Do you need to purchase an AIS permit at the beginning of each year's boating season?

What will greatly reduce the time it takes to inspect your watercraft for AIS?

Boating is a primary pathway for the introduction and spread of aquatic invasive species to and from Whatcom County lakes.

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?

The goal of the Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) Program is to protect Whatcom County's natural resources, infrastructure, recreation, wildlife, and economy from the impacts of aquatic invasive species by:

Inspectors rely on both your answers to survey questions as well as a visual and physical inspection of the watercraft to make their risk determination.