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Fun little urban edge mitigation project in Bellingham. Built 150 feet of cedar split-rail fence, Native Growth Protection Area signage, bat box installation, blackberry grubbing, lesser celandine treatment, planted native conifers and shrubs, native grass seeding along the disturbed edges. Should be our last upland planting project of the winter/spring. It's been a great few months: planted about 9000 native plants, moved hundreds of yards of mulch, grubbed all manner of weeds, etc. This crew kicks serious butt and makes it fun to boot. Thanks Calvin, Sean and Breyanna! Now it's time to switch gears from planting trees and get back to stompin' weeds. ... See more

Back at the Lake Whatcom shore pine job! Spectacular day.

World’s smallest mitigation project planted out today on beautiful Lake Whatcom. What a day! And what a cool site, with a super unusual population of shore pine, great stands of serviceberry, Pacific dogwood, a huge madrona and other great trees all growing out of some amazingly weathered Chuckanut sandstone. ... See more

2800 more native trees, shrubs and graminoids in the ground, another wetland and buffer project installed. Cordata ‘hood, north Bellingham. Looking forward to watching them grow in the years to come. ... See more

Nice day for it

First big planting project of 2021: 1900 native trees, shrubs, ground covers and graminoids into this beast of a stormwater/bioswale system up on Yew Street Hill. Very satisfying to take it from big monocultures of Canada thistle, poison hemlock, reed canarygrass and etc. last June to an almost weed free, thickly mulched, densely planted site in 7 months. ... See more

Good times with Rolland, Mark, Siram and Eric, circa 2000

A rare Shelterbelt selfie, from about 17 years ago

https://www.bellinghamherald.com/news/local/article246662848.html?ac_cid=DM308046&ac_bid=-1663545029 Good job WSDA! Go get them yak killers!

Popularly known as “murder hornets,” all 22 of the Asian giant hornets detected in Washington state so far have been found in Whatcom County.

Are you a beaver believer? I am. But dammit I wish they would leave my young cedars alone. https://sflonews.wordpress.com/2020/08/14/im-a-beaver-believer/

By Ken Bevis, stewardship wildlife biologist, Washington State Department of Natural Resources, ken.bevis@dnr.wa.gov We all have to believe in something, and I’m a Beaver Believer! We are a dedicat… ... See more

Cliff says we should go outside and that works well for us. https://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2020/06/the-safety-of-outdoor-air-for.html

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