- Features Protected: Located near Bellingham, this 138-acre site has exceptional biological diversity, ranging from bogs and wetlands-including a large and very active beaver pond-to hardwood thickets and mixed conifer forests of Douglas-fir, western redcedar and western hemlock, some with old growth characteristics. Most conifer stands on the site originated around 1840. A few remnant large Douglas-fir trees are hundreds of years old. These trees, along with charcoaled snags and stumps scattered within the area, offer clues about the cultural and fire history in the area.