Whatcom Falls Park is a popular destination when the sun starts to show itself in Bellingham. It is the home to the infamous waterfalls, and 5.5 miles of trails. There is also an off-leash dog park.
“I often bring my dog, Charlee, here,” said Kendall Ring, a Western Washington University Student. “She loves all the other dogs, and I can let her run around.”
There is one post in Whatcom Falls Park maintained by Bellingham Public Works that contains bags for dog waste.
“There is one post in Whatcom Falls Park maintained by the Public Works Department,” said Emily Johnson, the Environmental Educator at the Bellingham Public Works Department. “
Recently, they have not been refilled, said Maneval.
“I’ve taken a couple walks around the park to see if they are refilled, and they haven’t been lately,” said Richard Maneval, a previous board member and still an active member in the Alabama Hill Neighborhood Association.
Two years ago, the Alabama Hill Neighborhood Association purchased five new “dog bag posts” to put up in Whatcom Falls Park.
“It was part of a larger project to put up signs on the trails,” said Maneval. “People were getting lost in the park and we wanted to put up signs to make the trails easier to follow.”
They had planned to put them up, but they never were and are not sitting in Maneval’s possession.
“Another board member (of Alabama Hill Neighborhood Association) plans on coming to grab one or two and put them up.”
Currently, Bellingham’s Public Works Department takes care of the existing post.
“The post in Whatcom Falls Park is located by Derby Pond,” said Johnson. “There is also one up by Scutter Pond.” Scutter Pond is in the Northeast area of the park, closer to Bloedel Donovan Park.
Ring says that she thinks it’s a good idea for more posts to be put in.
“I usually bring my own bags, but there are times I forget,” said Ring. “It would be nice to see a few more posts so I wouldn’t have to go searching for one with bags in it.”
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