City council approved on Monday, Jan. 27 the city’s largest single land purchase since the Lake Whatcom Land Acquisition and ...

Bellingham’s latest effort to preserve land from logging and development in the Lake Whatcom watershed is its largest purchase since the program started more than 20 years ago, according to city ...

“It is also contiguous with some (Whatcom) County property that is protected,” Hammill said. Funding for the purchase came from watershed fees that are added to residents’ utility bill ...