Legislation Details

File #: AB2022-419    Version: 1
Type: Discussion Status: Discussed
File created: 7/19/2022 Meeting Body Council Climate Action and Natural Resources Committee
On agenda: 7/26/2022 Final action: 7/26/2022
Enactment date: Enactment #:
Title: Discussion regarding proposed ordinance amending Whatcom County Code Section 11.20.025 to restrict the use of flotation devices on the South fork of the Nooksack River to better protect ESA-listed Chinook salmon
Attachments: 1. Proposed Ordinance, 2. Letter from Lummi, Nooksack, and DFW, 3. Proposed Interim Ordinance, 4. Chinook Mortality Event Presentation
Related files: AB2023-416, AB2022-417
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Primary Contact Email:    kgalloway@whatcomcounty.us

 

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Discussion regarding proposed ordinance amending Whatcom County Code Section 11.20.025 to restrict the use of flotation devices on the South fork of the Nooksack River to better protect ESA-listed Chinook salmon

 

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This ordinance would amend Whatcom County Code section 11.20.025 to expand restrictions on certain flotation devices during certain dates to be in effect for the entirety of South Fork of the Nooksack River in order to better protect Chinook salmon.