AltaGas, the gas company also known as ALA Energy that unlawfully expanded a liquified petroleum gas (LPG) terminal at Cherry Point near Ferndale, appealed the Whatcom County Hearing Examiner’s decision to remand their project permits back to Whatcom County Planning Department. Instead of completing a proper analysis of the impacts, AltaGas chose to appeal the …
On Tuesday, March 31, 2026, Whatcom County Hearing Examiner sided with six local environmental groups, including Evergreen Islands by remanding Whatcom County’s decisions on a conditional use permit and a mitigated determination of nonsignificance for the 31 unpermitted projects and two new fossil fuel projects at the AltaGas liquified petroleum gas facility at Cherry Point, …
Skagit County Commissioners unanimously voted to deny a permit for Lake Erie Pit LLC on February 22, 2025. Jan Heald Robinson, former Evergreen Islands Board Member and South Fidalgo resident sums up this case study on the power of community engagement in her excellent Skagit Scoop Blog “How We Stopped a Gravel Pit”. “We stopped …
Evergreen Islands appealed the recently adopted Skagit County Comprehensive Plan for 2025-2045 because it fails to prevent urban sprawl as required in the Growth Management Act. The Updated Comprehensive Plan allows for accessory dwelling units or “ADUs” outside urban areas. Evergreen Islands maintains that allowing ADUs in rural residential zones fails to prevent urban sprawl …