Whatcom Local Integrating Organization

Whatcom LIO Onsite Sewage System (OSS) Action Plan (2024)- LIO Action Plans and targets are part of a Puget Sound Partnership effort to identify and coordinate actions across Puget Sound.  The OSS Action Plan is the outcome of a pilot effort based on the Shellfish Implementation Strategy and actions within that strategy to effectively manage onsite sewage systems.  

Whatcom Assistance Program (Small Outreach Grants) - The Whatcom Assistance Program was a small grants program for community outreach on water and salmon topics in Whatcom County and related to the functions of the WRIA 1 Watershed Management Board and Whatcom LIO.

Whatcom LIO Ecosystem Recovery Plan (2017)- The Puget Sound Partnership and the Environmental Protection Agency established a Puget Sound-wide approach for communities, through local integrating organizations (LIO), to support local actions and programs that together will achieve Puget Sound ecosystem recovery. 

2026-2030 Puget Sound Action Agenda - The Puget Sound Partnership (PSP) has initiated the process for the 2026-2030 Action Agenda.  As part of the 2026-2030 Action Agenda, the PSP and recovery partners are hosting workshops to refine the 2022-2026 Action Agenda content.  Workshops are scheduled primarily in February and March.  Workshop Agendas and Schedules  2026-2030 Action Agenda Update Process

List of Workshop Topics and Dates (topics are in alphabetical order by topic; they are not listed by date)  Register for Workshops 

• Education Partnerships, March 4

• Fish Passage Barriers February 26

• Floodplains and Estuaries, March 10

• Freshwater Availability, March 12

• Good Governance, February 25

• Healthy Shorelines, March 5

• Onsite Sewage Systems, February 19

• Riparian Areas, February 26 (Part 1); March 13 (Part 2)

• Salmon Hatcheries, Harvest and Recovery, February 21

• Smart Growth February 18 (Land Use and Stormwater Part 1); February 27 (Land Use and Stormwater Part 2); March 6

• Stewardship and Motivating Action, March 11

• Stormwater Runoff, February 25 (Stormwater Part 2)

• Toxic Chemical Prevention, March 3 (Part 2)

• Toxic Site Cleanup, March 13 (Part 2)

• Vessel Impacts, February 27

• Wastewater Treatment Plants, March 6 (Nutrient Reduction Part 2)

• Working Lands: Agricultural Land Protection, March 11

• Working Lands: Forestland Protection, March 4

• Working Lands Runoff: Agricultural, February 20 (Part 1); March 5 (Part 2)

• Working Lands Runoff: Forests, February 20 (Part 1); March 5 (Part 2)