If you get a wire seal attached to your boat and trailer when leaving Lake Whatcom, and then come back to Lake Whatcom another day with the tether still intact, will you need to stop at a staffed inspection station?

Inspectors will ask you where and when your watercraft was last used.

It only takes one plant fragment to start a new population of Eurasian watermilfoil.

Aquatic invasive species can clog water intake pipes and impede the flow of water to municipal water supplies, irrigation operations, and power plants.

Zebra and Quagga mussels are already present in Whatcom County lakes?

Adult quagga and zebra mussels can survive out of the water for up to 30 days.