Mike Stoner of the Port of Bellingh...

Mike Stoner of the Port of Bellingham has what any might think is a Herculean task.

With simply a four-month work window, Stoner's do job-work has been to investigate and analyze the environmental impact of 80-plus years of heavy-industry use upon the G-P property and nearby waterways in this way that maybe, someday, people young and of long date could be walking, playing, shopping and living in succession the property.

"It is a daunting shoot forward but fortunately we had a worthy head start because of all the research that has already been done through the Bellingham Bay pilot schemes and the ...