Water

No fresh water, no life – at least as we know it. It’s as simple as that.

Lummi Island’s surface and ground waters are crucial for everyone who lives here, from mushrooms to slug-eating garter snakes to vegies & flowers to eagles to cattle to trees to people.

The quality and quantify of our water depend on how wisely we treat and use it. As is true everywhere else on this planet, our fresh water supplies are limited and fragile.  At least  for most of us who live here (I’m not sure about all visitors and people looking to buy Lummi Island property), these realities are totally obvious and, frankly, sometimes a bit scary, especially in drought years and as the human (water-sucking) population grows.

So, it’s no accident that Waters is a major focus of the LI Conservancy’s Lummi Island Living website and brochure (no formal connection to my website, other than the name) . The main purpose of their  brochure and website is to increase awareness and appreciation and good stewardship of the island’s natural and human resources, including water.

I share many islanders’ obsession with Lummi Island’s waters, so I’ve started a Lummi Island Water Resources page. It  lists resources, most with thumbnail descriptions, about the whys and hows of protecting and enhancing our fragile island water. There will be some overlap with the LI Conserveancy resources, but in my book there’s no such thing as too many ways to find good, solid useful information.