County Council helps protect 1,000 watershed acres

Skookum II buy by land trust is in river’s South Fork valley   WHATCOM — The County Council on June 1 approved $1.25 million in Conservation Futures funding for the Whatcom Land Trust’s Skookum II acquisition.   With this contribution from the county, the land trust has met its fundraising goal of $3.5 million to buy 1,000…