A 5-year plan for protecting Lake Whatcom is in the works. Your input can help shape it
As Lake Whatcom Management Program partners, the city of Bellingham, Whatcom County, and Lake Whatcom Water and Sewer District are working together to develop a coordinated five-year work plan to meet program goals for the protection of Lake Whatcom and its watershed. The 2025-2029 draft work plan is now available for public review and comment.
To download a copy of the draft plan and learn more, visit www.lakewhatcom.whatcomcounty.org/news/draft-2025-2029-work-plan.
Public comments on the draft work plan are welcome and can be submitted in writing by Aug. 25 via one of three options:
- Engage Bellingham (City of Bellingham’s public engagement website) at www.engagebellingham.org/lw-work-plan, or
- Email: WaterResources@co.whatcom.wa.us with the subject line “LWMP Work Plan Comments”
- Mail to: Whatcom County Public Works Natural Resources Division, 322 N. Commercial St, Second Floor, Bellingham, WA 98225
Comments received by Aug. 25 will be considered by the Lake Whatcom Management Program partners before the work plan is finalized. A summary of all comments received will be posted to the Lake Whatcom Management Program Draft 2025-2029 Work Plan webpage in mid-September.
The draft work plan will be reviewed by the partner jurisdictions during the Sept. 18 Lake Whatcom Joint Policy Group Meeting. Meeting materials will be available at https://iframe.cob.org/iframes/Pages/meeting-materials-lwpg.aspx.
For more information, contact Becky Snijder van Wissenkerke, Program Specialist, at 360-778-6247, rsnijder@co.whatcom.wa.us.