College of the Environment
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Study for Birch Bay shoreline project released | After studying the possible impacts of the proposed Birch Bay shoreline enhancements, five Western Washington University (WWU) students have concluded the most serious effects will come during construction. The students completed an environmental impact assessment of the proposed Birch… |
2012-08-09 | |
WWU students release environmental impact study for Birch Bay shoreline project | Five Western Washington University (WWU) students, after studying the possible impacts of the proposed Birch Bay shoreline enhancements, have concluded the most serious impacts will come during construction. The students completed an environmental impact assessment of the Birch Bay Drive… |
2012-08-07 | |
CLC hires Cassandra McKinney as director of the Green Economy and Sustainable Water Center | Cassandra McKinney became director of the College of Lake County Green Economy and Sustainable Water Center, effective July 2. |
2012-08-07 | |
Bill to protect lookout would chip away at wilderness protection | U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen has introduced federal legislation to effectively over-rule a federal court decision to remove the illegally constructed Green Mountain Lookout near Darrington. Larsen's actions are an unprecedented effort to strip away protections from a designated wilderness that… |
2012-07-23 | |
Kirkland resident earns scholarship from WWU | Western Washington University student Ryan Patrick Hasert, son of Clifford Hasert and Deborah Krogman of Kirkland, received a $1,218 Gary Gray Memorial Scholarship in Environmental Photography for the 2012-2013 academic year. |
2012-07-23 | |
College Quest students perform WWU waste audit | 2012-07-20 | ||
Water Quality Decline Has Slowed | According to the latest Lake Whatcom Monitoring Program Annual Report for 2010-11 (Matthews et. al., 2012), our community’s primary drinking water source continues to decline in water quality. The rate of decline has slowed as indicated by some water quality parameters; however, other parameters… |
2012-07-18 | |
Sheldon crowned Kent's Miss Cornucopia | For Kelli Sheldon, the coronation was validation. Kent's newly crowned Miss Cornucopia considers the honor humbling, a reflection of her tireless, fulfilling work in the community |
2012-07-16 | |
Students blog from Siberia during Polaris Project | 2012-07-13 | ||
Google tracks hellish wildfire season in the American West | Google has created the 2012 US Wildfire Crisis Map to dynamically track the four dozen wildfires blazing across the United States, mostly in the West. The map, built on its Crisis Response platform, is tracking about 50 fires, including the 100,000-acre Clay complex in Utah and the… |
2012-07-05 |