This month we will continue noticing signs of spring's arrival in Stimpson Reserve, a special forest paradise and a favorite haunt of Wild Things.

Join us to pet mossy logs, find budding bushes, and see how many kids it takes to reach all the way around a 400 year old tree! Sometimes we even find salamanders and frogs hidden in secret hide-aways. You never know what you might find here!

Learn more and register here!

In April we will be appreciating the changes that springtime brings in Whatcom Falls Park. We will investigate some of the relationships between insects, birds, mammals, and plants, and get curious about whatever we notice on our explorations. We will also flex our creativity by making art inspired by the nature around us.

Learn more and register here!

This month we will continue noticing signs of spring's arrival in Stimpson Reserve, a special forest paradise and a favorite haunt of Wild Things.

Join us to pet mossy logs, find budding bushes, and see how many kids it takes to reach all the way around a 400 year old tree! Sometimes we even find salamanders and frogs hidden in secret hide-aways. You never know what you might find here!

Learn more and register here!

This outing involves more hiking than most Ladies Night Out outings. We will be traveling uphill to a serene lake while examining and nibbling the edible trees and buds along the trail. When we reach the lake, we will have a quiet reflection time near the water, where we often see diverse waterfowl and evidence of beaver! 

Learn more and register here!

It’s Waffle Wednesday Giveback on Wednesday, April 16, from 5:00-10:00PM at Sweet as Waffles. 15% of food and drink sales donated to Wild Whatcom! Join us for waffles and cocktails, great raffle items, info about our nature programs, and fun with friends.

Wild Whatcom will be there tabling! Join us for a fun evening at Backcountry Essentials in downtown Bellingham.

This month we will continue noticing signs of spring's arrival in Stimpson Reserve, a special forest paradise and a favorite haunt of Wild Things.

Join us to pet mossy logs, find budding bushes, and see how many kids it takes to reach all the way around a 400 year old tree! Sometimes we even find salamanders and frogs hidden in secret hide-aways. You never know what you might find here!

Learn more and register here!

In April we will be appreciating the changes that springtime brings in Whatcom Falls Park. We will investigate some of the relationships between insects, birds, mammals, and plants, and get curious about whatever we notice on our explorations. We will also flex our creativity by making art inspired by the nature around us.

Learn more and register here!

This month we will continue noticing signs of spring's arrival in Stimpson Reserve, a special forest paradise and a favorite haunt of Wild Things.

Join us to pet mossy logs, find budding bushes, and see how many kids it takes to reach all the way around a 400 year old tree! Sometimes we even find salamanders and frogs hidden in secret hide-aways. You never know what you might find here!

Learn more and register here!

Celebrate Earth Day in Sunnyland! We'll be there with nature fun and program info. Enjoy activities for all ages, a huge raffle, plant and seed swaps, and a tree tour.

This month we will continue noticing signs of spring's arrival in Stimpson Reserve, a special forest paradise and a favorite haunt of Wild Things.

Join us to pet mossy logs, find budding bushes, and see how many kids it takes to reach all the way around a 400 year old tree! Sometimes we even find salamanders and frogs hidden in secret hide-aways. You never know what you might find here!

Learn more and register here!

In April, we will be appreciating the changes that springtime brings in Whatcom Falls Park. We will investigate some of the relationships between insects, birds, mammals, and plants, and get curious about whatever we notice on our explorations. We will also flex our creativity by making art inspired by the nature around us.

Learn more and register here!

Get curious about North America’s largest rodent - beavers! Learn all about these ecosystem engineers and what makes them so unique, then take an evening stroll around a beautiful local wetland filled with awesome wildlife such as beavers, muskrats, bats, raptors, and waterfowl. Even if we don’t see any beavers, we can often hear them slapping their tails on the water in territorial displays, and will definitely see lots of evidence of beavers on the landscape, such as chewed sticks and scent mounds. This evening excursion is a fun way to see our environment in a new light, literally! 

