Stream Stewards
2025-09-24 09:00 - 12:30, 2025-10-01 09:00 - 12:30, 2025-10-08 09:00 - 12:30, 2025-10-15 09:00 - 12:30 (America/Los_Angeles)
The Stream Stewards Program, originally developed by Washington State University’s Jefferson County Extension and now hosted by the Salmon Coalition, provides Jefferson and Clallam County residents with the opportunity to turn environmental knowledge into action. Through this 5-week course, participants learn about connections between our lands and waters by diving into topics such as stream ecology and restoration, salmon biology and habitats, riparian forests, tribal roles in restoration, and fisheries management. You will connect with local natural resource experts in classroom sessions and field experiences and learn about opportunities to get involved in local efforts to steward and restore our local watersheds.
Upon completion, volunteers are asked to commit to 20 volunteer hours to an organization of your choice over the following year. Volunteer hours can be applied to a wide range of opportunities that work toward the larger goal of improving local ecosystem health. From getting involved in a citizen science project to engaging in public outreach, volunteers can connect with opportunities that fit their skills and interests. Through this program, we hope to connect you to many of these organizations that host volunteer opportunities.
Throughout the training, organizations will provide participants with information about local projects and offer exciting opportunities to plug in and make a difference on the Olympic Peninsula.
The 5-week course fee will be $100 and classes will take place every Wednesday from 9-12:30 PM from September 17th-October 15th at various locations in Jefferson and Clallam Counties.
*PROGRAM IS FULL* Please reach out to nroberts@nosc.org if you would like to be added to the waitlist.

Dungeness River Festival - Volunteer Opportunity
2025-09-26 09:00 - 14:30 | Dungeness River Nature Center, 1943 W. Hendrickson St, Sequim, WA, 98382
The Salmon Coalition is looking for volunteers to help kids of all ages experience the wonder of Fin the Giant Migrating Salmon!
NOSC will be bring Fin to the Dungeness River Festival, hosted by the Dungeness River Nature Center, on Friday, September 26th. Volunteer shifts (2-hour slots) are available from 8:45am to 2:45pm. No experience necessary – training and a helpful volunteer guide are provided!
For more information on the event, visit: Dungeness River Festival 2025 – Dungeness River Nature Center

Member Tour: Trapping and Monitoring at Salmon Creek
2025-10-09 09:00 - 11:00
Join NOSC for a Member Tour!
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. Find out more, join, or re-join today by visiting Become a Member | North Olympic Salmon Coalition (nosc.org).
Join the North Olympic Salmon Coalition for an exclusive Member Tour with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW). Stock Assessment Biologist Casey Sloth will lead us at Salmon Creek, where WDFW staff and volunteers operate a fish trap to monitor salmon runs. Members will see first-hand how fish are captured, identified, and sampled for important data that may reveal the age and life history of each salmon. The tour will also provide a chance to observe Summer Chum and Coho salmon up close during their migration.
What to expect: This is a field-based tour with uneven ground and wet conditions near the creek. WDFW staff will have fish on hand for demonstration, and participants may see live salmon in the trap as well as spawned-out carcasses used for scientific sampling. Please dress for variable weather, wear sturdy footwear suitable for mud and cobbles, and be prepared for light walking off maintained trails.
About the project: Summer Chum once nearly disappeared from Hood Canal and the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act, these salmon rely on healthy stream and estuary habitats to survive. Through decades of work by NOSC, WDFW, local tribes, and volunteers, Summer Chum runs in creeks like Chimacum, Jimmycomelately, and Salmon Creek have shown strong signs of recovery. Monitoring programs like the Salmon Creek trap are critical for tracking population health, guiding restoration, and ensuring this remarkable species continues its comeback. Your support as a NOSC member helps make this recovery possible.
The meeting point and driving directions are provided in registration confirmation.

**Space is limited – RSVP is required**
Salmon Coalition Members receive priority registration through September 30th. Registration for Non-Members opens October 1st.

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Can I still come if I’m not a Salmon Coalition Member?
Yes! We always welcome volunteers to share in member tours as thanks for contributing your time and energy to the Salmon Coalition. After priority registration, we welcome anyone to join if there is still space available!
Sharing our mission and involving the community in salmon restoration work is a vital part of what we do. Please consider supporting us by becoming a Salmon Coalition Member: Become a Member | North Olympic Salmon Coalition (nosc.org) or making a one-time or monthly donation Donate | North Olympic Salmon Coalition.

