Look here to find local organizations that specialize in water quality and
conservation.
Water For Humans by A World Institute For A
Sustainable Humanity
Clean Water Alliance (formerly: Watershed Defense
Fund)
Whatcom Watershed Information Network (WWIN)
Northwest Straits Chapter
Northwest Discovery Project
People For Puget Sound - North Sound Office
Surfrider Foundation/Bellingham Chapter
People For Lake Whatcom
RE Sources (North Sound Baykeeper Program)
Washington Department of Ecology
Marine Resources of Whatcom County
Whatcom Watershed Information Network (WWIN)
Whatcom County Public Works - Natural Resources
1000 N. Forest Street, Suite 201
Bellingham, WA 98225
(360) 676-6736
http://whatcomwin.org/index.html
The Whatcom Watershed Information Network (WWIN) is a network of representatives from government agencies,
non-profit organizations, educational institutions, and citizens who are involved and interested in marine
and fresh water ecosystems and natural resources education and outreach.
Marine Resources of Whatcom County
Whatcom County Public Works - Natural Resources
322 N. Commercial St., Ste. 110
Bellingham, WA 98225
(360) 676-6876
http://www.whatcom-mrc.whatcomcounty.org/MRC/index.htm
The Whatcom County Marine Resources Committee (MRC) was established by the County Council in 1999
to protect and enhance the local marine environment and contribute to the protection of the marine
environment of the Northwest Straits. The Whatcom MRC is one of seven MRCs established in the Northwest
Straits region as part of the federal Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Initiative. MRC meetings
are held the first Thursday of the month from 6 to 8 pm at Whatcom County Civic Center,
322 N. Commercial Street, Bellingham, Garden Level Conference Room. Meetings are open to the public.
Water For Humans by A World Institute For A Sustainable Humanity
Seattle, WA
http://www.awish.net
Water for Humans is a nonprofit, social venture enterprise that provides low cost,
clean water solutions to underserved populations, while keeping water as a local and public resource.
Water for Humans will work with an entire watershed at a time to engage communities in the restoration
and preservation of both their regional watersheds and water delivery infrastructures. Our top priority
is to ensure that the public retains control over these common assets. Some of the methods employed for
this effort will be deployment of composting latrines, implementation of living machine and biofuel
digester style wastewater treatment technologies, as well as wetland and forest reclamation projects.
All of these endeavors will help facilitate public health and watershed improvements.
Washington Dept of Ecology
http://www.ecy.wa.gov/ecyhome.html
1440 - 10th Street, Suite 102
Bellingham, WA 98225
360-715-5200
The Mission of the Department of Ecology is to protect, preserve and enhance Washington’s environment, and
promote the wise management of our air, land and water for the benefit of current and future generations. In order
to fulfill our mission and move Washington forward in a global economy, the Dept. of Ecology has three goals:
1) Prevent pollution, 2) Clean up pollution and 3) Support sustainable communities and natural resources
Clean Water Alliance (formerly: Watershed Defense Fund)
PO Box 5451
Bellingham, WA 98227
360-733-8242
The mission of the Clean Water Alliance is to protect, conserve, and restore the water resources of
Whatcom County, both directly and as related to stewardship of land and of other resources such as fish
and wildlife. The CWA had been active especially in challenging Lake Whatcom watershed land use decisions
through lawsuits. It appears to keep it's membership private.
Northwest Straits Chapter
www.surfrider.org
P.O. Box 2973
Bellingham, WA 98225
The Surfrider Foundation is a non-profit environmental organization dedicated to the protection and
enjoyment of the world's oceans, waves, and beaches, for all people, through conservation, activism, research and
education.
Northwest Discovery Project
2700 Roeder Avenue, Suite 201
Bellingham, WA 98225
360-671-9686
To awaken wonder, inform, and promote stewardship of this region's environment through engaging exhibits, public
education and wildlife rehabilitation." We operate the Marine Life Center located at Squalicum Harbor, offer student
educational tours aboard MV Snow Goose, lead the coordinating effort of the "Walk for Wildlife" (May 6th, 2000), and
are working toward developing the "NorthWest Discovery Center" which will be a multi-use educational and exhibition
facility promoting understanding of the natural and cultural history of the interlinked environments of the Pacific Northwest.
People For Puget Sound - North Sound Office
www.pugetsound.org
407 Main Street, Suite 201
Mount Vernon, WA 98273
360.336.1931
Serving the counties of: Clallam, Island, Jefferson, San Juan, Skagit, Snohomish, Whatcom, our mission is to protect
and restore Puget Sound and the Northwest Straits -- our living waters, the land and our common future. We work to:
1) Eliminate contamination of the Sound and Straits, 2) Halt the destruction of natural habitats of the Sound and
Straits, 3) Sustain the Sound and Straits as a healthy source of people's livelihood, enjoyments and renewal.
Surfrider Foundation/Bellingham Chapter
www.pugetsound.org
Western Washington Unversity, Bellingham, WA
Contact Person: Skyler Mavor; 406-579-9510; armadaskier175@gmail.com or surfrider.wwu@gmail.com
A non-profit environmental organization dedicated to the protection and enhancement of the world's waves and
beaches through conservation, activism, education and research.
People For Lake Whatcom
http://www.pflw.org
P O Box 2242
Bellingham WA 98227
360-676-1254
info@pflw.org
People for Lake Whatcom is organized for educational, scientific and civic purposes as an advocate for the
protection, clean-up, restoration, and preservation of the Lake Whatcom Reservoir and its watershed. Current and
future goals include educating the public on the scientific, legal, economic and environmental issues concerning
Lake Whatcom and its watershed, as well as actions they can take on an individual basis to be a part of the
solution in protecting, cleaning up, restoring, and preserving our ommunity's drinking water source for us and
future generations.
RE Sources
http://www.re-sources.org/
2309 Meridian Street
Bellingham, WA 98225
360-733-8307
RE Sources promotes sustainable communities through recycling, education, advocacy, and conservation of natural
resources. RE Sources empowers the people who live here—children and adults alike—to do all they can to protect
our home. More specifically, the organization provides individuals with the tools they need—key information,
citizen trainings and workshops, and volunteer-led field programs—to actively safeguard our marine waters, rivers,
lakes, beaches and air. In fact, RE Sources now oversees a number of programs designed to reduce air and water
pollution and encourage waste reduction and recycling throughout the region.
