Bellingham recognizes MLK Day with service, call to continue fight for justice

Hundreds of volunteers from around Whatcom County stepped up to help stabilize a hillside in Maritime Heritage Park on a sunny Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

More than 150 people helped remove invasive ivy and hawthorn trees throughout the morning on Monday, Jan. 19, then spread mulch made from old Christmas trees. Within two hours they had planted 250 native plants to help hold everything together.