Galbraith parking lot project gets funding
Safe public parking available spring 2022
by Ian Haupt
In October, Recreation Northwest executive director Todd Elsworth presented the Whatcom Mountain Bike Coalition (WMBC) with a...
Truck Camping (in the Snow)
Story and photos by Tony Moceri
The Pacific Northwest is a camper's paradise giving those of us that like to leave our houses behind endless...
Review: Mountaineering Books
Reviewed by Meg Olson
Written in the Snows: Across Time on Skis in the Pacific Northwest
Lowell Skoog
Mountaineers Books
As I was describing Lowell Skoog’s detail-rich chronicle...
Finding the Lost Ledge: A miniguide
Guide and photos by Jason D. Martin, executive director of the American Alpine Institute
Discovered and developed by a small cadre of Bellingham boulderers, the...
Skagit Headwaters
B.C. and Washington governments, tribes, businesses continue to oppose mining in headwaters of Skagit River
Story by Ian Haupt
Photos courtesy of the Wilderness Committee
Those in...
Pandemic pivot
Events-based nonprofit shifts focus to outdoor recreation and nature education
Story and photos by Ian Haupt
If you sign up for one of Recreation Northwest’s Nature...
Q&A: Commissioner of public lands Hilary Franz on Washington’s wildfires, new...
As commissioner of public lands, Hilary Franz oversees the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR). Franz developed a wildfire and forest health funding...
Firecraft Northwest
A one-person outdoor education program
Story by Ian Haupt
Rubbing two sticks together. Put so simply, it sounds trivial. Yet it was necessary for all that’s...