Orca Recovery Day @ Snow Creek Estuary
2022-10-15
In partnership with the Jefferson County Conservation District and Jefferson Land Trust, we are hosting a community planting and stewardship event at Snow Creek Estuary Preserve. Volunteers will plant native shrubs and mulch plants to help improve their survival. All are welcome!

Real Learning Real Work: Sequim Field Trip #1
2022-10-25 - 2022-10-26

Coho Spawner Training
2022-11-09 10:00 - 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
With the summer chum spawner surveys coming to an end on Chimacum Creek, the coho surveys are right around the corner! Interested in participating? We will be hosting a volunteer training on November 9th at Finnriver Farm in Chimacum. Training starts at 10:00 am and will finish at 12:00pm. Spots are limited to 25 attendees! RSVP by using this link:

https://secure.lglforms.com/form…/s/JK-85qxbQMmYMsmcyWJq7g

2022 Annual Meeting
2022-11-16 18:00 - 20:00
Join us virtually on November 16th at 6pm to help celebrate another successful year at the Salmon Coalition! You’ll learn about updates on our current projects, stories from taking 7th graders into the field with Real Learning Real Work, and the successes of our first year raising salmon with elementary students with Salmon in the Schools!
RSVP (https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/lI3gBcAIc_oktVOla481iA) for our Annual Meeting held via Zoom. After RSVPing you will receive the Zoom link via email. We look forward to sharing stories and celebrating the year’s work with you!

2022 Annual Pie Party
2022-11-20 13:00 - 15:00
Ready to celebrate in person? Join us on November 20th at 1pm at the Finnriver Haybarn for a Pie Party. Bake a pie to share and reconnect, meet new staff, and have a slice (or three)!
The Haybarn at Finnriver is an enclosed, unheated space and we plan to have doors open to the outside for maximum air flow. Plan to dress warm, bring and eat pie, and celebrate with us in person! Savory pies are especially welcome this time of year… anyone up to bake famed pie maker Kate McDermott’s Great Big Clam Pie found in our Pie Cookbook? We look forward to seeing you all in person once again! RSVP (https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/utm8Gdj9YSFnay6H2RFjAQ) requested but not required.

Bingo at the Hilltop Tavern
2023-01-04 19:00 - 21:00, 2023-01-11 19:00 - 21:00, 2023-01-18 19:00 - 21:00, 2023-01-25 19:00 - 21:00 | 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-9pm at the Hilltop Tavern in Port Townsend. Bar Stool 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, will be donated to NOSC! Wear some silly hats, mingle with other fish lovers, and soak in the glory of a winning card – all while supporting restoration projects and education programs on the peninsula!

Play this week, next week, or all four weeks!
January 4th – Come celebrate with the volunteers that power us!
January 11th – Join us and our partner organizations!
January 18th – Love fish? Whether it’s eating them, catching them, or just watching them, join us to celebrate this amazing aquatic creature!
January 25th – Celebrate the collaboration between farms and fish to close out the month of bingo!
RSVP on Facebook

January Volunteer Planting Weekend: Caldero
2023-01-28 10:00 - 15:00 | Dungeness River: Caldero Site
Saturday & Sunday 10am-3pm
Sign up HERE!
We have several thousand plants to get into the ground and we’ll need your help! If you would like an up-close-and-personal view of the site, we’d love to have you join us at a planting event. We currently have two weekend events scheduled (both Saturday and Sunday). The first is January 28-29 and the second will occur on February 18-19. If those dates don’t work for you, check our website or social media in the coming weeks for more planting events in early Spring!

The new side channel of the Dungeness River on the left. To the right is the riparian area where 11,000+ native trees and shrubs need to be planted this year as the next step in the restoration project. Photo by NOSC staff.

This past summer, 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!

