With the start of the New Year, we were ready to get going after years of planning and preparation. For background: Recreation Northwest Outdoor Classroom Project Overview-Fairhaven Park (PDF) We ... Read More →
Community
7/9/22 Volunteer as a Bike Valet @ Northwest Tune-up : Bikes, Music, Beer
We are looking for BIKE VALET volunteers for Saturday, July 9th. Volunteers will receive a one day festival pass to the NW Tune-Up . The 3 hour shifts are from 1:00 - 4:00 pm; 4:00 - 7:00pm; 7:00 - ... Read More →
Saturday, May 21st – Fairhaven Park Volunteer Work Party
Dear Volunteers, We are hosting a work party with the staff from Peak Sustainability Group. They reached out to us asking if they could help with our mitigation maintenance and native plant care in ... Read More →
Recreation Northwest Collaborates with Pacific Chorus Frogs – Students of Wild Whatcom
The vision for Recreation Northwest is a “Community Connected To Nature”. One example is by bringing community organizations together to improve the places where we play. Last year, we partnered ... Read More →
Hey 2022, Here we go – OUTSIDE!
We at Recreation Northwest, known for producing fun community events over the years, now plan to leverage our Fairhaven Park Stewardship and Parkscriptions programs to expand and evolve into new ... Read More →
Recreation Northwest Kicks off 2022 with a Stewardship Event
On Sunday, January 16, Caleb Savage, Program Coordinator for Recreation Northwest, held a volunteer appreciation gathering and the first stewardship event of the year! At Recreation Northwest, we are ... Read More →
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 ... Read More →
Clocks Turn Back, Wild Whatcom Projects Move Forward
Recreation Northwest and Wild Whatcom continued their partnership with another day of service in Fairhaven Park. When the pandemic uprooted businesses, Environmental Education organizations were some ... Read More →
Removing Wildlife Barriers
When we finished our Fairhaven Park Trail and Wetland Boardwalk project in 2017, we were required to provide mitigation for the impacts that we had on the wetlands. With the direction of Rae Edwards, ... Read More →
5 Buzzing Breweries in Bellingham, WA
Whatcom County is home to many breweries in Bellingham, WA! Recreation Northwest is proud to partner with many local businesses and organizations, including some of the best breweries in Bellingham, ... Read More →