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Anchor Environmental, 1998. Final Revised Consultant Scope of Work. Bellingham Bay Demonstration Pilot. September 24.
Anchor Environmental and associated firms, 1999. Preliminary Draft (April) and Draft (July 19) Environmental Impact Statement, Bellingham Bay Comprehensive Strategy. prepared for Washington Department of Ecology. See also packet of compiled comments on draft EIS.
Anchor Environmental, 2001. Bellingham Bay Demonstration Pilot, Lessons Learned. October 19.
Anchor Environmental, 2001. Year 1 Monitoring Report, Interim Remedial Action, Log Pond Cleanup/Habitat Restoration Project, Bellingham, Washington. Prepared for Georgia-Pacific West, Inc. December.
Anchor Environmental, 2002. Draft Supplemental Feasibility Study, Whatcom Waterway Site, Bellingham, Washington. Prepared for Georgia-Pacific West, Inc. January.
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Anchor Environmental, 2002. Year 2 Monitoring Report, Interim Remedial Action, Log Pond Cleanup/Habitat Restoration Project, Bellingham, Washington. December.
Anchor Environmental and Hart Crowser, 2000. Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study, Whatcom Waterway Site, Bellingham, WA. Prepared for Georgia-Pacific West, Inc. Four volumes. July 25.
Anchor Environmental and Landau Associates, 2003. Whatcom Waterway Pre-Remedial Design Evaluation Data Report. March.
Behr, Shannon Lyn, 1998. Habitats and Distributions of Demersal Fauna (Macroinvertebrates and Fishes) in Bellingham Bay, Washington. Master of Science Thesis, Western Washington University. September.
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