A group of Whatcom County mayors sent a letter to the State Department of Ecology, Department of Natural Resources, Department of Agriculture, and Department of Natural Resources asking for help managing the effects of extreme weather events.
In the letter, the mayors of Ferndale, Blaine, Lynden, Everson, Nooksack, and Sumas described the effects of drought and flooding in their communities — when the Nooksack River has, respectively, either too-high or too-low of water flows.
“The problems that the county is facing are twofold — not enough water in the summer, and too much water in the flood event times, usually in the fall or in the spring,” said Lynden
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