Orca Recovery Day - Volunteer Planting
2025-10-18 10:00 - 12:30 | Salmon Creek in Discovery Bay, W Uncas Road
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 Salmon Creek Wildlife Area! 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 short supply, they’ll supplement their diet with other species, including chum salmon.
Parking is limited. We highly encourage carpooling!
Please bring the following: Gloves, water bottle, snacks, layers for fall weather!
Saturday, October 18th, 10am – 12:30pm.
321 West Uncas Road, Port Townsend, WA 98368

NOSC Annual Meeting 2025
2025-10-19 17:00 - 19:30 | Red Cedar Hall, 1033 Old Blyn Highway, Sequim, WA, 98382
Join Us at our NOSC Annual Meeting 2025!

NOSC is holding its Annual Meeting Sunday, October 19th at the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe’s Red Cedar Hall facility in Blyn. This is a free event where we share with our community the work we’ve done over the past year and review the broader ecological, cultural, and economic impact of our work. This is also a pie potluck! Bring your favorite pie to share with the community. Folks usually bring savory dishes, but sweet ones find their way in, too. Everyone is invited to bring a pie, but no one is required to do so.
Details and RSVP!

Barerooting Plants
2025-11-07 10:00 - 12:00 | Finnriver Farm & Cidery, 124 Center Road, Chimacum, WA, 98325
Volunteer to help NOSC bareroot plants to prepare them for planting at the Salmon Creek Wildlife Area the next day.
We will be working at the NOSC Nursery at Finnriver Farm & Cidery to remove native trees and shrubs from their storage pots. Now dormant for the winter, these plants can be transported for planting by removing the potting soil from their roots. This allows us to prepare and transport large quantities of plants more efficiently.
We will meet at 10am at the NOSC Garage and walk out to the nursery. Please RSVP for driving directions.

Volunteer Planting - Salmon Creek Wildlife Area
2025-11-08 10:00 - 14:00
Volunteer with NOSC on November 8th to plant native trees and shrubs to expand the riparian buffer at Snow Creek!
November 8th, 10am-2pm at Salmon Creek Wildlife Area
This winter we aim to extend the riparian buffer on the west side of Snow Creek which flows on the far side of the Salmon Creek Wildlife Area. Outside the 50 -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. Dense plantings of native trees and shrubs has been quite effective at this site with shading out invasive species.
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. Snow 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 over the past 20 years shows rebounding chum populations after habitat restoration, 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.

This project is supported with funding from Washington’s Climate Commitment Act. The CCA supports Washington’s climate action efforts by putting cap-and- invest dollars to work reducing climate pollution, creating jobs, and improving public health. Information about the CCA is available at www.climate.wa.gov.

Photo by NOSC

Barerooting Plants
2025-12-02 13:00 - 15:00 | Finnriver Farm & Cidery, 124 Center Road, Chimacum, WA, 98325
Volunteer to help NOSC bareroot plants to prepare them for planting at Serenity Lane the next day.
We will be working at the NOSC Nursery at Finnriver Farm & Cidery to remove native trees and shrubs from their storage pots. Now dormant for the winter, these plants can be transported for planting by removing the potting soil from their roots. This allows us to prepare and transport large quantities of plants more efficiently.
We will meet at 1pm at the NOSC Garage and walk out to the nursery. Please RSVP for driving directions.

Volunteer Planting – Serenity Lane
2025-12-03 10:00 - 14:00 | Serenity Lane, Otter Way, Sequim, WA, 98362, United States
Join NOSC on December 3rd to plant trees and shrubs along the Dungeness River!
An aerial image of the Dungeness River, taken in 2020. Photo by John Gussman.
As part of an ongoing riparian forest restoration project, we will be returning to the Dungeness River to plant trees and shrubs at the Serenity Lane Riparian Restoration Project. In previous years, this site underwent a massive invasive species removal effort. We aim to fill in the remaining portion of the project with native plants. This diverse future forest will grow to shade the salmon stream, control erosion, and provide habitat for the birds, insects, amphibians, and mammals that also call the Dungeness ecosystem home.
Planting Details:
Wednesday, December 3rd
10am – 2pm
Please arrive by 10am for site orientation. We’ll take a break for lunch around noon. A site tour will take place at about 1:30pm.
Please bring lunch, water, and layers/footwear you need to be comfortable in our winter weather!
Directions will be provided in RSVP confirmation email.
Riverbank lupine growing along the Dungeness River. Photo by John Gussman.
About the Project:
In 2015, the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe purchased and removed several homes at danger of washing into the Dungeness River. The Salmon Coalition joined the Dungeness River Riparian Project in a massive community effort to remove invasive species and replace them with native plants, including seeding the area with riverbank lupine. In recent years, Serenity Lane has been the site of several NOSC student plantings. It is time to return to the site to fill in remaining areas with native trees and shrubs, ensuring invasive vegetation remains at bay.

