tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60029918428233189312024-03-13T04:00:06.501-07:00Chuckanut ConservancyNews and events for the Chuckanut Mountains region.Chuckanutzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17393736796217354438noreply@blogger.comBlogger90125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6002991842823318931.post-67479077613872335582011-04-23T09:17:00.000-07:002011-04-23T16:08:55.796-07:00Coal Trains - Where are they Going? Why Do We Care? Part 3Many of us care because:<br />
- It will cost the taxpayers money.<br />
- It will cause damage to the environment in the Cherry Point area - including damage to the marine.<br />
- It will dramatically increase railroad traffic in this state and numerous bridges, crossings etc. will have to be built, repaired, replaced, upgraded - most at taxpayer expense.<br />
- The actual net jobs in Whatcom County could decline and actual costs could increase dramatically to the taxpayer.<br />
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In 2008 a bill was introduced into the legislature by a local State Senator that would have all of the taxes generated by a super port go directly for paying the infrastructure costs of roads, spur lines, sewer and water mitigation, emergency services and environmental mitigation costs. Senate Bill 6616.<br />
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It did not make it out of committee - that time.<br />
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So you have to ask yourself.... if it is going to cost taxpayers money, if it is not good for the environment, if net jobs could be a loss, if it could create health issues for children and the large population of retirees nearby, if additional damage could happen in the Salish Sea by the additional hundreds of ships,<br />
if property values decline why would we want to do this?<br />
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Especially if they, the Port of Vancouver have already looked at expansion at Roberts Bank and other areas that could meet increased requirements by overseas markets.<br />
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And then there is the whole issue of strategic defense of the United States - why does our generation have the right to deplete coal reserves that may be required in a hundred years - when technology may have caught up and dramatically reduced or eliminated the whole issue of the massive carbon footprint of burning coal for energy requirements.<br />
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And then there is the moral issue...............<br />
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all photographs copyright 2011 by Paul K. Anderson please click on any photo to enlarge.<br />
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The super port has been there for 40 years and they have frequently upgraded to more modern technology. But even with all of their efforts, the number one issue that they work on is dust suppression. The coal that they ship is in a crushed granular state - not the large chunks that many of us remember from stories our parents told about rocks that burn.<br />
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They ship approximately 24 million tons a year from a roughly 120 acre site. They have typically (per their spokesman) 225 ships a year call at the port.<br />
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The proposed site at Cherry Point is going to have a footprint of about 80 acres and a spokesperson for Peabody Coal said they will ship up to 48 million tons of coal.<br />
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For those of you that don't know what a coal shipping facility looks like and how it may affect us at Cherry Point and along the train route through the Chuckanuts - here are some images from my recent visit.<br />
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all photographs copyright Paul K. Anderson - The Chuckanut Conservancy<br />
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This is an excellent opportunity for photographers to find good compositions of these pilots. It is also used as a fundraiser for the Chuckanut Conservancy as many of the pilots stop by the booth set up by Thom and Kris Wilkening and generously donate. The pilots and organization are very appreciative of Thom Wake for allowing them to land in his field over the years and Thom generously donates the proceeds of these donations to the Conservancy.<br />
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Stop by the table Thom has set up and buy a Chuckanuts map and bumper sticker and donate to a good cause and organization.<br />
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All photographs copyright Paul K Anderson 2011<br />
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</div>Paul Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05661887765546015336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6002991842823318931.post-35197289393897699452011-04-09T09:50:00.000-07:002011-04-09T09:52:27.775-07:00Summer SunsetJust to the right of center on the horizon is the British Columbia Superport, you can see the cranes for loading the sea containers onto the ships. The West Shore Coal Loading facility already in operation for a number of years is adjacent to the towers seen here from Blanchard Mountain at the south end of the Chuckanuts.<br />
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The View from Blanchard Mountain<br />
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<div>Here are several images from Ferndale, Washington yesterday afternoon.</div><div><br />
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<div>If this super port goes through what could follow - demands that they can't compete, that they need to double/triple the shipments or they leave. Will the refineries ask to enlarge, will petrochemical plants eventually come in to produce plastic bottles to ship bottled water (water brought in from Canada via pipelines owned by oil companies) to Japan and countries stricken stricken with climate change?<br />
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I'm just asking so full discussions can take place.<br />
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Better to not open this pandoras box.<br />
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It's not a major event like floods in other parts of the world but it illustrates how our neighbors, friends can be affected by events to which they may not have any control or power over.<br />