Learn more and register here!

This month we will continue noticing signs of spring's arrival in Stimpson Reserve, a special forest paradise and a favorite haunt of Wild Things.

Join us to pet mossy logs, find budding bushes, and see how many kids it takes to reach all the way around a 400 year old tree! Sometimes we even find salamanders and frogs hidden in secret hide-aways. You never know what you might find here!

Learn more and register here!

Join us at WWU Queer Con. This public, all ages event requires tickets (ages 12 and under are free). We'll have program info and fun nature finds as well.

The weather is warmer, the clocks have sprung forward, and spring is officially in the air! Join us to celebrate the return of the sun with a springtime picnic potluck. We will spend some time enjoying snacks and beverages, play some games, then go on a slow-paced nature walk through a lovely forested park to notice how much the landscape has changed since our last outing.

Learn more and register here!

In May, the salmonberries start ripening nicely! These beautiful, raspberry-looking berries are our first native berry to eat, then come thimbleberry, then native, trailing blackberry. We’ll look for the fattest, juiciest looking berries for sweetest snacking.

We’ll also think about some of the bird sounds we’re hearing around us and look for some of our beautiful spring flowers including those graceful bleeding hearts, yellow wood violets, and trillium!

Learn more and register here!

In May, we’ll look for spring flowers and berries beginning to ripen, appreciate the abundant song birds and owls in Cornwall Park, and get curious about the various trees growing along the trail. Try your hand at using leaves, grass, or twigs as paintbrushes, or practice your watercolor skills while observing beautiful flowers. 

Learn more and register here!

In May, the salmonberries start ripening nicely! These beautiful, raspberry-looking berries are our first native berry to eat, then come thimbleberry, then native, trailing blackberry. We’ll look for the fattest, juiciest looking berries for sweetest snacking.

We’ll also think about some of the bird sounds we’re hearing around us and look for some of our beautiful spring flowers including those graceful bleeding hearts, yellow wood violets, and trillium!

Learn more and register here!

Join us with the whole family to get curious about all things insect! Did you know that different types and colors of flowers attract different pollinators, or that there are over a million species of insects on planet earth!? We will learn about the importance of insects, bugs and arachnids for the entire ecosystem, and explore the complex relationship between pollinators and plants. After exploring (and smelling) the Fragrance Garden, we'll hit the trail with our bug boxes and magnifying glasses in hand to search for 6-8 legged critters and appreciate the springtime flowers which depend on insects to reproduce.

Learn more and register here.

Location | Tennant Lake Fragrance Garden, 5200 Nielsen Rd., Ferndale. Map link HERE.

Max. 30 participants 

In May, the salmonberries start ripening nicely! These beautiful, raspberry-looking berries are our first native berry to eat, then come thimbleberry, then native, trailing blackberry. We’ll look for the fattest, juiciest looking berries for sweetest snacking.

We’ll also think about some of the bird sounds we’re hearing around us and look for some of our beautiful spring flowers including those graceful bleeding hearts, yellow wood violets, and trillium!

Learn more and register here!

In May, we’ll look for spring flowers and berries beginning to ripen, appreciate the abundant song birds and owls in Cornwall Park, and get curious about the various trees growing along the trail. Try your hand at using leaves, grass, or twigs as paintbrushes, or practice your watercolor skills while observing beautiful flowers. 

Learn more and register here!

In May, the salmonberries start ripening nicely! These beautiful, raspberry-looking berries are our first native berry to eat, then come thimbleberry, then native, trailing blackberry. We’ll look for the fattest, juiciest looking berries for sweetest snacking.

We’ll also think about some of the bird sounds we’re hearing around us and look for some of our beautiful spring flowers including those graceful bleeding hearts, yellow wood violets, and trillium!

Learn more and register here!

Flowers are beginning to bloom! We will explore a fragrance garden, take a flat walk out to a diverse wetland to appreciate the abundance of birds like Northern harrier, American bitterns, and Red-winged blackbirds, and look and listen for beaver.

