Nature-based Activities : click links below, or scroll down
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 Community Dashboard
Bird Life
▪ Washington Ornithological
Society
▪ Birch Bay-Blaine are in the top Important Birding Areas as named
by the North Cascades Audubon 's
Cascade Loop. Read this article .
▪ Birch Bay and Blaine are home to the Annual Wings Over Water
Northwest Birding Festival. Read this article .
▪ Birch Bay State Park has the largest heron rookery in all of Washington
▪ Hovander Homestead Park including Tennant Lake Interpretive Center
5299 Nielsen Ave, Ferndale. Ph: 360-384-3064 Read this article
▪ Terrell Creek Wildlife
Shore line
Birch Bay has the largest tide flat in Washington State.
▪ Fishing and Shellfish rules of State of Washington
▪ Information about crabbing for Dungeness crabs
▪ Fish & Wild Life for shell-fish regulations and map of shell-fish areas.
▪ Nearby Drayton Harbor has community oyster farming
▪ B'ham Trout & Salmon Hatchery, Whatcom Falls Park , 360-676-2138
▪ Maritime Heritage Center , 1600 C St, Bellingham,
360-676-6873
Ocean
▪ Orca Watch -
Island Mariner Cruises, Bellingham Ph: 877-734-8866
▪ San Juan Island Shuttle Express - Anacortes,
(800) 465-4604
▪ Whale Watching - Pier's End Adventures, White Rock 888-535-5455
▪ Sea Kayaking -
1308 Everall St, White Rock, BC Ph: 604-535-7985
▪ Emerald Sea
Dive Club - Edmonds, WA with several dives per month
Bicycling
▪ Bicycle Tour Planning - Washington Dept. of Transportation maps
▪ Mountain Biking - map of the trails, plus shaded
WA topo maps
▪ 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.
▪ CREP (Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program)
by Whatcom Conservation
District (based in Lynden)
▪ Nooksack Salmon Enhancement (in Bellingham)
▪ Terrell Creek Wildlife (by WCOG in Bellingham)
▪ North
Sound Baykeeper (based in Bellingham)
▪ Puget Sound Action Team (Washington State)
▪ Friends of
Semiahmoo Bay (based in Canada)
Fresh Produce (go to Sustainable Connections , or download map )
▪ Birch
Bay Crabbing and Clams and Clamming
▪ Bellingham
Farmer's Market , (three locations each week)
▪ Cascade
Foothills Farmland Association, 509-548-6784
▪ Whatcom County Community Food
Co-Op , 360-734-8158
▪ Grace Harbor
Farms goat dairy, 2437 Lynden-Birch Bay Rd
▪ Hauck's Orchard &
Produce , 1920 Harksell Rd, 360-384-5967
▪ Barb's Berries ,
7655 Melody Lane, Ferndale, 360-384-1260
▪ McPhail's Berry Farm & Petting Zoo, 8318 Bob Hall Rd, Lynden
▪ Pleasant Valley dairy cheese, 6804 Kickerville Rd, 366-5398
Sand
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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