Your Impact on Salmon/Fish – A Self-Assessment- How do your personal actions, at home, at work or anywhere in your community, affect salmon and your quality of life? This assessment is provided by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife.
SalmonScape – Interactive mapping application from the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife includes salmon distribution, status, and habitats.
Puget Sound Partnership– In July 2007, the Puget Sound Partnership began work. The new state agency replaces the Puget Sound Action Team and the Shared Strategy for Puget Sound
WRIA 1 Management Project – The City of Bellingham is a partner in the WRIA 1 Watershed Management Project which is developing plans for allocating water, protecting water quality, and restoring fish habitat throughout the WRIA (Water Resource Inventory Area).
Puget Sound Shoreline Stewardship Guidebook(PDF)– This guidebook is for you if live on or own beachfront property on Puget Sound and are you wondering how to protect your property while preserving its beauty and ecological value.
NOAA Fisheries Office of Protected Resources App– This app quickly and easily displays the locations of marine and anadromous species and their habitats protected under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).
Bull Trout Homepage – Information on the status of the bull trout and links to listing documents
Landscaping for Wildlife – Ways and resources to make your yard wildlife friendly including certifying your yard, school or business landscape as a wildlife habitat.
Park Volunteer Program – Ways to volunteer, environmental restoration work party schedule, and park stewards.
Whatcom Conservation District – Provides technical assistance and conservation education to foster healthy relationships between the environment and people.
Backyard Habitat – Information from the national Wildlife Federation on gardening to benefit native wildlife
Clean Water Act 303(d) List – Washington State’s Water Quality Assessment lists the water quality status for a particular location in one of 5 categories recommended by EPA. Links to TMDLs including Whatcom Creek and lake Whatcom
Environmental Protection Agency water quality monitoring – Our nation’s waters are monitored by state, federal, and local agencies, universities, dischargers, and volunteers. Water quality data are used to characterize waters, identify trends over time, identify emerging problems, determine whether pollution control programs are working, help direct pollution control efforts to where they are most needed, and respond to emergencies such as floods and spills.