Studies, Plans and Reports
- Acme-Saxon Reach Restoration Planning – November 2002
- Acme Watershed Analysis – Settled February 2000
- Assessing the Effectiveness of Mass Wasting Prescriptions – September 1999
- EPA Qualitative Assessment – October 2016
- EPA Quantitative Assessment – October 2016
- Landslide Study – January 2010
- Modeling the Effects of Forecasted Climate Change and Glacier Recession on Late Summer Streamflow in the Upper Nooksack River Basin – February 2016
- Modeling the Effects of Climate Change on Stream Temperature in the Nooksack River Basin – February 2018
- Nooksack River Watershed Climate Adaptation Plan – May 2020
- Reach-Scale Plan: South Fork Nooksack River -June 2017
- South Fork Acme-Confluence Restoration – May 2006
- Watershed Function and Forest Management Study – May 2017
- South Fork Nooksack River Watershed Conservation Plan – (2017)
- Upper South Fork Habitat Assessment – August 2007
- Water Quality Study Design – South Fork Nooksack River – October 2012
- Watershed Function and Forest Management Study – May 2017
- Watershed Function and Forest Management: For Today and in a Warming Climate – March 2017
- Whatcom County Ecosystem Report – 2017
- WRIA 1 Salmon Recovery Program – No Date
- WRIA 1 Watershed Management Project – No Date
Maps
Presentations
- Expanding WCC Section 11.20.025 (“Tubing Ban”) to Lower South Fork Nooksack – June 23, 2023
- TMDL Presentation- September 2018
- Habitat Restoration in the South Fork – March 2017
- Refresher Presentation by Oliver Grah – February 2017
- Watershed Function and Forest Management – January 2017
- SF Nooksack River Watershed Planning Background – May 2016
- Nooksack Indian Tribe Climate Change Project Presentation – November 2015
Handouts
- Overview Handout – SF Nooksack River Watershed Plan – January 2017
- Process Diagram SF Nooksack River Community Watershed – January 2017
- CREP Brochure – No Date
- Landowner’s Guide to Water Rights – 2009
- Purchase of Development Rights – 2014
Community Forums
April 21, 2022 – Modeling the Effects of Forest Management on August Streamflow: South Fork Nooksack River Pilot Research Study (2022). The forest hydrology pilot research study report details the context, methods, and results of a Phase 1 modeling effort to quantify the effects of forest management on summer streamflow in the SF Nooksack River. This collaborative effort between Natural Systems Design, Western Washington University, and Nooksack Indian Tribe included application of two state-of-the-science hydrological models to characterize the direction and magnitude of influence on August streamflows from forest management actions including cutting gaps in the snow zone, changing harvest rotation frequencies, and reducing the areal extent of timber harvest in the watershed. A Phase 2 effort is planned and is anticipated to include refinement of forest management scenarios and expansion in spatial scope to more of the upper Nooksack River watershed.
Watershed Group Meetings
September 6, 2017
- View Meeting Agenda – 9/6/17
- View Meeting Summary & Notes – 9/6/17
May 31, 2017 Meeting
- View Meeting Agenda & Materials – 5/31/17
- View Meeting Summary & Notes – 5/31/17
March 29, 2017 Meeting
- Conservation Plan Presentation – 3/29/17
- View Informational Packet for the March 29th Meeting
- View Meeting Summary & Notes – 3/29/17
March 8, 2017 Meeting
- Habitat Restoration in the South Fork
- View Informational Packet for the March 8th Meeting
- View Meeting Summary & Notes – 3/8/17
February 22, 2017 Meeting
- View Informational Packet for the Feb 22nd Meeting
- Refresher Presentation by Oliver Grah – 2/22/17
- View Meeting Summary & Notes – 2/22/17
January 25, 2017 Meeting
- View Informational Packet for Jan 25th Meeting (pdf)
- View Meeting Summary & Notes – 1/25/17(pdf)
Listen to the audio recording of the January 25th meeting below.