Top: A group of volunteers plant native trees and shrubs near the Dungeness River. Photo by John Gussman.

Barstool Bingo at The Hilltop Tavern
2026-01-07 19:00 - 22:00, 2026-01-14 19:00 - 22:00, 2026-01-28 19:00 - 22:00 | Hilltop Tavern, 2510 W Sims Way, Port Townsend, WA, 98368
Get your stamping hands ready, because BINGO is back! Bring your friends, celebrate, and enjoy a guaranteed good time. Join NOSC from 7pm-10pm at The Hilltop Tavern in Port Townsend. Barstool 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 January starting the 7th, will be donated to NOSC!

Winter Twig Identification Course - Clallam County
2026-01-30 13:00 - 15:00 | Lyre Conservation Area, Reynold Rd, Port Angeles, Washington, 98363, United States
Join NOSC to learn how to identify winter twigs!
Are you interested in plant identification? Have you wondered what the bare twigs you see throughout winter will grow into? Join us as we host winter twig identification courses in both Clallam and Jefferson counties. We will discuss plant identification methods suitable for winter, when you cannot immediately identify plants by their leaves or flowers.
On Friday, January 30th we will meet at the Lyre Conservation Area in Clallam County in partnership with the North Olympic Land Trust. In February we will hold an additional course at the Illahee Preserve in Jefferson County in partnership with the Jefferson Land Trust. We will cover the same material in each class. Please RSVP as space is limited.
Clallam County Class Details:
Date: Friday, January 30th
Time: 1-3pm
Location: Lyre Conservation Area
Partner: North Olympic Land Trust

General Information:
Please arrive no later than 1pm for site orientation.
Please bring water and layers/footwear you need to be comfortable in our winter weather!
Directions will be provided in RSVP confirmation email.

Caption: A newly planted winter twig emerging from the ground. Photo by NOSC.

*POSTPONED* Volunteer Planting – Tipton Site (Dungeness)
2026-02-07 10:00 - 14:00 | Dungeness River
**This event has been postponed until March 7th – register for the new date HERE!**
Join NOSC on February 7th to plant trees and shrubs along the Dungeness River!
An aerial image of the Dungeness River, taken in 2020. Photo by John Gussman.
As part of an ongoing riparian forest restoration project, we will be returning to the Dungeness River to plant trees and shrubs at the Tipton site. This diverse riparian area will grow to shade the salmon stream, control erosion, and provide habitat for the birds, insects, amphibians, and mammals that also call the Dungeness ecosystem home.
Planting Details:
Saturday, February 7th
10am – 2pm
Please arrive by 10am for site orientation. We’ll take a break for lunch around noon. A site tour will take place at about 1:30pm.
Please bring lunch, water, and layers/footwear you need to be comfortable in our winter weather!
Directions will be provided in RSVP confirmation email.

Top: Volunteers planting native plants along the Dungeness River. Photo by John Gussman.

Volunteer Planting – Dungeness River Nature Center
2026-02-18 10:00 - 14:00 | Dungeness River Nature Center, 1943 W. Hendrickson St, Sequim, WA, 98382
Join NOSC on February 18th to plant trees and shrubs along the Dungeness River at the Dungeness River Nature Center!
An aerial image of the Dungeness River, taken in 2020. Photo by John Gussman.
Just downstream from the Dungeness River Nature Center, this site is located in dense riparian forest. Growth in the understory has been limited by deep shade, and the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe has recently taken measures to thin this section of forest and allow for a more robust assortment of native understory plants. Building on the Nature Center’s plantings earlier this year, we will be planting the riparian understory with shade-tolerant plants to boost the area’s biodiversity and provide new and improved habitat for native birds, insects, amphibians, mammals, and more!
Planting Details:
Wednesday, February 18th
10am – 2pm
Please arrive by 10am for site orientation. We’ll take a break for lunch around noon. A site tour will take place at about 1:30pm.
Please bring lunch, water, and layers/footwear you need to be comfortable in our winter weather!
Directions will be provided in RSVP confirmation email.