January Volunteer Planting Weekend: Caldero
2023-01-29 10:00 - 15:00

Stage 8 Restoration: The How's and Why's of NOSC's Upcoming River Restoration Work
2023-01-29 15:00 - 17:00 | Fort Warden Chapel, Fort Worden Way, Port Townsend, Washington, 98368
Sunday, January 29, 2023
3 p.m.
Fort Worden Chapel
To keep this series accessible to all, regardless of the ability to pay, there is no set charge for the event; however, donations are always welcomed and appreciated. Assisted Listening Devices available.
The program will showcase upcoming river restoration work on the Olympic Peninsula. The solutions to repairing these reaches will serve as a jumping off point to begin to explore stream evolution, just what happened to the reaches, why they evolved to look the way they do now, and how they can be restored to some of their previous glory to the benefit of fish, wildlife and people.

Presented by Kevin Long
Project Manager,
North Olympic Salmon Coalition
Kevin has been working in the field of biology since graduating from Oregon State in 1993. Before coming to NOSC in 2002 Kevin worked on various biological studies on everything from legless lizards to bald eagles (legged). Kevin is responsible for project development, permitting, implementation, and contracting required to implement NOSC’s large scale salmon habitat restoration projects. He thinks of himself as an interpreter between the ecosystems we are restoring and the stakeholders, funders, designers, regulatory agencies, and construction contractors involved in getting restoration projects on the ground. An avid SUP surfer, forager, and backpacker, Kevin is most at home in the woods, on the water, or in his expansive garden.
The Port Townsend Marine Science Center’s lecture series, The Future of Oceans, draws on the commitment of professional researchers and educators across all academic spectrums to help define and inspire the health of our oceans. Find out more about the lecture series HERE.

February Volunteer Planting Weekend: Caldero
2023-02-18 10:00 - 14:00, 2023-02-19 10:00 - 14:00
Saturday & Sunday 10am-2pm
Sign up HERE!
We have several thousand plants to get into the ground and we’ll need your help! If you would like an up-close-and-personal view of the site, we’d love to have you join us at a planting event. Thanks to our January volunteers and stalwart Washington Conservation Corps Crew we are about 25% of the way to our goal of planting nearly 12,000 native trees and shrubs. Our next planting weekend is February 18-19. If those dates don’t work for you, check our website or social media in the coming weeks for more planting events in early Spring!

The new side channel of the Dungeness River on the left. To the right is the riparian area where 11,000+ native trees and shrubs need to be planted this year as the next step in the restoration project. Photo by NOSC staff.

This past summer, 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!

Header photo by Charles Espey.

March Volunteer Planting Weekend: Caldero
2023-03-04 10:00 - 14:00
Saturday & Sunday 10am-2pm
Sign up HERE!
We have several thousand plants to get into the ground and we’ll need your help! If you would like an up-close-and-personal view of the site, we’d love to have you join us at a planting event. Thanks to our January volunteers and stalwart Washington Conservation Corps Crew we are about 25% of the way to our goal of planting nearly 12,000 native trees and shrubs. Our next planting weekend is March 4th & 5th.

Stewardship Coordinator, Nate Roberts, distributes native shrubs and trees to volunteers at a January volunteer event to revegetate the recently completed Caldero side channel. Photo by Charles Espey.

This past summer, 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!

March Volunteer Planting: Caldero
2023-03-05 10:00 - 14:00

Education Volunteer Opportunity: Real Learning Real Work Field Trip
2023-03-14 09:00 - 14:00, 2023-03-15 09:00 - 14:00
7th-8th Grade Real Learning Real Work – Planting Project Implementation

Students will be executing the planting plans that they have spent this winter developing in the classroom after conducting a site assessment last fall. Volunteers will help groups of 4-6 students follow their planting plans on their restoration plot. This involves helping students follow their plans and getting your hands dirty planting with them! Sequim, Chimacum, and Clallam will also be doing some site maintenance that may include invasive species removal, installing protective blue tubing, and mulching. Students will also talk to career professionals in field ranging from restoration to ecology to fisheries.
A NOSC volunteer helps students assess their restoration plot. Photo by Charles Espey.
March 14th & 15th – Serenity Lane along Dungeness River
March 21st & 24th – WDFW Salmon Creek Site in Discovery Bay
April 13th – Pysht River Conservation Area
Tentative timing of these field trips is from 9am-2pm.
Sign up HERE

