Bellingham has added nearly 100 acres of land to protected areas around Lake Whatcom over the past two months, including 48 ...

The County Council has approved a recreational trail plan for 8,844 acres of forest land around Lake Whatcom. The land includes Stewart Mountain, foreground, on the east side of Lake Whatcom.

The popular Hertz Trail along Lake Whatcom has been closed a little more than a mile in because of a landslide, the Whatcom County Parks and Recreation Department said on Wednesday, Jan. 20.