Top: A volunteer plants native plants along the Dungeness River. Photo by NOSC Staff.

Winter Twig Identification Course - Jefferson County
2026-02-25 13:00 - 15:00 | Illahee Preserve, Creekview Lane, Port Hadlock-Irondale, WA, 98368, United States
Join NOSC to learn how to identify winter twigs!
Are you interested in plant identification? Have you wondered what the bare twigs you see throughout winter will grow into? Join us as we host winter twig identification courses in both Clallam and Jefferson counties. We will discuss plant identification methods suitable for winter, when you cannot immediately identify plants by their leaves or flowers.
On Wednesday, February 25th we will meet at the Illahee Preserve in partnership with the Jefferson Land Trust. In January we will hold an additional course at the Lyre River Conservation Area in Clallam County in partnership with the North Olympic Land Trust. We will cover the same material in each class. Please RSVP as space is limited.
Jefferson County Class Details:
Date: Wednesday, February 25th
Time: 1-3pm
Location: Illahee Preserve
Partner: Jefferson Land Trust

General Information:
Please arrive no later than 1pm for site orientation.
Please bring water and layers/footwear you need to be comfortable in our winter weather!
Directions will be provided in RSVP confirmation email.

Caption: A newly planted winter twig emerging from the ground. Photo by NOSC.

Volunteer Planting – Dungeness
2026-03-07 10:00 - 14:00
Join NOSC on March 7th to plant trees and shrubs along the Dungeness River!
An aerial image of the Dungeness River, taken in 2020. Photo by John Gussman.
As part of an ongoing riparian forest restoration project, we will be returning to the Dungeness River to plant trees and shrubs. This diverse riparian area will grow to shade the salmon stream, control erosion, and provide habitat for the birds, insects, amphibians, and mammals that also call the Dungeness ecosystem home.
Planting Details:
Saturday, March 7th
10am – 2pm
Please arrive by 10am for site orientation. We’ll take a break for lunch around noon. A site tour will take place at about 1:30pm.
Please bring lunch, water, and layers/footwear you need to be comfortable in our winter weather!
Directions will be provided in RSVP confirmation email.

Top: Volunteers planting native plants along the Dungeness River. Photo by John Gussman.

Bioblitz
2026-04-25 10:00 - 15:00 | Salmon Creek in Discovery Bay, W Uncas Road
What is a Bioblitz?
A Bioblitz is a citizen science biological inventory where a group of people work to locate and identify as many species (plants, animals, fungi, etc.) as possible in a specific area over a short period of time. It differs from traditional scientific inquiry, which is usually limited to trained professionals, in that it brings together volunteer scientists, families, and other members of the general public. Community members get the opportunity to work alongside scientists to learn about the biological diversity of local natural spaces while gaining skills and knowledge to develop a stronger connection to these spaces. Species identifications will be recorded using the iNaturalist App or via a paper recording form. The iNaturalist app can be downloaded on a smartphone for free and will help compile the cumulative data in real time. Learn more about the app at A Community for Naturalists · iNaturalist.
About the event
This Bioblitz will take place on Saturday, April 25th from 10:00-3:00 at the North Olympic Wildlife Area—Discovery Bay Unit, located 14 miles southeast of Port Townsend at the head of Discovery Bay. This area has been the site of extensive restoration work to restore habitat for endangered Hood Canal Summer Chum, coho, and steelhead. This restoration work includes riparian, stream, wetland, and nearshore areas that provide habitat for a wide range of plants and animals. Long term monitoring of the entire ecosystem gives us and Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (the landowner) important information about the recovery of these ecosystems and the far-reaching impacts of restoration work.
What to expect
Participants can expect to walk a mile or two throughout the course of the day’s activities, but topography at the site is flat with only occasional small obstacles such as downed trees to maneuver around. Please bring warm clothes, raingear (just in case!), footwear for wet/muddy conditions, and a sack lunch. Weather in late April can be hit or miss, we could have beautiful blue skies or precipitation, so be prepared for either!

