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
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 ... 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
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
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
It is that season again and we are gearing up to get our middle school students out in the field again to assess the success of their restoration planting projects they spent all this winter designing and implementing. We have one last you field trip this spring and are in need of volunteers to help guide students as part of ... Read More
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 ... Read More
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 ... Read More
Seeking Spawner Survey Volunteers! Training - August 21st, 10am-12pm Wow! Summer has nearly flown by, and the Salmon Coalition is preparing for its annual Summer Chum spawner surveys on lower Chimacum Creek. Endangered Species Act (ESA) listed Hood Canal Summer Chum salmon were lost from the Chimacum Creek watershed in the late 1980’s after the failure of the Irondale Road ... Read More
Join Us at our NOSC Annual Meeting 2026! NOSC is holding its Annual Meeting Friday, October 9th at the Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe's Red Cedar Hall facility in Blyn, and we're looking for community members to help make the event a success! There are four roles we're looking to fill with a 3-4 people each, directed by a member of the ... Read More