Here are a few images from yesterday afternoon along the Samish River.<br />
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All photos copyright Paul K. Anderson 2011<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking over Eliza Island. copyright 2011 Paul K Anderson</td></tr>
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Calvin Collander digs into a special project as he works to become an Eagle Scout.<br />
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With friends and members of the Honors Biology program at Sehome High School, over 200 native plants were planted on a steep hillside in Fairhaven Park at the north end of the Chuckanut Range.<br />
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Good job Calvin! You and your father Magnus have a right to be proud of what you are accomplishing.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">While Magnus prepares to drop off compost,<br />
Rae Edwards - Bellingham parks volunteer coordinator<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Reed and Peter (teammates on the Sehome track team) race back and forth<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of two coal trains passing thru Fairhaven late Saturday afternoon.</td></tr>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #3a3a3a; line-height: 19px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">"Our export agreement with the Gateway Pacific Terminal gives us rights to ship 24 million metric tons of coal annually. These volumes are a part of total terminal capacity that will be permitted to move up to 54 million metric tons of all bulk commodities at capacity, including up to 48 million metric tons of coal, depending on market demand and other factors. "</span></i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #3a3a3a; line-height: 19px;">Here is a link to an article in <a href="http://www.commodities-now.com/news/power-and-energy/2943-us-steam-coal-exports-to-support-freight-rates.html">Commodities Now</a> on the explosive demand for more coal in China if the economies of scale can be improved by building a facility on the west coast. In other words by building this facility at Cherry Point it will create and open up a huge market for coal from Wyoming and Montana. The economics aren't there if the coal is shipped out of Houston/Galveston.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #3a3a3a; line-height: 19px;">So when the spokesperson for Peabody Coal company says "depending on market demand and other factors", she is being a bit misleading implying that this is all market driven and somehow important in the reasoning behind the approval for building/permitting this facility. China will simply buy the coal from Indonesia or Australia if this facility isn't built. Their version of free market forces don't calculate in the cost to the degradation of air quality, water quality, home devaluations, health costs, noise, etc., etc., etc.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #3a3a3a; line-height: 19px;">According to Eric DePlace, the quality of this coal in btu's produced, is inferior, thus cheaper per metric ton - if you add the cost of shipping through the Panama Canal it will simply make it too expensive and the market will not be there for Wyoming and Montana coal.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #3a3a3a; line-height: 19px;">So! The economy of scale requires a huge facility on the west coast.The marketing campaign focuses on 24 million tons passing through our town, but by opening this facility to ship coal to China an almost insatiable demand for western coal will be created requiring at the minimum twice the amount passing through the Chuckanuts and Bellingham and more than twice the number of ships coming into the facility than is being advertised in the Bellingham Herald.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #3a3a3a; line-height: 19px;">Plus we will have to give them tax subsidies and pay for the vast majority of upgrade requirements required by the Burlington Northern Santa Fe.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #3a3a3a; line-height: 19px;">And let's be realistic about shipping wheat from this facility - it won't happen it's a deflection by the marketing people. The vast majority of wheat from eastern Washington is barged down the Snake and Columbia River to loading facilities near Portland and further downstream.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #3a3a3a; line-height: 19px;">The odds that anything but a token amount will ever be shipped out of a facility in Whatcom County are next to nil.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3a3a3a;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 19px;">Largest coal shipping facility in North America - are we really that proud of the direction this spectacular county is heading?</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Will the tourist industry use images like this to attract visitors to Whatcom County?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Burlington Northern Santa Fe locomotives haul up to 150 <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chuckanut Range viewed between coal cars</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Paul Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05661887765546015336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6002991842823318931.post-74027753371655815922011-03-21T20:45:00.000-07:002011-03-21T20:45:09.459-07:00Why We Live Here<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-wo7JSt6GSTo/TYgajadcJWI/AAAAAAAACd0/hJOWZItZCTo/s1600/20091005-_PKA3283-7029_4-7030_5-7031_tonemapped-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-wo7JSt6GSTo/TYgajadcJWI/AAAAAAAACd0/hJOWZItZCTo/s400/20091005-_PKA3283-7029_4-7030_5-7031_tonemapped-2.jpg" width="265" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Full Moon Over Our Home Ground</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Copyright Paul K Anderson 2011</div><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The lower mountain was relatively flat along the Interurban</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The day started out dark and cold as runners descended into Arroyo Park and across Chuckanut Creek</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elite runners almost half way into the race and after almost 2000 foot elevation gain still find energy to smile and say thanks for coming out to shoot photos!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After running many successful marathons - the ultra distances lured.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1st place Geoff Roes, Nederland, Colorado</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Geoff Roes was hugged by his girlfriend Corel LaForce<br />