Trivia Night at Barhop Brewery
2026-05-05 18:00 - 20:00 | Barhop Brewing & Artisan Pizza, 124 W Railroad Ave, Port Angeles, Washington
Think you know your salmon from your steelhead? Your tributaries from your estuaries? How about your 90s sitcoms from your 2000s reality TV? Join us for Tavern Trivia Night at Barhop Brewery in Port Angeles!
When: Tuesday, May 5th, 6–8 PM
Where: Barhop Brewery, Port Angeles
Teams: Bring your team (or join one when you get there)
Cost: Free to play, but come hungry and thirsty!
Bring your friends and introduce them to the Salmon Coaltion’s mission and activities. We’ll have multiple rounds covering everything from salmon science to pop culture, history, geography, and more. Prizes for the top team, and fun for everyone. Plus, with a huge THANK YOU to Barhop Brewery, a percentage of sales for the evening will be donated to NOSC. Whether you’ve been following our work for years or you’re just here for suds, pizza, and big brain bragging rights, we’d love to see you. The North Olympic Salmon Coalition has been restoring rivers and streams across the Peninsula since 1990. This is a chance to meet some of the people behind the work — and maybe learn a thing or two between rounds. RSVPs aren’t required for this event, but we’d love to know if you plan to be there. See you there!
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Macroinvertebrate Monitoring Class
2026-05-21 10:00 - 13:00 | HJ Carrol Park, 9884 WA-19, Chimacum, 98325, United States
Join NOSC to monitor macroinvertebrates at Chimacum Creek!
Macroinvertebrate. It’s a term that is familiar to some, but unfamiliar to many. Macroinvertebrates are small organisms that lack a backbone, are visible to the naked eye, and are large enough to be easily collected. Aquatic macroinvertebrates include insects, crustaceans, bivalves, gastropods, and annelids. The particular assemblage of aquatic macroinvertebrates in a given waterway can be an excellent indicator of ecosystem health. This is because different species have varying levels of tolerance to pollution and disturbance. Some, like stoneflies and mayflies are highly sensitive to changes in water quality, while organisms like crayfish, leeches, black flies and midges are much less sensitive. Macroinvertebrate sampling is a fun and relatively simple way to assess stream health and NOSC has been facilitating sampling activities in local streams and rivers for several years. Come join us on Thursday, May 21st from 10 am – 1 pm at HJ Carroll Park in Chimacum as we analyze the creek’s health through macroinvertebrate sampling. This is an activity that is appropriate for all ages, so feel free to bring the family along!
Event Details:
Thursday, May 21st
10 am – 1 pm
Please arrive by 10 am for site orientation and training. Bring snacks, water, layers appropriate for our spring weather. If you’d like to participate in the collection of macroinvertebrates from the creek, please bring waterproof boots. NOSC will have a limited supply of hip waders available on a first come first served basis.

Top: photo of a mayfly nymph courtesy Tom Murray.

Crafts to Celebrate Salmon - Clallam Bay Library Branch
2026-06-17 11:00 - 2026-08-15 18:00 | Clallam Bay Library Branch, 16990 Washington 112, Clallam Bay, WA, United States
The North Olympic Salmon Coalition has partnered with the Clallam Bay branch of the North Olympic Library System to provide salmon activities for the summer! Drop in June 17-August 15 and use the craft station to create a salmon hat and browse books for all ages.
Craft activities will be available during library hours from June 17–August 15 at the salmon-themed table in the library.
For more information, visit the library’s website: https://events.nols.org/event/16368000

Plant Identification Course - Clallam Bay Library Branch
2026-07-11 14:30 - 17:00 | Little Hoko River Trail, Clallam Bay, WA, 98326, United States
Learn how to identify native plants in the area!

Join the North Olympic Salmon Coalition in partnership with the Clallam Bay Library branch at the Little Hoko River Trail to learn how to identify a variety of plants native to the area.
Registration is encouraged. To register, visit: https://events.nols.org/event/16328701

Event Details:
Saturday, July 11th, 2:30 – 5:00 pm
Little Hoko River Trail
Hoko-Ozette Road, Clallam Bay

Directions to Little Hoko River Trail:
The Little Hoko River trail is located in Hoko River/Cowan Ranch State Park. To reach the trail, take state Highway 112 west of Clallam Bay and then drive south on Hoko-Ozette Road. Just past the Cowan Heritage area, cross the Little Hoko River bridge and park at the gate.

