What Are You Willing To Lose? GPT EIS Educational Forum Series: Aquatic and Marine Impacts

Co-sponsored by RE Sources and the Bellingham Unitarian Fellowship.  Join us in the first forum in our series addressing the aquatic, health, climate change and infrastructure impacts of the proposed Gateway Pacific Terminal.    The purpose of these forums is to provide Whatcom County residents with the necessary information to write effective comments for the EIS scoping process.  This first session in the series examines some of the aquatic and marine impacts of the Gateway Pacific Terminal.  Panel presentation and discussion.  Speaker/topics include:

Overview of the Cherry Point Aquatic Reserve
Wendy Steffensen, Lead Scientist, North Sound Baykeeper Team

Wind-Blown Coal Dust at Cherry Point
Michael Riordan, Physicist and Author on science, technology and public policy

Impact on Cherry Point Herring Population
Fred Felleman, NW Consultant to Friends of the Earth

Additional parking is available in the North Coast Credit Union parking lot and behind the Bellingham School District building