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Hundred Acre Wood to be protected in perpetuity

City's conservation action caps decades-long process

An aerial view of Hundred Acre Wood in Chuckanut Community Forest.
The Hundred Acre Wood in Chuckanut Community Forest will be protected in perpetuity after action by the Bellingham City Council. (Hailey Hoffman/Cascadia Daily News)
By Julia Lerner Staff Reporter
Bellingham’s Hundred Acre Wood will officially be protected permanently, thanks to the adoption of a new conservation easement agreement between the Chuckanut Community Forest Park District and the Whatcom Land Trust.  The easement, approved unanimously by the Bellingham City Council Monday, July 10, guarantees the land will be protected from development “in perpetuity” and represents the last step in a decades-long project to protect the 82-acre stretch of forest between Fairhaven

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