Learn more and register here!

Pour It Forward with Nature Trivia at Kulshan Brewing Sunnyland! Trivia registration starts at 5:00PM ($3 per player). Trivia runs 6:00-8:00PM. Amazing team prizes, truly wild trivia stumpers, and loads of laughs.

This is a Kulshan Brewing Pour It Forward event with 10% of sales, along with trivia fees, going to Wild Whatcom! The Sunnyland location is all ages.

In May, the salmonberries start ripening nicely! These beautiful, raspberry-looking berries are our first native berry to eat, then come thimbleberry, then native, trailing blackberry. We’ll look for the fattest, juiciest looking berries for sweetest snacking.

We’ll also think about some of the bird sounds we’re hearing around us and look for some of our beautiful spring flowers including those graceful bleeding hearts, yellow wood violets, and trillium!

Learn more and register here!

In May, we’ll look for spring flowers and berries beginning to ripen, appreciate the abundant song birds and owls in Cornwall Park, and get curious about the various trees growing along the trail. Try your hand at using leaves, grass, or twigs as paintbrushes, or practice your watercolor skills while observing beautiful flowers. 

Learn more and register here!

In May, the salmonberries start ripening nicely! These beautiful, raspberry-looking berries are our first native berry to eat, then come thimbleberry, then native, trailing blackberry. We’ll look for the fattest, juiciest looking berries for sweetest snacking.

We’ll also think about some of the bird sounds we’re hearing around us and look for some of our beautiful spring flowers including those graceful bleeding hearts, yellow wood violets, and trillium!

Learn more and register here!

Are you curious about harvesting wild plants but don’t know where to start? Join us at a local lake to learn about the tenets of honorable harvest, focusing on a plant which is often hated but has almost endless uses, stinging nettle! We will learn about the basic rules to follow while harvesting anything from the wild, learn about the ways we can use nettle, such as cordage making, treating various ailments, and using it for food and drinks! We will practice the safest ways to harvest nettle, and brew some nettle tea in the field to enjoy as we appreciate sunset views on the lake! 

Learn more and register here!

Music Bingo at Lost Giants Cider Company. Test your music knowledge and bingo luck during this fun event! Lost Giants will donate $1 for each cider sold to Wild Whatcom. See you there!

In May, the salmonberries start ripening nicely! These beautiful, raspberry-looking berries are our first native berry to eat, then come thimbleberry, then native, trailing blackberry. We’ll look for the fattest, juiciest looking berries for sweetest snacking.

We’ll also think about some of the bird sounds we’re hearing around us and look for some of our beautiful spring flowers including those graceful bleeding hearts, yellow wood violets, and trillium!

Learn more and register here!

In May, we’ll look for spring flowers and berries beginning to ripen, appreciate the abundant song birds and owls in Cornwall Park, and get curious about the various trees growing along the trail. Try your hand at using leaves, grass, or twigs as paintbrushes, or practice your watercolor skills while observing beautiful flowers. 

Learn more and register here!

In May, the salmonberries start ripening nicely! These beautiful, raspberry-looking berries are our first native berry to eat, then come thimbleberry, then native, trailing blackberry. We’ll look for the fattest, juiciest looking berries for sweetest snacking.

We’ll also think about some of the bird sounds we’re hearing around us and look for some of our beautiful spring flowers including those graceful bleeding hearts, yellow wood violets, and trillium!

Learn more and register here!

In May, the salmonberries start ripening nicely! These beautiful, raspberry-looking berries are our first native berry to eat, then come thimbleberry, then native, trailing blackberry. We’ll look for the fattest, juiciest looking berries for sweetest snacking.

We’ll also think about some of the bird sounds we’re hearing around us and look for some of our beautiful spring flowers including those graceful bleeding hearts, yellow wood violets, and trillium!

Learn more and register here!

