the largest conservation projects in Whatcom Land Trust history, nestled between the Twin Sisters Mountains and the South Fork Nooksack River, with its cold flowing waters and young trees ready to grow big and tall, can now breathe a sigh of relief. We did it! Most importantly all of you did it, the …
Located just off of Highway Nine in the South Fork Nooksack Valley is the Edfro Creek property. Just after the confluence of Skookum Creek, the property runs along the South Fork of the Nooksack River for about one mile, and hosts a trail that winds along the river. Perhaps the most exciting aspect of the …
Nestled between farms and rural estates along the South Fork Nooksack River in Van Zandt is Whatcom Land Trust’s newest property Todd Creek. Named for the creek which runs off of Stewart Mountain, through the property and into the South Fork, this 59-acre piece of land is a patchwork of bigleaf maple and Sitka spruce …
Nestled between the eastern slope of Stewart Mountain and the Foothills of the Cascades, the South Fork Nooksack River flows through a valley filled with farms, floodplain forests, and wetlands. Land use within the South Fork Nooksack Valley is primarily a combination of commercial forestry and agriculture creating a dynamic community throughout the valley. Finding …
When you think of the Pacific Northwest what comes to mind? Chinook and Coho salmon, Douglas fir and Western red cedar trees, sweeping fields of thriving cropland? Probably at least one of those, but there is another symbol grabbing hold of the Pacific Northwest: beer, and a lot of it. Craft beer has taken a …
With 22 square miles of watershed, Skookum Creek has an impressive influence on the South Fork Nooksack River (SFNR). Its headwaters are located high in the west slopes of the Twin Sisters resulting in a flow of cold, clean water which travels through steep, narrow canyons into the SFNR. Skookum’s watershed also encompasses numerous high …
The life cycle of the salmon is one to be admired. A consistent rotation of spawning, hatching, feeding, migration and the ultimate end of life sacrifice. With its cold, clear waters, Skookum Creek has the potential to provide salmon with the ideal habitat to live out the most important stages of their life cycle. A …