after setting a new course record. His time of 3hrs. 41 mins. 51 secs. <br />
beat the old record by 7 minutes 48 seconds.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Michael Smith, 2nd place of Flagstaff, Arizona was greeted at the finish line.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Top 5 mens finishers. Geoff, Michael and Eric Stagg (#2) of Ashland, Oregon broke the old mens record.<br />
Aaron Heidt of Vernon B.C was 4th and 5th was Tim Olson from Ashland, Oregon</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Paul Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05661887765546015336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6002991842823318931.post-2385636123238787392011-03-20T12:46:00.001-07:002011-03-20T19:37:42.481-07:00Chuckanut 50KAn amazing group of 300+ runners, including world class competitors, participated in the Chuckanut 50K yesterday on trails and roads within the Chuckanuts. <br />
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More later but here are some of the images from yesterdays competition.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Runners crossed Chuckanut Creek and began the switchbacks up to the Interurban Trail </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Early in the race runners were still clustered together but the steep trails quickly dispersed the crowds.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Snow had fallen on the upper elevations allowing Michael Smith, the early race leader from Flagstaff, Arizona, to keep cool on the rugged elevation gains.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Eric Stagg on the right climbs Cleator Rd. with Colorado native Geoff Roes, on the left.<br />
Geoff paced himself early in the race before passing Michael Smith at about the 22 mile mark</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The elite ladies weren't too far behind near the top of Cleator.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">High tech fabrics, watches, hydration systems and tunes helped many of the runners.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Runners ate and drank on the run to keep fueled and hydrated. Numerous check points and aide stations were positioned over the 30.6 mile course. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some were motivated by friends and family members.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Super Moonset over Lummi Island by copyright Paul K Anderson 2011</td></tr>
</tbody></table>One of the advantages of high places like the Chuckanuts is the ability to over look our home grounds. In this photo the "Super" moon sets over the Salish Sea and Lummi Island. Clouds obstructed the moon within minutes after this image was captured a short while ago.Paul Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05661887765546015336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6002991842823318931.post-58701201395398409182011-03-20T08:19:00.000-07:002011-03-20T08:48:42.620-07:00Super Moon over the Salish Sea<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photographed this morning shortly before moonset.<br />
Copyright Paul K. Anderson 2011</td></tr>
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">One of the iconic events of the year that utilizes the wonderful trails and roads in the Chuckanut Range is the Chuckanut 50K. The event starts at Fairhaven Park this Saturday morning and ends almost 4 hours later for the top runners.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Check out the website for the <a href="http://www.krissymoehl.com/Chuckanut_50k/Welcome.html">Chuckanut 50K</a>. Who knows maybe this will inspire you to participate in this excellent event in future years.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And while in Fairhaven be sure to stop by one of the iconic businesses nearby - <a href="http://www.fairhavenrunners.com/">Fairhaven Runners</a> - Steve Roguski and his staff are huge contributors to the Chuckanut Conservancy. They also sponsor many fine events like the Chuckanut 50K, local track teams and local runners! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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Lee First and all our friends over at <a href="http://www.re-sources.org/">RE Sources for Sustainable Communities</a> and the North Sound Baykeeper's Team are great to work with, we all love the Pacific Northwest, the Salish Sea, the Cascades and our Home Ground of Whatcom and Skagit Counties!<br />
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Lee, a field investigator for North Sound Baykeepers shared this photograph from a recent hike in the Chuckanuts.<br />
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Although this timber harvest was on private land, high up on top (as revealed by the spectacular view of the San Juans) it is an indicator of the degradation that this beautiful area is being exposed to from the extractive resources industry.<br />
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Soon, the Chuckanuts, Chuckanut Bay, Samish and Bellingham Bays will be exposed to 25 million + tons of coal passing through each year - for decades if action isn't soon taken. <a href="http://www.bnsf.com/customers/what-can-i-ship/coal/coal-dust.html">The Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad</a> states on their own website that each coal car, on these 150 car trains, can lose as much as one ton of coal between the mines in Wyoming and Montana and Cherry Point, Washington.<br />
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Coal dust and particulates will be deposited along the tracks and in the surrounding landscape of the Skagit River Valley, the Chuckanuts, the oyster beds of Samish Bay, numerous salmon streams, Larrabee State Park, through Edgemore, Fairhaven, Boulevard Park, South Hill, Western Washington University, downtown Bellingham and the neighborhoods heading out to Cherry Point.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Families enjoying an event at Boulevard Park just yards from the BNSF tracks<br />
