Volunteer to help NOSC bareroot plants to prepare them for our Orca Recovery Day planting on the 17th! We will be working at the NOSC Nursery at Finnriver Farm & Cidery to remove native trees and shrubs from their storage pots. Now moving into dormancy for the winter, these plants can be transported for planting by removing the potting soil ... Read More
Come join us again in celebrating Orca Recovery Day as the Jefferson County Conservation District and the North Olympic Salmon Coalition team up for a planting event at Snow Creek Estuary Preserve! This is important habitat for Endangered Hood Canal summer chum salmon. Recent studies have shown that when Chinook salmon, the preferred prey of Southern Resident Orcas, is in ... Read More
In the wine world, unlabeled bottles are called shiners. Olympic Cellars Winery is closing its doors after 47 years, and the owners told us they wanted their last shiners to do some environmental good. They have a pallet of them, almost 650 bottles. After conversations with the winery owners and the Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe's 7 Cedars a plan was hatched. ... Read More
Join NOSC for our third Member Tour of 2026! Member Tours give Salmon Coalition Members the opportunity to see the impact of the work they support with tours of complete, in-progress, or upcoming projects with staff members. What does it take to turn an eroding creek into better habitat for salmon? Join us at Snow Creek Uncas Preserve to see ... Read More
Join NOSC to steward a restoration site along Discovery Bay! The Maynard restoration project was completed over ten years ago, after removing 150 creosote pilings from an abandoned railway and restoring 1,700 feet to natural shoreline. The result is habitat for hard shell clams and forage fish, an important food fish for salmon, among many other species. We will continue ... Read More
Team up with NOSC to continue the revegetation of Salmon Creek by planting native trees and shrubs on November 14th! A historic estuary, the lower site had been graded and used as pasture for several decades, with several dilapidated railroad and mill buildings requiring removal. A total of 25,000 cubic yards of mill waste were trucked offsite, which revealed remnants ... Read More