In May, we’ll look for spring flowers and berries beginning to ripen, appreciate the abundant song birds and owls in Cornwall Park, and get curious about the various trees growing along the trail. Try your hand at using leaves, grass, or twigs as paintbrushes, or practice your watercolor skills while observing beautiful flowers. 

Learn more and register here!

In May, the salmonberries start ripening nicely! These beautiful, raspberry-looking berries are our first native berry to eat, then come thimbleberry, then native, trailing blackberry. We’ll look for the fattest, juiciest looking berries for sweetest snacking.

We’ll also think about some of the bird sounds we’re hearing around us and look for some of our beautiful spring flowers including those graceful bleeding hearts, yellow wood violets, and trillium!

Learn more and register here!

Are you curious about edible plants, but don’t know where to start? Join us to learn about the guidelines of honorable harvest, and go on a plant-focused walk centered around a few key species of local edible plants. We will also discuss some traditional harvest practices of local Indigenous groups, who have been utilizing countless plants and actively managing food forests in our region since time immemorial. 

Learn more and register here!

In June, we like to explore the wonders of the sea! Wear your boots to protect those tender toes and dress warmly. Our marine parks have many surprising secrets just waiting for you to discover!

We'll bring tiny tide pools and nets, and field guides for the grown-ups. We may see crabs, jellies, sea stars, and possibly some baby herons!

Learn more and register here!

Summer brings so many changes to notice. It is the perfect season to explore  the wonders of the waterfront. When the tide is low, we will explore the beach and look for shells, crabs, and sea stars, and when the tide is high, we will follow the trail to the Heron Rookery to spy on the colony of baby herons up in the trees. Wearing rain boots, water shoes, or other sturdy footwear suitable for exploring in the sand is recommended. A sweatshirt or jacket can also be helpful, as the shore is windy and significantly cooler than the surrounding area. 

Learn more and register here!

In June, we like to explore the wonders of the sea! Wear your boots to protect those tender toes and dress warmly. Our marine parks have many surprising secrets just waiting for you to discover!

We'll bring tiny tide pools and nets, and field guides for the grown-ups. We may see crabs, jellies, sea stars, and possibly some baby herons!

Learn more and register here!

We will reflect on the ecological and cultural importance of salmon in this area, and contemplate what “home” means to local fish. Get silly playing games on the beach and enjoy some s’mores around a campfire as the sun sets around us.

Learn more and register here!

In June, we like to explore the wonders of the sea! Wear your boots to protect those tender toes and dress warmly. Our marine parks have many surprising secrets just waiting for you to discover!

We'll bring tiny tide pools and nets, and field guides for the grown-ups. We may see crabs, jellies, sea stars, and possibly some baby herons!

Learn more and register here!

Summer brings so many changes to notice. It is the perfect season to explore  the wonders of the waterfront. When the tide is low, we will explore the beach and look for shells, crabs, and sea stars, and when the tide is high, we will follow the trail to the Heron Rookery to spy on the colony of baby herons up in the trees. Wearing rain boots, water shoes, or other sturdy footwear suitable for exploring in the sand is recommended. A sweatshirt or jacket can also be helpful, as the shore is windy and significantly cooler than the surrounding area. 

Learn more and register here!

In June, we like to explore the wonders of the sea! Wear your boots to protect those tender toes and dress warmly. Our marine parks have many surprising secrets just waiting for you to discover!

We'll bring tiny tide pools and nets, and field guides for the grown-ups. We may see crabs, jellies, sea stars, and possibly some baby herons!

Learn more and register here!

The Coast Salish Elders say, "When the tide is out, the table is set". 

Whatcom County has an amazing diversity of marine life, so many beaches bring unlimited opportunities for exploring. A good pair of waterproof boots is your ticket to safely exploring the beach, especially Marine Park, as those barnacles are sharp and the zooplankton is spiny! We'll bring tiny tide pools and nets, and field guides. We may see crabs, jellyfish, sea stars, and possibly some baby herons!

