Recreation Northwest

We promote outdoor recreation and bring people together to enjoy, preserve and improve the places where we play

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Strolling through Fairhaven Park

By Summer 2021, we are planning to offer small group out of doors experiences, classes, and park tours to be hosted in primary partnerships with Bellingham Parks, WWU Recreation, and Woodstock Farm Conservancy.

Categories: Outdoor Recreation, Nature, and Parks History

Instructors: Recreation Northwest staff, interns, partners, volunteers, and contractors. 

Outdoor Recreation

Learn the basics, more advanced, and technical skills for getting you and your family outdoors recreating responsibly. Urban walks, Hikes, Backpacking, Car Camping, Hammocking, Mountain Biking, Van Lifestyle, and so much more. You name it, we’ll teach it. 

Nature

Our trained Nature Navigators will work to remove barriers with clients in order to get them outdoors to enjoy nature as a therapeutic tool. We envision allowing deserving people who qualify to attend our Education programs offerings with scholarships.

History

Imagine Park Tours with social and natural history narratives paying respect to indigenous Salish Sea tribes and telling the story of Bellingham’s Parks. Highlighting the larger milestones our city has experienced as we continue to value our parks & greenways, stewardship, local economy, and highlight the legacy of Cyrus Gates in relevant parks to weave the connections into one narrative thread.

Our partners at Woodstock Farm Conservancy will complement our History programming and education. As content creators, educators, and recreationists we can see authoring and publishing articles, books, and digital publications about the history of outdoor recreation, parks, business, and culture in Whatcom County.

Arts

Our partners at Woodstock Farm Conservancy will lead our Arts programming and education. 

Stewardship posts from our blog, The Confluence

  • 8-7 #12

    Giving Thanks to our Volunteers of 2021

    The pandemic may have shifted our approach as an organization, but it didn’t change our appreciation for our amazing community.      Our 2021 volunteer work parties helped us reconnect with familiar faces, and meet new ones, who were excited to roll up their sleeves and better our community. Reflecting back on our stewardship events... Read More →
  • Bigcheck

    Recreation Northwest Donates $100,000 in the 11th Hour to Complete WMBC’s Samish Way Parking Lot Project

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 11, 2021 For more information contact: Todd Elsworth, Recreation Northwest 360.739.8458 Recreation Northwest Donates $100,000 in the 11th Hour to Complete WMBC’s Samish Way Parking Lot Project Bellingham, WA. — Saturday October 9th, Todd Elsworth, Executive Director of Recreation Northwest, presented a check for $100,000 on behalf of an Angel... Read More →
  • All In For Climate Action Week Climate

    All in with Recreation Northwest for Climate Action Week

    Climate Action Week with Recreation Northwest restoring Padden Creek in Fairhaven Park!  As we have all seen in recent years the effects of Climate Change in communities around the world have had drastic impacts on the environment. Many of us wonder, what can I do to have a positive impact? There are several ways in... Read More →
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