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Who is the Portage Bay Shellfish Protection Advisory Committee?

 

Advisory Committee

The Portage Bay Shellfish Protection District has an Advisory Committee with eleven members appointed by the Whatcom County Council for four-year terms.  Two of the eleven members represent tribal interests of the Nooksack Tribe and Lummi Nation.  The Advisory Committee was established to advise the County Council on the proposed actions and operations relating to the restoration of water quality in the Portage Bay Shellfish Protection District (Nooksack River watershed).

Position

Name

Term Expires

1

Christine Woodward (Vice-Chair)

1/31/2017

2

Dorie Belisle

1/31/2017

3

Lee First

1/31/2017

4

David Nock

1/31/2016

5

Robert VanWeerdhuizen

1/31/2017

6

Bastian Scholten

1/31/2017

7

Albert de Boer (Chair)

1/31/2016

8

Jon DeJong

1/31/2016

9

Fred Likkel

1/31/2016

10

Nooksack Tribe Representative

N/A

11 Lummi Nation Representative N/A
  Carl Weimer (County Council)  


Agency Representatives

Whatcom County Public Works

Whatcom County Health

Whatcom County Planning and Development Services

Whatcom Conservation District

City of Everson

City of Lynden

City of Ferndale

Washington State Department of Health

Washington State Department of Agriculture

Washington State Department of Ecology

 

Meetings

Advisory Committee meetings are open to the public and are held on the last Wednesday of every third month from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the Whatcom County Civic Center, First Floor Conference Room, 322 N. Commercial Street, Bellingham, WA 98225.  Public participation at the meetings is encouraged and welcome. 


Last updated 04/18/13