Love Your Waterfront

12/21/2024

In this Thursday's Love Your Waterfront episode, Beth Pielert, co-director of Children of the Setting Sun's "Salmon People; Preserving a Way of Life" shares the journey of this new local documentary.

See it now: https://settingsunproductions.org/salmon-people-film

Learn more about Scha'nexw Elhtal'nexw Salmon People: Preserving a Way of Life, a Children of the Setting Sun Production, including a comprehensive teaching guide for educators at settingsunproductions.org/salmon-people-film The Salmon People film is free to view, visit our website for more informat

10/24/2024

What's with all the cranes down on the Bellingham waterfront? KMRE reporter Paul Meyer gets the scoop (literally) from the Port's Mike Hogan and Brian Gouran. Listen today at 5;30 pm on KMRE 88.3

10/10/2024

On today's Love Your Waterfront at 5:30pm: SeaFeast was a blast! Last weekend's festival included a panel discussion featuring Whatcom County movers and shakers: Port Commissioners Micheal Shepherd and Ken Bell, Representatives Sharon Shewmake and Alicia Rule, Xochitl Castaneda of US Dept of Transportation Maritime Administration, and Bellingham Mayor Kim Lund, hosted by Dan Tucker. Topics included infrastructure, "Blue Schools," a vision for the waterfront...and dog parks! Listen in at KMRE 88.3

08/21/2024

On tomorrow's Love Your Waterfront: a bus to our waterfront...at last! And Dan Tucker talks with Dr. Alex Parker of Astraeus Ocean Systems about autonomous vessels that collect sea data, designed and built here in Bellingham.
https://www.astraeusocean.com/
Listen in at 5:30 on KMRE 88.3 or streaming at kmre.org

Ocean Intelligence, Redefined Forget the complexities of traditional ocean data collection. Astraeus Ocean Systems is building a platform for direct access to a smart network of Autonomous Surface Vessels deployed across the ocean, enabling rapid, cost-effective data delivery tailored to your specif...

08/08/2024

On today's Love Your Waterfront on KMRE 88.3, Kevin and Dan broadcast from the Port of Bellingham's Marine Life Center (on a breezy day, of course). Renee LaCroix, Assistant Director of Public Works/Natural Resources for the City of Bellingham describes the challenges in creating the new award-winning estuary at Little Squalicum Park...trestles and trains and fish, oh my!
Tune in tonight at 5:30 or find us at https://soundcloud.com/kmrefm/sets/love-your-waterfront

06/20/2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHWPO0R4Tks&t=66s
Love Your Waterfront is proud to be part of Maritime Washington and a recipient of an Interpretive Grant. This psa won a regional Emmy! Check it out: beautiful storytelling here by a small agency in Port Townsend.

Welcome to the Maritime Washington National Heritage Area—3,000 miles of shoreline shaped by sea and story. We're here to help you dive headfirst into Washin...

06/17/2024

Today on "Love Your Waterfront" we visit The Loggie, a private museum dedicated to the work of B'ham artist Helen Loggie. Heidi Wasson tells the story of this museum and its historical home, the T.G. Richards Building, a waterfront presence since 1858, and the oldest brick building in Washington State. Listen in at 5:30 Thursday, KMRE 88.3

06/06/2024

On today's episode of "Love Your Waterfront"...Lindsey Gerhard of Bellingham/Whatcom County Tourism shares the "Love Your Waterfront" Quest Pass story: you could win some fun prizes (that SeaFeast apron, yes?). And Riley Stark of Lummi Island Sea Greens details his adventures as a kelp farmer, with Paul Meyer reporting. Listen to KMRE at 5:30, or stream at https://kmre.org/