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</tbody></table>The progress of man can better be measured by safe and healthy families, clean air, clean water and sustainable communities.<br />
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Please support the <a href="http://www.chuckanutconservancy.org/">Chuckanut Conservancy.</a>Paul Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05661887765546015336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6002991842823318931.post-5682945597452262842011-03-13T08:48:00.000-07:002011-03-13T09:11:28.396-07:00Mr. Peabody's Coal Train and the Chuckanuts<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table>As many as nine fully loaded coal trains a day will pass through the Chuckanuts and return after unloading according to a plan by SSA Marine to build a $500 million bulk loading shipping terminal at Cherry Point in northern Whatcom County.<br />
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</div><div>Peabody Energy recently announced that it was prepared to export 24 million metric tons of coal per year via the new Gateway Pacific Terminal.</div><div><br />
</div><div>Bob Ferris, executive director of Re-Sources for Sustainable Communities was recently interviewed and quoted for an article in the <a href="http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2011/03/01/1891340/gateway-pacific-terminal-at-cherry.html">Bellingham Herald</a>.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Any time is a good time to visit the Chuckanut Range and lands surrounding, but if you are itching to get out and don't want to hike in the snowy, icy conditions drive down to the Samish Delta around Blanchard and Edison, head over towards Samish Island, and then drive over to the Skagit Flats and Fir Island area.<br />
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Late yesterday afternoon the raptors, Tundra Swans and Snow Geese were out in full force. <br />
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Take a circular route and end up having dinner at one of the fine establishments here and in Fairhaven area of Bellingham after finishing your trip on Chuckanut Drive.<br />
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</tbody></table>Air quality in Bellingham recently has been rated as the best of any city its size in the United States. But an effort by the Wall Street firm of Goldman Sachs could alter that and dramatically affect our quality of life here in the 4th corner.<br />
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Our friends over at the North Sound Baykeeper Team sent out this update.<br />
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Please click on this link and those inside the <a href="http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=jo75picab&v=001e5WobZtxxKRBQq8OPhL6fnLAkczapb6gxFOMUF_WBR5PS2FbzP_bcBs5tn8xH2Gpq5XJ-HYz1-XCbvWGEi7OVxntozhfkAxs3DPmviiQXYaS7r4JxLZ1hg%3D%3D">Baykeeper link</a>.<br />
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The Burlington Northern Santa Fe tracks that would carry additional millions of metric tons of coal and pass directly through the cities of Mt. Vernon, Blanchard, along the complete length of the Chuckanut Range and above the oyster beds of Samish Bay, through Bellingham including the neighborhoods of Chuckanut Bay, Edgemore, South Hill, downtown, the waterfront, below the Lettered Streets and over to Cherry Point. The trains will be unloaded, then reloaded onto ships bound for coal fired power plants in China.<br />
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Coal dust will be bad. What effects will that have on our residents in the north county, on families, retirees and seniors living near Birch Bay and Semi-ah-moo, Blaine and Lynden?<br />
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Why as citizens of Whatcom County are we enabling the Chinese to continue to build and to pollute the atmosphere with their coal burning power plants?<br />
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They are taking jobs away from Americans and these will not be replaced by the inflated numbers mentioned by slick public relations handouts or printed so glowingly in the Bellingham Herald.<br />
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Dirty jobs. Dirty industry. Why here in this beautiful location of the country? We do not want to become known as the Houston or Galveston of the Northwest. Tourists do not flock there for the beauty of the land.<br />
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We spend millions as taxpayers investing in Salmon recovery. This could have an effect on the herring spawning grounds near Cherry Point. <br />
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This is not for the defense of our country, it is not to prevent power shortages at home. It is to create profit to be removed from here, for a Wall Street firm and for Warren Buffett.<br />
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We are better off spending our money on attracting clean, high tech industry.<br />
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And the promoters have the audacity to tell us that we as taxpayers will have to help subsidize improvements for the benefit of the Burlington Northern Santa Fe and the shipping terminal.<br />
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How soon will companies who settled in Bellingham and Whatcom County (specifically for this quality of life) announce that they are looking elsewhere and taking hundreds of jobs with them?<br />
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Will the BNSF and the shipping terminal company subsidize the citizens of Whatcom County for declines in salmon, the decline of water and air quality, loss of jobs from companies leaving the area, lowering of property values, for the increased health problems?<br />
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No - of course no; after being handed subsidies, they will ask the taxpayers to lower their taxes and fees in the future.<br />
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It is not in our best interest to sell off our future for quick profits for companies that have no relationship with this area, so the Chinese can create more jobs at the expense of the American middle class.<br />
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Thanks to Matt Krogh and our friends over at the North Sound Baykeepers for this information.<br />
