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Ecological Activities: click
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Birding, Shoreline,
Ocean, Bicycling,
Conservation &
Farm Produce
For
those who want to come and enjoy all our eagles, herons, ducks, clams right here in Birch Bay, take a bicycle tour, nearby
opportunities for Orca-watching and sea kayaking, or stroll
through our own
Birch Bay State Park
"Coastal
Atlas"
by Ecology
"Birch Bay ClamCamsâ„¢"
Community Dashboard
Terrell Creek Wildlife
Bird Life
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Washington Ornithological
Society
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Birch Bay-Blaine are in the top
Important Birding Areas as named
by the
North Cascades Audubon's
Cascade Loop.
Read this article.
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Birch Bay and Blaine are home to the Annual
Wings Over Water
Northwest Birding Festival.
Read this article.
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Birch Bay State Park has the largest heron rookery in all of Washington
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Hovander Homestead Park including
Tennant Lake Interpretive Center
5299 Nielsen Ave, Ferndale. Ph: 360-384-3064
Read this article
Shoreline
Birch Bay has the largest tide flat in Washington State.
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Fishing and Shellfish rules of State of Washington
▪ Information about
crabbing for Dungeness crabs
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Fish & Wild Life for
shell-fish
regulations and map
of shell-fish areas.
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Nearby Drayton Harbor has
community oyster farming
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B'ham Trout & Salmon Hatchery,
Whatcom Falls Park, 360-676-2138
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Maritime Heritage Center, 1600 C St, Bellingham,
360-676-6873
Ocean
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Orca Watch -
Island Mariner Cruises, Bellingham Ph: 877-734-8866
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San Juan Island Shuttle Express - Anacortes,
(800) 465-4604
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Whale Watching
- Pier's End Adventures, White Rock 888-535-5455
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Sea Kayaking -
1308 Everall St, White Rock, BC Ph: 604-535-7985
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Emerald Sea
Dive Club - Edmonds, WA with several dives per month
Bicycling
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Bicycle Tour Planning - Washington Dept. of Transportation maps
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Mountain Biking
- map of the trails, plus shaded
WA topo maps
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Bike Rentals - Birch Bay Surrey Co, 7420 Cottherill
Blvd (seasonal)
▪ Buy a
new bike from
Kulshan Cycles, 100 E Chestnut, Bellingham
Conservation Groups
Many groups have a passion, or a state mandate, to watch out and advocate for the ecology of Birch Bay
watershed, its water quality, its shellfish & birds.
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CREP
(Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program)
byWhatcom Conservation
District (based in Lynden)
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Nooksack Salmon Enhancement
(in Bellingham)
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Terrell Creek Wildlife (by
WCOG
in Bellingham)
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North
Sound Baykeeper (based in Bellingham)
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Puget Sound Action Team
(Washington State)
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Friends of
Semiahmoo Bay (based in Canada)
Fresh Produce
(go to
Sustainable Connections, or download
map)
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Birch
Bay Crabbing and
Clams and Clamming
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Bellingham
Farmer's Market, (three locations each week)
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Cascade
Foothills Farmland Association, 509-548-6784
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Whatcom County Community Food
Co-Op, 360-734-8158
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Grace Harbor
Farms goat dairy, 2437 Lynden-Birch Bay Rd
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Hauck's Orchard &
Produce, 1920 Harksell Rd, 360-384-5967
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Barb's Berries,
7655 Melody Lane, Ferndale, 360-384-1260
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McPhail's Berry Farm & Petting Zoo, 8318 Bob Hall Rd, Lynden
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Pleasant Valley
dairy cheese, 6804 Kickerville Rd, 366-5398 |
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Dollar Property Management, Inc.
8124 Birch Bay Dr., Blaine,
WA 98230 |
TOLL FREE: 877-627-2229
Local Ph: (360) 371-3730
FAX: (360) 371-3940
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