Port Townsend Farmers Market
2024-07-20 09:00 - 14:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
*Date subject to change*
Port Townsend Farmers Market – July 20th
Summer is here and NOSC is gearing up to travel all across the North Olympic Peninsula to attend community events providing fun educational experiences for the community and sharing about the work that NOSC is doing in our community.
Photo by Joel Rogers

Sequim Farmers Market
2024-07-27 09:00 - 14:00
*Date subject to change*
Sequim Farmers Market – July 27th
Summer is here and NOSC is gearing up to travel all across the North Olympic Peninsula to attend community events providing fun educational experiences for the community and sharing about the work that NOSC is doing in our community.

Joyce Daze Wild Blackberry Festival
2024-08-03
Joyce Daze Wild Blackberry Festival – Saturday, August 3rd
This community festival draws HUGE crowds out to Joyce for the wild blackberry pies! NOSC will be bringing interactive salmon activities to educate and inspire people about salmon. The festival begins with a pancake breakfast held at the Grange Hall, followed by a crafts fair and parade, and ends with a raffle. The day’s events also include games for the kids, a salmon bake and entertainment. Proceeds from the event have provided scholarships for graduating Crescent High School seniors, funds to community organization and equipment for the Joyce Fire Department.
Photo courtesy of Roger Mosley.

Chimacum Farmers Market
2024-08-11 10:00 - 14:00
*Date subject to change*
Chimacum Farmers Market – August 11th
Summer is here and NOSC is gearing up to travel all across the North Olympic Peninsula to attend community events providing fun educational experiences for the community and sharing about the work that NOSC is doing in our community. Photo by Joel Rogers.

Port Townsend Farmers Market
2024-08-17 09:00 - 14:00
*Date subject to change*
Port Townsend Farmers Market – August 17th
Summer is here and NOSC is gearing up to travel all across the North Olympic Peninsula to attend community events providing fun educational experiences for the community and sharing about the work that NOSC is doing in our community.
Photo by Joel Rogers.

Community Potluck in Celebration of Rebecca Benjamin
2024-08-21 17:00 - 19:00 | Finnriver Farm & Cidery, 124 Center Road, Chimacum, WA, 98325
SAVE THE DATE!
You’re Invited to a Community Potluck in Celebration of Rebecca Benjamin
When: Wednesday, August 21st, from 5-7 PM, followed by a dance party with DJ Lunchlady
Where: Finnriver Cidery, 124 Center Road, Chimacum

Join us as we celebrate Rebecca Benjamin, the outgoing Executive Director of the North Olympic Salmon Coalition (NOSC). After 18 years of visionary leadership and dedication to the organization, she will be starting an exciting new career as the Director of the Washington Conservation Corps. We want to send her off with as much heart as she gave this organization!
This event will be a community potluck. Please bring a dish to share with a note of the ingredients to help those with allergens (we will provide paper if you forget!). NOSC and friends will provide a main dish and dessert.
Bring a fond memory of Rebecca with you! We will have a microphone ready for those of you that would like to share a story or give a toast to Rebecca.
We look forward to seeing you there!

Port Angeles Farmers Market
2024-08-24 10:00 - 14:00
*Date subject to change*
Port Angeles Farmers Market – August 24th
Summer is here and NOSC is gearing up to travel all across the North Olympic Peninsula to attend community events providing fun educational experiences for the community and sharing about the work that NOSC is doing in our community.

Volunteer Planting - Orca Recovery Day
2024-10-19 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 19th, 10am – 12:30pm.
321 West Uncas Road Port Townsend, WA 98368

Volunteer Planting - Salmon Creek
2024-11-16 10:00 - 14:00 | Salmon Creek in Discovery Bay, W Uncas Road
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.