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</div>Paul Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05661887765546015336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6002991842823318931.post-85574220545582941282011-01-30T06:17:00.000-08:002011-02-14T20:23:00.443-08:00Where the Cascades Meet the SeaNorth Washington State Parks Ranger Amber Forest left the gates open for almost 70 of us as we joined local marine biologist Doug Stark and Beach Naturalist volunteers at Larrabee State Park for a night time tide pool viewing during a winter minus tide. Thanks to ReSources for Sustainable Communities and the North Sound Baykeepers.<br />
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The value of the Chuckanut Range goes far beyond the "extraction of natural resources"and developments that can and will happen in the future. It is a classroom for young and old alike. The value of the Chuckanut Range for education, recreation, clean water and air and as a corridor for wildlife will enhance our lives as more and more people live in the Salish Sea watershed.<br />
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It is estimated that the 7 million people currently living in the Salish Sea watershed has the potential to nearly double in the next 35-50 years.<br />
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This close to the metropolitan areas of Vancouver, British Columbia and Seattle, Washington the Chuckanuts have a much more important role that needs to be defined for the future.<br />
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It is open space.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Vancouver BC to Seattle Amtrak train passes nearby as 70 of us<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The glow of lights of Victoria BC reflect off of the low clouds as a<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Please support:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>ReSources for Sustainable Communties</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>North Sound Baykeepers</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>The Chuckanut Conservancy</i></div>Paul Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05661887765546015336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6002991842823318931.post-87648536249547880522011-01-23T22:17:00.000-08:002011-02-14T20:19:45.566-08:00Ringnecked Pheasant<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NfEJ3hvs5DA/TT0YZfjGQeI/AAAAAAAACZ4/VtZyVbSKHrU/s1600/110123001Chuckanuts.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NfEJ3hvs5DA/TT0YZfjGQeI/AAAAAAAACZ4/VtZyVbSKHrU/s400/110123001Chuckanuts.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div>The sun and moon were aligning and we were having a "King Tide" here in the 4th Corner. Tides up to three feet higher than the traditional high tides were arriving and possibly causing damage that we might find in the future as the climate warms. This morning fortunately was calm and beaches remained intact, dikes weren't scoured away by the tides. I didn't photograph any damage thankfully but I did find and follow 15 or so Ringneck Pheasants as they fed in early morning light along the banks of the Samish River.<br />
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Ringnecked Pheasants are iconic birds for me. Growing up in the mid-west these were the birds of choice for "sportsmen" and I remember how proud I was when my Mom and Grandmother served the family roast pheasant that Sunday evening after I had brought home my first trophy. <br />
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Mom had a hat made from the feathers - as it was very stylish for women to wear their best pheasant feather hat at church. I could tell which of my 10 year old buddies had had a good hunt the previous year when their Mom showed up with a new pheasant hat.<br />
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Those hats were a distraction for all the young hunters sitting in church. I would gaze at those hats and daydream away whole sermons thinking about the next time Dad was going to take my brother and I and a couple of friends out into the cornfields of eastern Iowa. The preacher may have been talking about loaves and fishes but I was sitting there salivating over the potential for roasted pheasant thigh and mashed potatoes smothered with rich brown country gravy.<br />
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Those were happy times and that led me to thinking about the role nature plays in our own happiness. I don't know how to describe that in such a short missive but I know we are fortunate to have places like the Chuckanut Range and the surrounding valleys, farmland, deltas, and waters so close to all of us.<br />
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I leave you with this short paragraph from Kathleen Dean Moore's latest book of essays titled:<br />
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<u>Wild Comfort - The Solace of Nature.</u><br />
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<i>"The earth offers gift after gift - life and the living of it, light and the return of it, the growing things, the roaring things, fire and nightmares, falling water and the wisdom of friends, forgiveness. My god, the gift of forgiveness, time and the scouring tides. How does one accept gifts as great as these and hold them in the mind?"</i><br />
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<center><span style="color: #496178; font-family: Garamond;"><b>As I Walk with Beauty </b></span></center><center><span style="color: #496178; font-family: Garamond;"><b></b></span><span style="color: #496178; font-family: Garamond;"><b>As I walk, as I walk</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #496178; font-family: Garamond;"><b>The universe is walking with me</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #496178; font-family: Garamond;"><b>In beauty it walks before me</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #496178; font-family: Garamond;"><b>In beauty it walks behind me</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #496178; font-family: Garamond;"><b>In beauty it walks below me</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #496178; font-family: Garamond;"><b>In beauty it walks above me</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #496178; font-family: Garamond;"><b>Beauty is on every side</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #496178; font-family: Garamond;"><b>As I walk, I walk with Beauty.</b></span><br />
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