Fishes and Wishes New Year’s Celebration

Join Finnriver and NOSC in celebration of the New Year! On Monday, December, 31st, at Finnriver Cider and Orchard, there will be live jazz music, pebble blessings, a Chimacum Creek walk, and a special lighting of FIN, the giant migrating salmon.  The Chimacum Creek walk will be lead by NOSC’s Stewardship Coordinator, Sarah Doyle, who will elaborate on the importance … Read More

Real Learning Real Work is Underway!

NOSC’s Real Learning Real Work education program kicked off on October 16th/19th with Chimacum and Blue Heron schools. The Real Learning Real Work program works with students in Jefferson and Clallam County to work alongside real restoration professionals at real restoration sites, learning the techniques that specialists use everyday. Charles captured the 7th grade students working hard to develop plot maps (the area that … Read More

Coho Surveyor Training

It’s that time of year again! The coho spawning salmon are soon to be making their way back up Chimacum creek. If you are interested in experiencing one of nature’s most fascinating migrations please join us on Monday, October 29th from 10 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. in Port Hadlock for our Coho Spawner Survey Training. Please RSVP online using this … Read More

Six Powerful Women

Six powerful  women pose for a photo, including this year’s Eleanor Stopps Environmental Leadership Award winner – our very own Sarah Doyle! From left to right, Anne Murphy, L. Katherin Baril, Sarah Doyle, Sarah Spaeth, Jude Rubin, and Rebecca Benjamin. Sarah won the award jointly with Eloise Kailin, the 99 year old Olympic Environmental Council co-founder. Sarah and Eloise represent … Read More

Event Recap: Orca Festival

With a light breeze, 75 degrees and sunny, June 23rd marked the perfect day for the Port Townsend Orca Festival!  The Orca Festival is annual tradition celebrating the relationships of two iconic species of the Salish Sea: the Orca and the Salmon.  The  festival is dedicated to deepening our relationship and responsibility to these species. So, whale experts, educators, artists and community members … Read More

Field Techs Wanted

Volunteer with the Salmon Coalition this summer and learn about fish passage and how to conduct fish barrier assessments! We’ll be collecting data in the Hoko River throughout the summer and need more help in the field. If you enjoy hiking and want to learn more about monitoring for fish passage, this is for you! Surveys take place in teams … Read More

New office location in Port Angeles!

We’ve moved our Port Angeles office to 5th and Peabody, above the Law offices of Karen Unger. Our new address is now 332 East 5th Street, Suite 200, Port Angeles, WA 98362 If your in the area, feel free to stop by anytime, head up stairs, look for the Red Door with the Salmon,   and say hello!

Wine, Pasta, Fish, and Friends!

On Tuesday, May 22nd, the Salmon Coalition hosted its second annual wine tasting and pasta dinner at Marrowstone Vineyards. We could not have asked for a better night! It was sunny and 65 without a cloud in sight. The evening consisted of wine, pasta, live music from the Pourboys,   a silent auction, and of course, friends! We gave an … Read More

Education Season Wraps up

It was a classic grey day in the Peninsula as 60 Blue Heron students crossed a small bridge over Salmon Creek to complete their last day in our Real Learning Real Work (RLRW) education program. Real Learning Real Work takes students from Jefferson and Clallam County out of the classroom and into the field to work alongside real restoration professionals at real … Read More

New Discovery Bay Restoration Interpretive Signs

The new interpretive signs discussing NOSC’s restoration work on Discovery Bay have been installed. The signs discussing the work on Maynard Bay and historical signs talking about the old mill and railroad can be found along the section of the Olympic Discovery Trail that runs along Discovery Bay.