Volunteer Planting - Snow Creek
2024-12-07 10:00 - 12:30 | Snow Creek Uncas Preserve, 47°58'07.8"N 122°53'04.8"W
Join us as we plant a forest along the banks of the newly restored Snow Creek Uncas Preserve Reach near Discovery Bay!
December 7th, 10am-12:30pm
After completing the first stage of floodplain and large woody debris work in the summer of 2023, the next stage of this project is working to restore a healthy and diverse riparian forest on the shores of Snow Creek. We will plant native trees and shrubs from 10am-12pm. After planting, we will give a tour of the restoration project from 12-12:30pm.
Refreshments, gloves and tools will be provided.
Parking is very limited, so please try to carpool if you can!
About the site:
During the summer of 2023, NOSC undertook a comprehensive habitat restoration project at the Jefferson Land Trust’s Snow Creek Uncas Preserve. The Land Trust acquired the property in 2015 to conserve the stream and riparian habitat to support salmon recovery.
This reach of the stream was identified as a major source of bank erosion, contributing fine sediments that were being washed downstream. This erosion impacts downstream redds of endangered Hood Canal Summer Chum. As sediment settles into the gravels around salmon eggs, it limits the flow of water across the eggs and restricts their access to dissolved oxygen.
To minimize bank erosion in the project reach, water traveling through the stream needed to be slowed down. This was achieved by installing 39 engineered log jams in order to slow water flow and add stream complexity. Additionally, ¼ mile of side-channels and 1.4 acres of floodplain were created or reconnected, allowing water to spread out and slow down during moderate to high flows.
Interested in learning more about the whys behind restoration work like this? Check out this talk by NOSC’s Project Manager, Kevin Long, on Stage 8 Restoration from the Port Townsend Marine Science Center’s Future of Oceans Lecture Series
While the first phase of the project is complete, the second phase, reforesting the site with a healthy and diverse riparian forest is just beginning. After an initial planting phase last winter, we aim to complete the reforestation this winter by infilling with additional understory and increasing plant density in some areas.

Photo by Jeremy Johnson.

Volunteer Planting - Dungeness River
2025-01-11 10:00 - 14:00 | Dungeness River
Join NOSC on January 11th to plant trees and shrubs along the Dungeness River!
New growth on plants at the Caldero Side Channel Project in Spring 2024. Photo by NOSC.
As part of an ongoing riparian forest restoration project, we will be returning to the Dungeness River to plant trees and shrubs along the Caldero Side Channel Project (on Fish Hatchery Road). Two years ago, hundreds of volunteers helped plant several acres of future forest along a new side channel of the Dungeness. After being snowed out for several plantings last year, we are returning this January to finish the job! We aim to improve plant density and plant the remaining portion of the project. 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:
Saturday, January 11th
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.

About the Project:
In 2022, the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe approached the Salmon Coalition to assist in revegetating the site of a newly constructed side channel on the Dungeness River, a short distance upstream of Highway 101. The site was acquired by the Tribe in 2017 and is named Caldero after the former landowner. The Caldero side channel project creates nearly 1,000 feet of off-channel habitat for both spawning adult salmon and rearing juveniles.
Planting volunteers take a break and look at the side channel project. Photo by Charles Espey.
Side channels such as the one at Caldero are critical refuges for salmon during flood events. This is particularly the case for juveniles, who can be easily overcome by heavy flows. Off-channel habitat can also be important spawning areas for returning adults. In fact, on a recent visit to the project site, Salmon Coalition staff members observed several adult coho salmon utilizing the new channel!
During January and February of 2023, the Salmon Coalition, our Washington Conservation Corps Crew, and hundreds of volunteers planted 7,000 native trees and shrubs! Large scale planting efforts like this one often require several subsequent plantings to ensure full revegetation.
Top Photo by Charles Espey.

MLK Jr. Day of Service Volunteer Planting – Discovery Bay
2025-01-20 10:00 - 14:00 | Discovery Bay, Fairmount Road, Discovery Bay, WA, 98368, United States
Join NOSC on January 20th to plant trees and shrubs at Discovery Bay!
A newly planted tree, with gloves and a shovel. Photo by Lindsey Aspelund.
Are you hoping to spend this Martin Luther King Jr. Day doing something that will have a lasting impact on your local community? Would you like to improve salmon habitat for years to come? Join us as we continue 20 years of restoration work at Discovery Bay.
In partnership with the Jefferson Land Trust and Peninsula Trails Coalition, we will gather to vegetate the site of the new Hall Baetz viewpoint with native trees and shrubs.
Planting Details:
Monday, January 20th
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: An aerial photo of Discovery Bay. Photo courtesy of John Gussman.

