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NANOOS
Director Jan Newton and students from the Northwest Indian College display the
new buoy’s name. (Credit: Marco Hatch)
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A new buoy has been deployed in Bellingham Bay.
NANOOS member, CMOP (the Center for Coastal Margin Observation and Prediction),
through its education partner University of Washington, deployed the buoy in
partnership with the Northwest Indian College (NWIC) and Western Washington
University (WWU).
The Lummi Nation has given the new buoy its name, Se'lhaem, after an
island located in Bellingham Bay near the mouth of the Nooksack River. The
island, which disappeared some time ago, was important to the Lummi community
as a place for harvesting shellfish. UW worked with the NWIC, WWU, and the
Lummi Nation Natural Resources Department to site the buoy and design its
features.
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Deploying
the buoy in Bellingham Bay. (Credit: Rachel Wold)
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