A tale of two Goats: Goat Mountain over the seasons

by Richard Dahlstrom
One of the great things about hiking in the North Cascades is the variety of scenery that’s available by visiting the same spot at different months of the year. Colors and berries become hints of snow, which quickly become an utterly frozen landscape buried in white. Months later the silent grip of winter [...]

Volunteers perform bulk of new library construction

by Brita Adkinson
KENDALL – The new North Fork Community Library currently under construction in Kendall is progressing faster than anyone had hoped.
Friends of the North Fork Community Library started building on April 2, with volunteer Scott Swanson leading a team of volunteers in the initial phase of laying the foundations, framing the walls and constructing [...]

Small Potatoes: Gleaning and growing

Group serves 27 hunger relief agencies in Whatcom County
by Stephanie Ashton
COUNTY – Small Potatoes Gleaning Project, which has operated in Whatcom County for 10 seasons, became a project of the Bellingham Food Bank in 2009. Small Potatoes provides a service to 27 hunger relief agencies around Whatcom County by delivering a much needed resource: fresh [...]

Bearpaw Mountain Lake: First hiking trip

by John McKnight
Suddenly I
had the window I’d not expected and my daughter and I were going on a hike. At four she had to get over the “and mommy too?” bump, but once she understood it was just her and I out in the woods overnight she took hold of the idea with unbridled enthusiasm. [...]