Winter Twig Identification Course - Clallam County
2025-01-23 13:00 - 15:00 | Lyre Conservation Area, Reynold Rd, Port Angeles, Washington, 98363, United States
Join NOSC to learn how to identify winter twigs!
**REGISTRATION FULL** If you would like to be added to the waitlist, please reach out to outreach@nosc.org
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 Thursday, January 23rd, we will meet at the Lyre Conservation Area in Clallam County in partnership with the North Olympic Land Trust. On Thursday, February 6th, we will meet 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: Thursday, January 23rd
Time: 1-3pm
Location: Lyre Conservation Area
Partner: North Olympic Land Trust
**REGISTRATION FULL** If you would like to be added to the waitlist, please reach out to outreach@nosc.org

General Information:
Please arrive by 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 – Serenity Lane
2025-01-25 10:00 - 14:00 | Serenity Lane, Otter Way, Sequim, WA, 98362, United States
Join NOSC on January 25th 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:
Saturday, January 25th
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 Washington Conservation Corps restoration crew member stands near invasive butterfly bush being removed from the Serenity Lane Riparian Restoration project. Photo by Torin Blaker.

Volunteer Planting 2/1 – Discovery Bay
2025-02-01 10:00 - 14:00 | Discovery Bay, Fairmount Road, Discovery Bay, WA, 98368, United States
This event is being rescheduled. Thanks to your hard work, we were able to plant 900 native trees and shrubs at our MLK Day of Service event. We expect to return to the Hall Baetz Viewpoint in March to continue planting the shoreline of Discovery Bay. Stay tuned for future events!
Join NOSC on February 1st to plant trees and shrubs at Discovery Bay!
A newly planted tree, with gloves and a shovel. Photo by Lindsey Aspelund.
In partnership with the Jefferson Land Trust and Peninsula Trails Coalition, we will gather to vegetate the site of the new Hall Baetz Viewpoint with native trees and shrubs. The North Olympic Salmon Coalition has been engaged in restoration work at Discovery Bay for over 20 years. This new site covers a large area of shoreline along Discovery Bay. Reforesting this area will provide habitat for the fish, birds, insects, amphibians, and mammals that call the Discovery Bay ecosystem home.
Planting Details:
Saturday, February 1st
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.
About the site:
The Hall Baetz Viewpoint is a new wildlife viewing shelter and gathering place along the Olympic Discovery Trail. The property is owned by the Jefferson Land Trust and covers a large portion of the shoreline at Discovery Bay. It is part of greater restoration efforts at Discovery Bay. This viewpoint was named in honor of the late Hall Baetz, a dedicated Olympic Discovery Trail volunteer.

Top: An aerial photo of Discovery Bay. Photo courtesy of John Gussman.

Volunteer Planting 2/15 - Snow Creek
2025-02-15 10:00 - 14:00 | Snow Creek Uncas Preserve, 47°58'07.8"N 122°53'04.8"W
Join us as we plant a forest along the banks of the newly restored Snow Creek Uncas Preserve Reach near Discovery Bay!
February 15th, 10am-2pm
After completing the first stage of floodplain and large woody debris work in the summer of 2023, the next stage of this project is working to restore a healthy and diverse riparian forest on the shores of Snow Creek. We will plant native trees and shrubs from 10am-1:30pm, with a break for lunch around noon. After planting, we will give a tour of the restoration project at around 1:30pm.
Refreshments, gloves and tools will be provided.
Parking is very limited, so please try to carpool if you can!
About the site:
During the summer of 2023, NOSC undertook a comprehensive habitat restoration project at the Jefferson Land Trust’s Snow Creek Uncas Preserve. The Land Trust acquired the property in 2015 to conserve the stream and riparian habitat to support salmon recovery.
This reach of the stream was identified as a major source of bank erosion, contributing fine sediments that were being washed downstream. This erosion impacts downstream redds of endangered Hood Canal Summer Chum. As sediment settles into the gravels around salmon eggs, it limits the flow of water across the eggs and restricts their access to dissolved oxygen.
To minimize bank erosion in the project reach, water traveling through the stream needed to be slowed down. This was achieved by installing 39 engineered log jams in order to slow water flow and add stream complexity. Additionally, ¼ mile of side-channels and 1.4 acres of floodplain were created or reconnected, allowing water to spread out and slow down during moderate to high flows.
Interested in learning more about the whys behind restoration work like this? Check out this talk by NOSC’s Project Manager, Kevin Long, on Stage 8 Restoration from the Port Townsend Marine Science Center’s Future of Oceans Lecture Series
While the first phase of the project is complete, the second phase, reforesting the site with a healthy and diverse riparian forest is just beginning. After an initial planting phase last winter, we aim to complete the reforestation this winter by infilling with additional understory and increasing plant density in some areas.

