Much has changed since 1852 when the Lummi people first met with two Euro-Americans in what is now Maritime Heritage Park near Whatcom Creek. Once a series of small streams running through a wide mud flat, the estuary is now filled in and a city has sprung up along the banks. Environmentalist Wendy Scherrer, former Executive Director of the Nooksack Salmon Enhancement Association (NSEA), will discuss the Whatcom Creek Salmon Art Trail, the result of a partnership between the City of Bellingham and the NSEA. The project helps focus attention on the importance of healthy salmon-bearing streams, which can exist right in the heart of an urban center like downtown Bellingham. This event is sponsored by Village Books.

$3 suggested donation/Museum members free