Not only is it one of our better preserved tidelands, it has a wide range of habitats, and hence, many different species. We have mentioned only the more obvious. Because pollution from residential and commercial development is likely to be brought to Point Whitehorn by prevailing winds and currents and may harm sea life there. Note that Cherry Point is immediately south of Point Whitehorn. The land above the Point Whitehorn bluff is zoned UR4, urban residential with 4 homes to an acre.
Trillium owns a large tract there and has plans to develop it.
Clearing land and building impervious surfaces affect water runoff and would be likely to increase instability of the already unstable bluff. The Whatcom County Shoreline Management Program designates as Conservancy the strip of land 200 feet back from the shoreline at Point Whitehorn. That designation should be amended to Natural to increase protection of that strip from disturbance by humans. Because, in all candor, studying marine life on the Pt. Whitehorn tidelands was a lot of fun and fun shared is fun gained.