Photo by Jeremy Johnson.

Winter Twig Identification Course - Jefferson County
2025-02-20 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.
Please RSVP as space is limited.

Jefferson County Class Details:
Date: Thursday, February 20th
Time: 1-3pm
Location: Illahee Preserve
Partner: Jefferson Land Trust

General Information:
Please arrive by 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 3/1 - Snow Creek
2025-03-01 10:00 - 14:00 | Snow Creek Uncas Preserve, 47°58'07.8"N 122°53'04.8"W
Join us as we plant a forest along the banks of the newly restored Snow Creek Uncas Preserve Reach near Discovery Bay!
March 1st, 10am-2pm
After completing the first stage of floodplain and large woody debris work in the summer of 2023, the next stage of this project is working to restore a healthy and diverse riparian forest on the shores of Snow Creek. We will plant native trees and shrubs from 10am-1:30pm, with a break for lunch around noon. After planting, we will give a tour of the restoration project at around 1:30pm.
Refreshments, gloves and tools will be provided.
Parking is very limited, so please try to carpool if you can!
About the site:
During the summer of 2023, NOSC undertook a comprehensive habitat restoration project at the Jefferson Land Trust’s Snow Creek Uncas Preserve. The Land Trust acquired the property in 2015 to conserve the stream and riparian habitat to support salmon recovery.
This reach of the stream was identified as a major source of bank erosion, contributing fine sediments that were being washed downstream. This erosion impacts downstream redds of endangered Hood Canal Summer Chum. As sediment settles into the gravels around salmon eggs, it limits the flow of water across the eggs and restricts their access to dissolved oxygen.
To minimize bank erosion in the project reach, water traveling through the stream needed to be slowed down. This was achieved by installing 39 engineered log jams in order to slow water flow and add stream complexity. Additionally, ¼ mile of side-channels and 1.4 acres of floodplain were created or reconnected, allowing water to spread out and slow down during moderate to high flows.
Interested in learning more about the whys behind restoration work like this? Check out this talk by NOSC’s Project Manager, Kevin Long, on Stage 8 Restoration from the Port Townsend Marine Science Center’s Future of Oceans Lecture Series
While the first phase of the project is complete, the second phase, reforesting the site with a healthy and diverse riparian forest is just beginning. After an initial planting phase last winter, we aim to complete the reforestation this winter by infilling with additional understory and increasing plant density in some areas.

Photo by NOSC.

Volunteer Planting 3/29 – Discovery Bay
2025-03-29 10:00 - 14:00 | Discovery Bay, Fairmount Road, Discovery Bay, WA, 98368, United States
Join NOSC on March 29th to plant trees and shrubs at Discovery Bay!
A newly planted tree, with gloves and a shovel. Photo by Lindsey Aspelund.
In partnership with the Jefferson Land Trust and Peninsula Trails Coalition, we will gather to vegetate the site of the new Hall Baetz Viewpoint with native trees and shrubs. The North Olympic Salmon Coalition has been engaged in restoration work at Discovery Bay for over 20 years. This new site covers a large area of shoreline along Discovery Bay. Reforesting this area will provide habitat for the fish, birds, insects, amphibians, and mammals that call the Discovery Bay ecosystem home.
Planting Details:
Saturday, March 29th
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.
About the site:
The Hall Baetz Viewpoint is a new wildlife viewing shelter and gathering place along the Olympic Discovery Trail. The property is owned by the Jefferson Land Trust and covers a large portion of the shoreline at Discovery Bay. It is part of greater restoration efforts at Discovery Bay. This viewpoint was named in honor of the late Hall Baetz, a dedicated Olympic Discovery Trail volunteer.