Salmon Restoration Presentation - Sequim Library Branch
2026-07-15 18:00 - 19:00 | Sequim Library Branch, 630 N Sequim Ave, Sequim, WA, 98382, United States
Learn about local efforts to provide healthy habitat for wild salmon! The North Olympic Salmon Coalition is partnering with the North Olympic Library System to share about work being done to improve salmon habitat. Join us at the Sequim Library branch to learn about some of our current projects and techniques used for habitat restoration! For more information, visit: https://events.nols.org/event/16338279

Event Details:
Wednesday, July 15th, 6-7 pm
Sequim Community Meeting Room, Sequim Library Branch
630 N Sequim Ave, Sequim, WA 98382

Salmon Restoration Presentation - Port Angeles Main Library
2026-07-16 18:00 - 20:00 | Port Angeles Main Library Branch, 2210 S Peabody St, Port Angeles, WA, 98362, United States
Learn about local efforts to provide healthy habitat for wild salmon! The North Olympic Salmon Coalition is partnering with the North Olympic Library System to share about work being done to improve salmon habitat. Join us at the Port Angeles Main Library to learn about some of our current projects and techniques used for habitat restoration! For more information, visit: https://events.nols.org/event/16338307

Event Details:
Thursday, July 16th, 6-8 pm
Raymond Carver Room, Port Angeles Main Library
2210 S Peabody St, Port Angeles, WA 98362

Volunteer Stewardship Day: Butterfly Bush Deadheading
2026-07-24 09:00 - 12:00 | Serenity Lane, Otter Way, Sequim, WA, 98362, United States
Calling all Deadhead-ers! Help us manage invasive Butterfly Bush on the Dungeness River this summer. Seed banks of this invasive shrub can be managed by the removal of flowers prior to seeding, mitigating the spread of the plant prior to removal.
Tools and gloves will be provided. Please wear long pants and bring water and a lunch. Footing at the site is uneven. We will be working on rocky gravel bars. Activity ranges from mild to moderate and can be adapted to ability level.
About the project:
With the Dungeness Riparian Recovery Project, NOSC is working with willing landowners on the Dungeness River and its tributaries to remove invasive plants like butterfly bush and knotweed in the riparian corridor before planting or seeding the areas with native plants that support pollinators and salmon. Although pretty, these plants quickly take over gravel bars and stream banks, excluding the growth of native plants. In order to prevent reseeding from plants upstream, butterfly bush removal is tackled from upstream to downstream to eliminate seeds from being transported by the water flow. So far, NOSC has removed butterfly bush from nearly 3 miles of the Dungeness and associated side channels. Downstream seeds banks can be mitigated through deadheading plants that are too large to pull – cutting off the flowers before they go the seed. Each flower cluster can produce up to 40,000 seeds!

This project is supported with funding from Washington’s Climate Commitment Act. The CCA supports Washington’s climate action efforts by putting cap-and- invest dollars to work reducing climate pollution, creating jobs, and improving public health. Information about the CCA is available at www.climate.wa.gov.

Stories with Fin the Salmon - Sequim Library Branch
2026-07-30 10:30 - 11:30 | Sequim Library Branch, 630 N Sequim Ave, Sequim, WA, 98382, United States
The North Olympic Salmon Coalition is partnering with the North Olympic Library System to offer salmon stories for kids!

Kids (and their grownups!) can learn about salmon, their life cycle, and conservation through stories with the North Olympic Salmon Coalition. Fin the Salmon will visit and kids can explore the murals in her belly after the presentation.
This program will be held outside and the story portion of the program will be moved inside in the case of inclement weather. For more information, visit: https://events.nols.org/event/16367895

Event Details:
Thursday, July 30th, 10:30 – 11:30 am
Sequim Library Branch
630 N Sequim Ave, Sequim, WA 98382

Member Tour: Pedersen Nearshore Project
2026-08-12 10:00 | Discovery Bay, Fairmount Road, Discovery Bay, WA, 98368, United States
Join NOSC for our first 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.
After 25 years of restoration work in Discovery Bay, one of the next pieces of the puzzle is falling into place. This summer, crews break ground at the Pedersen Project, located on a parcel recently acquired by Jefferson Land Trust, and you’re invited to see the work up close.
Join Project Manager Kevin Long on Wednesday, August 12 at 10am for a casual “hard hat”-style tour of the active restoration site (we likely won’t need actual hard hats). Kevin will walk you through why nearshore and estuary habitat matters so much for young salmon, how old infrastructure like bulkheads and railroad grades disrupts this zone, and what NOSC and our engineering partners plan to accomplish before the season ends. The Discovery Bay effort has already returned benefits well beyond salmon, supporting shorebirds, shellfish, and marine mammals, and this project builds on that momentum.
Space is limited and RSVP is required. Sign up yourself and guests below.
What to expect: the tour covers mostly flat, firm ground with minimal walking. Park along the road and take a short stroll down a gravel drive to the site.
Driving directions are provided in registration confirmation.

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