‘Restore the Health of the Land and Water' - The Waterfront Futures Group
Over a century of heavy industrial activity on Bellingham's waterfront has produced a legacy of environmental contamination in the land and water. Shipyards, city landfills, timber ponds, food processors, pulp mills and paper plants have left behind toxic chemicals and waste. Critical salmon habitat along the shorelines has been destroyed and altered to support traditional industrial activities. Cleaning up the historic contamination and restoring salmon habitat are focal points of Bellingham's waterfront redevelopment effort, and The Waterfront District will celebrate a new era of environmental stewardship.
Cleaning up the Bay
There are six state-listed cleanup sites within The Waterfront District redevelopment area. The Port has acquired most of the contaminated property and taken over the cleanup responsibility to help revitalize a stagnant waterfront economy...
Habitat Restoration
After decades of heavy industrial use, the urban shorelines along Bellingham's central waterfront include a legacy of failing bulkheads, old docks and over-water industrial structures. While these structures were important to the...