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Top: An aerial photo of Discovery Bay. Photo courtesy of John Gussman.

Volunteer Opportunity: Native Plant Potting 4/3
2025-04-03 13:00 - 15:30 | Finnriver Farm & Cidery, 124 Center Road, Chimacum, WA, 98325
Come join us as we pot up plants for future riparian restoration projects. We will be stocking up our nursery with trees and shrubs that will eventually become future forests along our local creeks and rivers. Our nursery is located in Chimacum at the Finnriver Farm & Cidery.
April 3rd, 1pm-3:30pm.
Gloves and tools will be provided.
Click HERE to register.

Volunteer Mulching 5/29 - Dungeness River
2025-05-29 10:00 - 14:00 | Dungeness River: Caldero Site
Planting volunteers take a break and look at the side channel project. Photo by Charles Espey.

Join us for a fun, community-filled day of mulching on the wild & scenic Dungeness River!
May 29th, 10am-2pm
This winter, NOSC volunteers dedicated their time to planting native trees and shrubs at the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe’s Caldero Side Channel Project. Join us as we return to mulch these plants so they can grow into a healthy future forest that will support salmon and other wildlife on the Dungeness River!
Refreshments, gloves and tools will be provided.
About the site:
In 2022, the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe approached the Salmon Coalition to assist in revegetating the site of a newly constructed side channel on the Dungeness River, a short distance upstream of Highway 101. The site was acquired by the Tribe in 2017 and is named Caldero after the former landowner. The Caldero side channel project creates nearly 1,000 feet of off-channel habitat for both spawning adult salmon and rearing juveniles.
Side channels such as the one at Caldero are critical refuges for salmon during flood events. This is particularly the case for juveniles, who can be easily overcome by heavy flows. Off-channel habitat can also be important spawning areas for returning adults. In fact, on a recent visit to the project site, Salmon Coalition staff members observed several adult coho salmon utilizing the new channel!
During January and February of 2023, the Salmon Coalition, our Washington Conservation Corps Crew, and hundreds of volunteers planted 7,000 native trees and shrubs! Large scale planting efforts like this one often require several subsequent plantings to ensure full revegetation.
Fill out my LGL Form!

CANCELLED - Stewardship Day at Snow Creek Uncas
2025-06-13 10:00 - 14:00 | Snow Creek Uncas Preserve, 47°58'07.8"N 122°53'04.8"W
This event has been cancelled. Please check out other upcoming events! We hope to see you at one soon.
Join NOSC for a stewardship work party at the Snow Creek Uncas Preserve to pull invasive species. We will be working to manage Spotted Jewelweed, Himalayan Blackberry, and Bull Thistle at the site to help the newly planted trees and shrubs get established. After completing the first stage of floodplain and large woody debris work in the summer of 2023, the next stage of this project is working to restore a healthy and diverse riparian forest on the shores of Snow Creek.
The work party goes from 10am – 2pm with a break for lunch around noon and a site tour at the end. Tools and gloves provided. Please wear long pants and bring water and a lunch. Footing at the site is uneven. Activity ranges from mild to strenuous and can be adapted to ability level.
About the site:
During the summer of 2023, NOSC undertook a comprehensive habitat restoration project at the Jefferson Land Trust’s Snow Creek Uncas Preserve. The Land Trust acquired the property in 2015 to conserve the stream and riparian habitat to support salmon recovery.
This reach of the stream was identified as a major source of bank erosion, contributing fine sediments that were being washed downstream. This erosion impacts downstream redds of endangered Hood Canal Summer Chum. As sediment settles into the gravels around salmon eggs, it limits the flow of water across the eggs and restricts their access to dissolved oxygen.
To minimize bank erosion in the project reach, water traveling through the stream needed to be slowed down. This was achieved by installing 39 engineered log jams in order to slow water flow and add stream complexity. Additionally, ¼ mile of side-channels and 1.4 acres of floodplain were created or reconnected, allowing water to spread out and slow down during moderate to high flows.
Interested in learning more about the whys behind restoration work like this? Check out this talk by NOSC’s Project Manager, Kevin Long, on Stage 8 Restoration from the Port Townsend Marine Science Center’s Future of Oceans Lecture Series
While the first phase of the project is complete, managing the reforestation of the site into a healthy, diverse forest takes several years of stewardship to allow the newly planted native plants to get established.

