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Come join the North Olympic Salmon Coalition for the 89th Annual Rhody Festival Parade on Saturday, May 18th in Port Townsend. Help us decorate and walk alongside Fin the Giant Wild Salmon as we migrate our way through the streets of Port Townsend, spreading salmon cheer! If you aren’t in the mood to decorate or walk in the parade, we also need help … Read More

Washington’s 48-hour Give Big event is May 7th and 8th Help us raise $3,500 to support our growing education programs. With free education programs provided to schools across the north side of the Olympic Peninsula and low-cost community education, NOSC seeks to educate the next generation of salmon stewards by providing hands-on learning about salmon, restoration, and watershed health in our community! … Read More

Students have spent the last couple months raising coho salmon from eggs and now will get a chance to release them into a local waterway. They will also participate in several other activities such as macroinvertebrate studies, salmon life cycle games, art, and habitat tours. Volunteers help NOSC staff lead activities, set-up and take-down supplies, and ensure students rotate through … Read More

Come join us as we pot up plants for future riparian restoration projects. We recently expanded our native plant nursery in partnership with the Jefferson County Conservation District and now we get to stock it up with trees and shrubs that will eventually become future forests along our local creeks and rivers. We will be potting up trees and shrubs … Read More

Join us as we plant a forest along the banks of the newly restored Snow Creek Uncas Preserve Reach near Discovery Bay! After completing the first stage of floodplain and large woody debris work last summer, the next stage of this project is working to restore a healthy and diverse riparian forest on the shores of Snow Creek. We have … Read More

Get your stamping hands ready, because BINGO is back! Bring your friends, celebrate, and enjoy a guaranteed good time. Join NOSC from 7pm-9pm at the Hilltop Tavern in Port Townsend. Bar Stool BINGO is $1 per round or $10 to play all 10 rounds – prizes for winners and fun to go around! All proceeds from Bingo, every Wednesday in … Read More

Give the gift of NOSC this holiday season! A NOSC membership is a great gift for the service-minded individual who doesn’t need another “thing” or you can make a donation in the name of a friend or family member. Visit Donate | North Olympic Salmon Coalition (nosc.org) for more information. We will be accepting pre-orders for NOSC merchandise for pick-up … Read More

We are expanding our nursery in partnership with Jefferson County Conservation District to make room for more riparian plants along our waterways! Come work alongside our Washington Conservation Corps crew as we break ground on the new expansion and prep the site for installment of potted trees and shrubs. Event will take place from 1:00-3:00pm at Finnriver Cidery. Refreshments, gloves … Read More

Goodbye Chum, Hello Coho! With our summer chum spawner surveys wrapping up on Chimacum Creek, it’s the time of year where the Salmon Coalition transitions to surveying for coho salmon in the Chimacum watershed. Unlike summer chum surveys, where volunteers walk the lower 2-3 miles of the creek, coho surveys take volunteers into the creek’s uppermost headwaters. Indeed, coho salmon … Read More

Photo: Culvert removal project on Johnson Creek (a tributary to the Hoko River) during construction – by NOSC Staff. Join Project Manager, Kevin Long for an all-day tour of NOSC’s restoration work on the Hoko River! Saturday, October 28th – 10:30am-4:30pm. We’ll explore several projects throughout the Hoko River, weaving together the story of restoring this crucial watershed. The tour … Read More