November 8th, 2023 To: Nicole Oliver, Director Bellingham Parks & Recreation Advisory Board Bellingham Greenways Advisory Committee City of Bellingham Parks and Recreation Department 210 ... Read More →
Recreation Northwest
In the Garden: Identification Signs for Native Plants & Invasive Species
As part of our Outdoor Classroom project, we transformed our Fairhaven Park wetland mitigation site into a public space with the addition of the park bench. Most recently, we added Native Plant & ... Read More →
Hundred Acre Wood ~ Outdoor Classroom Amphitheater
Project Update: We're getting closer to beginning construction of the covered pavilion in the Hundred Acre Wood Outdoor Classroom Amphitheater space. View looking down into amphitheater. Project ... Read More →
Fairhaven Park Composting in Native Plant Gardens
We work closely with the Bellingham Parks & Recreation staff for our stewardship work. Together, we started piloting an on-site composting program. These are the piles that we worked with ... Read More →
Parkscriptions Resource~ A guide to forest bathing: Life Kit
We are pleased to share this recent Parkscriptions resource for forest bathing with you. It comes from our friends at NPR's Life Kit podcast. Marielle Segarra, host. Parkscriptions is a program ... Read More →
Recreation Northwest’s Outdoor Classroom project in Bellingham’s Hundred Acre Wood
This past Spring Quarter we were delighted to have Torie Wold as an intern from WWU's Communications Department. Torie spent the quarter with us capturing the efforts that we've put into building an ... Read More →
No Child Left Inside (NCLI) Coalition
In early May 2022, Recreation Northwest signed on to support the No Child Left Inside (NCLI) letter to Senators to express our sincere thanks for their part in investing $2.5 million to connect ... Read More →
Volunteer with RN for Bike Valet at the 2023 NW Tune-Up
We'll be hosting the 2023 NW Tune-Up Bike Valet on Saturday, July 15th. You'll get a THREE day pass to the festival for volunteering. The NW Tune-Up is a bike, beer and music festival held ... Read More →
Hundred Acre Wood Tour – Celebrating Parks RX & Earth Day – Saturday, April 22nd
Who: You, your family, and friends What: Free tour of the Hundred Acre Wood forest trails and our stewardship project. Estimated 3 miles RT. Easy pace and terrain. Why: Community Connected to ... Read More →
Opting OUTside
Our mission is to teach the health benefits of nature, promote outdoor recreation, and steward the places where we play. We are Opting OUTside* and hope you follow our path. We are pushing the ... Read More →