Solstice Salmon Day
2025-06-21 12:00 - 17:00 | Finnriver Farm & Cidery, 124 Center Road, Chimacum, WA, 98325
Celebrating Summer Solstice & Salmon!
Saturday, June 21st
An all-ages gathering of salmon education and celebration!
Meet Fin the giant Salmon: 12-5 pm
Salish Sea Makers Market: 12-5 pm

Booths, games, crafts! In partnership with Salish Sea Makers Market, we will be hosting booths, games, vendors, and crafts for a creativity-filled community gathering.
Find out more!
Want to help at NOSC’s booth or with Fin the Salmon? Sign up to volunteer!
Participating partners include NOSC, Marine Science Center, North Olympic Orca Pod, Hood Canal Salmon Enhancement Center, Jefferson Land Trust

Salmon Stewards: From Egg to Ecosystem
2025-06-25 13:00 - 15:30 | Dungeness River Nature Center, 1943 W. Hendrickson St, Sequim, WA, 98382
Two-Day Program for Kids (Ages 8-12)
FREE – Registration Required
June 25 & June 27 | 1pm – 3:30pm
Limited to 25 participants – must attend both days to release a fish!
Join the Adventure!
Dive into the amazing world of salmon and the ecosystems they rely on. Through hands-on activities, kids will learn about the salmon life cycle, healthy ecosystems, and human impact on the environment-with a chance to make a real difference by releasing live coho fry into the wild!
We’re proud to offer this special program in partnership with the Dungeness River Nature Center.
Perfect for homeschoolers (and open to all young nature lovers), this free program builds ecological awareness, scientific observation skills, and environmental stewardship.
This program is FREE, but registration is required.
DAY 1 – JUNE 25: LIFE CYCLE
Explore the salmon life cycle. Learn about river, estuary, and ocean habitats. Discover challenges salmon face in nature and from human activities
DAY 2 – JUNE 27: HABITAT & SALMON RELEASE
Explore what makes a healthy riparian ecosystem. Identify biotic, abiotic, and cultural elements of salmon habitats. Investigate human impacts-both positive and negative. Release coho salmon fry into the wild!

Salmon Stewards: From Egg to Ecosystem (Day 2)
2025-06-27 13:00 - 15:30 | Dungeness River Nature Center, 1943 W. Hendrickson St, Sequim, WA, 98382

Invasive Weed Removal at Dungeness River Center
2025-08-01 10:00 - 14:00 | Dungeness River Nature Center, 1943 W. Hendrickson St, Sequim, WA, 98382
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!

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NOSC at Jefferson County Fair
2025-08-08 - 2025-08-09 | Jefferson County Fairgrounds, 4907 Landes St., Port Townsend, WA, 98368, United States
Summer is arriving and NOSC is gearing up to travel all across the North Olympic Peninsula to attend community events, providing fun educational experiences for the community and sharing about the work that NOSC is doing in our community.
Jefferson County Fair – August 8th & 9th
This community fair draws a lot of folks! NOSC will be bringing interactive salmon activities, including Fin the Giant Migrating Salmon to educate and inspire people about salmon.
Do you like sharing with others about your experiences volunteering and working with the Salmon Coalition? Help us make new connections with community members by signing up to volunteer as a Community Outreach Volunteer this summer!
Help people learn about salmon and talk with people about who NOSC is, what we do, and how to get involved! 2.5-hour volunteer shifts are available
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Forever StreamFest - Volunteer Opportunity
2025-09-20 10:00 - 15:30 | Pebble Beach Park, 301 Marine Dr, Port Angeles, WA 98362
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 Forever StreamFest, hosted by the Port Angeles Garden Club, on Saturday, September 20th. Volunteer shifts (2-hour slots) are available from 9:45am to 3:45pm. No experience necessary – training and a helpful volunteer guide are provided!
For more information on the event, visit: FOREVER STREAMFEST – PORT ANGELES GARDEN CLUB

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

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
