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File #: AB2023-416    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Requiring a Public Hearing Status: Adopted as Amended
File created: 6/14/2023 In control: Council
On agenda: 7/11/2023 Final action: 7/11/2023
Enactment date: 7/11/2023 Enactment #: ORD 2023-040
Title: Ordinance amending Whatcom County Code Section 11.20.025, Flotation Devices on the South Fork of the Nooksack River, to better protect ESA-listed Chinook salmon
Indexes: Salmon Recovery
Attachments: 1. Agenda Bill Master Report, 2. Adopted Ordinance 2023-040, 3. Adopted Ordinance 2023-040 Strike, 4. Proposed Ordinance, 5. Substitute Ordinance Introduced 6.20.2023, 6. South Fork Presentation, 7. Letter from Whatcom County Parks and Recreation Commission, 8. 2022 SEPA Determination, 9. Notice of Public Hearing after 6.20.2023, 10. Joint Letter from Fish and Wildlife, Lummi Nation and Nooksack Indian Tribe, 11. Letter from WRIA 1 Environmental Caucus, 12. Presentation for 7.11.2023, 13. Public Hearing Sign In Sheet, 14. Notice of Action Taken on 7.11.2023
Related files: AB2022-417, AB2022-419, AB2022-425, AB2023-414
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Ordinance amending Whatcom County Code Section 11.20.025, Flotation Devices on the South Fork of the Nooksack River, to better protect ESA-listed Chinook salmon

 

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This ordinance amends Whatcom County Code 11.20.025, Flotation Devices on the South Fork of the Nooksack River, to better protect ESA-listed Chinook salmon by restricting the use of specific flotation devices on the South Fork between the dates of June 1 and October 31, except under certain circumstances. The provisions of this ordinance will be in effect until the number of the South Fork Nooksack Early Chinook natural-origin spawners reach 50% of the recovery goal of 9,900. 




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