Lake Whatcom is the drinking water source for 100,000 Whatcom County residents, including Bellingham and the community of Sudden Valley. Water customers pay a surcharge that funds the program.

A new trail through the forest above Lake Whatcom is open for use, offering a 7-mile route below Stewart Mountain for hikers, mountain bikers and horse riders, the state Department of Natural ...

Bellingham is preserving more than 40 acres of forest around Lake Whatcom, part of its 20-year policy of buying land in the watershed to prevent development. One site is above Northshore Road and ...

A city of Bellingham map shows the location of the 754 acres of land above Lake Whatcom that the city bought from the Nielsen Brothers Inc. for $3.65 million.