Volunteer with NOSC on November 16th to plant native trees and shrubs to expand the riparian buffer at Salmon Creek!

November 16th, 10am-2pm at Salmon Creek Wildlife Area

This winter we aim to extend the riparian buffer on the west side of Salmon Creek. Outside the 50 – 150-foot current buffer, the floodplain is currently dominated by invasive Reed Canary Grass which provides little ecosystem services. Riparian buffers play crucial roles in controlling erosion, providing shade, filtering pollutants, slowing runoff, and are future sources of large woody debris.

About the site:

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife’s (WDFW) Salmon Creek Wildlife Area is part of the broader 196-acre Discovery Bay Wildlife Area Unit which was acquired for stream, riparian, and estuarine restoration and protection. Salmon Creek is one of two major salmon streams that flow into Discovery Bay, providing crucial habitat for ESA-listed Hood Canal Summer Chum and steelhead. Extensive salmon monitoring via WDFW spawner and smolt traps over the past 20 years shows rebounding chum populations after a stream re-meandering, riparian buffer planting, and numerous estuary and nearshore projects. Learn more about NOSC’s estuary and nearshore restoration HERE.

Please bring:

• Lunch
• Water
• Layers for our late fall weather
• Sturdy shoes

We will have work glove and all needed tools/equipment. We will also have some heavy-duty rain gear available to borrow.

Getting There: Google Maps

• From Clallam County – take 101 east to Discovery Bay. Just past the old Disco Bay Outdoor Gear Exchange, turn right on W Uncas Road.  Travel about 1/4 mile, and look for the NOSC sign at a pullout on your left.
• From Port Townsend/Hwy 20 – take Hwy 20 south to 101. Turn right on Hwy 101 then take a left on W Uncas Road just before the old Dico Bay Outdoor Gear Exchange. Travel about 1/4 mile, and look for the NOSC sign at a pullout on your left.
• From 104/101 interchange – take 101 west towards Port Angeles, continue into Discovery Bay and take a left on W Uncas Road (the north end) just before the old Dico Bay Outdoor Gear Exchange. Travel about 1/4 mile, and look for the NOSC sign at a pullout on your left.

Photo by Jeremy Johnson.