Location | Marine Park, 100 Harris Ave., Bellingham. Map link HERE.

Max. 30 participants

Learn more and register here.

In June, we like to explore the wonders of the sea! Wear your boots to protect those tender toes and dress warmly. Our marine parks have many surprising secrets just waiting for you to discover!

We'll bring tiny tide pools and nets, and field guides for the grown-ups. We may see crabs, jellies, sea stars, and possibly some baby herons!

Learn more and register here!

Summer brings so many changes to notice. It is the perfect season to explore  the wonders of the waterfront. When the tide is low, we will explore the beach and look for shells, crabs, and sea stars, and when the tide is high, we will follow the trail to the Heron Rookery to spy on the colony of baby herons up in the trees. Wearing rain boots, water shoes, or other sturdy footwear suitable for exploring in the sand is recommended. A sweatshirt or jacket can also be helpful, as the shore is windy and significantly cooler than the surrounding area. 

Learn more and register here!

In June, we like to explore the wonders of the sea! Wear your boots to protect those tender toes and dress warmly. Our marine parks have many surprising secrets just waiting for you to discover!

We'll bring tiny tide pools and nets, and field guides for the grown-ups. We may see crabs, jellies, sea stars, and possibly some baby herons!

Learn more and register here!

In June, we like to explore the wonders of the sea! Wear your boots to protect those tender toes and dress warmly. Our marine parks have many surprising secrets just waiting for you to discover!

We'll bring tiny tide pools and nets, and field guides for the grown-ups. We may see crabs, jellies, sea stars, and possibly some baby herons!

Learn more and register here!

Summer brings so many changes to notice. It is the perfect season to explore  the wonders of the waterfront. When the tide is low, we will explore the beach and look for shells, crabs, and sea stars, and when the tide is high, we will follow the trail to the Heron Rookery to spy on the colony of baby herons up in the trees. Wearing rain boots, water shoes, or other sturdy footwear suitable for exploring in the sand is recommended. A sweatshirt or jacket can also be helpful, as the shore is windy and significantly cooler than the surrounding area. 

Learn more and register here!

In June, we like to explore the wonders of the sea! Wear your boots to protect those tender toes and dress warmly. Our marine parks have many surprising secrets just waiting for you to discover!

We'll bring tiny tide pools and nets, and field guides for the grown-ups. We may see crabs, jellies, sea stars, and possibly some baby herons!

Learn more and register here!

Join us to celebrate PRIDE at low tide! We will be exploring an amazing stretch of shore during a strong negative tide, which will reveal the intertidal critters usually hidden just below the surface. Get curious with us as we explore the coast to search for crabs, sea stars, clams, nudibranchs, and anything else that catches our eye! Consider bringing a snack or lunch to enjoy a picnic on the beach once we finish exploring. 

Note: The barnacles common in this area are razor sharp and can result in painful cuts. Please wear sturdy closed-toe shoes or boots (rain boots are best) to protect your feet and legs. If you would like to borrow a pair of rain boots or any other loaner gear, email communityprograms@wildwhatcom.org.

Learn more and register here!

Summer is here and it’s time to explore the shore! We will be exploring at an extremely low negative tide, and frequently find hermit crabs, sea sponges, sand dollars, and even water-shooting clams! Indigenous cultures of the Pacific Northwest have a saying “When the tide is out, the table is set”. We will discuss how Indigenous peoples have practiced sustainable harvest of the seafood they have relied on for millenia, while also getting curious about all of the creatures we might find as we search the tidepools. 

Note: We will be exploring on a sandy, rocky beach with lots of razor sharp barnacles and cold water that can occasionally be ankle height.  Please wear study rainboots or closed back sandals to protect your feet. If you would like to borrow adult or child sized rainboots, please email communityprograms@wildwhatcom.org to let us know, or leave a note in your registration. 

Learn more and register here!