City Council members unanimously approved both transactions on Nov. 18. Bellingham began buying land in the Lake Whatcom watershed in 2001, using money from fees charged to water customers.

Bellingham City Council has approved a deal Monday, April 11, to buy 131 acres of land around Lake Whatcom watershed that was zoned for commercial forestry.

A 37.55-acre forested site in the foothills south of Lake Whatcom was sold to the city of Bellingham on Monday, May 19, 2025, by Faunt Visser for $860,000. The site contains the headwaters of an ...

More than 100 acres of land in the Lake Whatcom watershed is getting greater protection under an expanded non-development agreement and purchase of property near the lake, which provides drinking ...