Education Volunteering Opportunity: Real Learning Real Work Field Trip
2023-03-21 09:00 - 14:00

Education Volunteering Opportunity: Real Learning Real Work Field Trip
2023-03-24 09:00 - 14:00 | Salmon Creek in Discovery Bay, W Uncas Road

Education Volunteering Opportunity: Real Learning Real Work Field Trip
2023-04-11 09:00 - 14:00
7th-8th Grade Real Learning Real Work – Planting Project Implementation

Students will be executing the planting plans that they have spent this winter developing in the classroom after conducting a site assessment last fall. Volunteers will help groups of 4-6 students follow their planting plans on their restoration plot. This involves helping students follow their plans and getting your hands dirty planting with them! Sequim, Chimacum, and Clallam will also be doing some site maintenance that may include invasive species removal, installing protective blue tubing, and mulching. Students will also talk to career professionals in field ranging from restoration to ecology to fisheries.
A NOSC volunteer helps students assess their restoration plot. Photo by Charles Espey.
March 14th & 15th – Serenity Lane along Dungeness River
March 21st & 24th – WDFW Salmon Creek Site in Discovery Bay
April 11th – Pysht River Conservation Area
Tentative timing of these field trips is from 9am-2pm.
Sign up HERE

Education Volunteering Opportunity: Salmon in the Schools Release Day
2023-04-18 10:00 - 14:00
Elementary Salmon in the Schools – Release Day Field Trip

NOSC staff and students observe macroinvertebrates (salmon food!) from Chimacum Creek. Photo by Mae Wolfe.
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.
April 18th & 20th – HJ Carrol Park on Chimacum Creek. Tentative timing is from 10am-2pm.
April 21st – Dungeness Fish Hatchery on Dungeness River. Tentative timing is from 8:30am-1:30pm.
Sign up HERE

Education Volunteering Opportunity: Salmon in the Schools Release Field Trip
2023-04-20 10:00 - 14:00
Elementary Salmon in the Schools – Release Day Field Trip

NOSC staff and students observe macroinvertebrates (salmon food!) from Chimacum Creek. Photo by Mae Wolfe.
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.
April 20th & 24th – HJ Carrol Park on Chimacum Creek. Tentative timing is from 10am-2pm.
April 21st – Dungeness Fish Hatchery on Dungeness River. Tentative timing is from 8:30am-1:30pm.
Sign up HERE

Education Volunteering Opportunity: Salmon in the Schools Release Day
2023-04-21 08:30 - 13:30

Earth Day Mulching Event 2023!
2023-04-22 10:00 - 14:00
Are you hoping to spend this Earth Day doing something that will having a lasting impact on our local environment? Come join us for a fun, community-filled day of mulching (and possibly planting) on the wild & scenic Dungeness River.

This winter, over 200 volunteers and students and our Washington Conservation Corps crew dedicated their time to plant and mulch nearly 7,000 trees and shrubs at the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe’s Caldero Side Channel Project. These trees and shrubs will grow to be a future forest that will support salmon and the many species of wildlife that depend upon these floodplain corridors.

So much of the work has been completed by our amazing community so far, but we still have more mulching to do and a few more plants to get in the ground!
Event Date/Time: April 22, 2023, 10-2 PM
Event Agenda:

10:00-10:15am Welcome and orientation
10:15-12:00pm Mulching/Planting
12:00-12:30pm Break time with a bonfire, hot drinks and treats
12:30-1:30pm Mulching
1:30-2:00pm Project site tour w/ NOSC or Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe staff

Merchandise: NOSC merchandise will be available at the beginning of the event, during the midday break, and after the site tour by cash or check only. You may leave early if you wish, but time flies when you’re planting with NOSC!
Please bring: warm, waterproof clothes and boots, water, and a lunch. You are also welcome to bring your own wheelbarrow, or other mulching tools.
Register Here

About the Caldero Side Channel Project:

The Caldero site was acquired by the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe in 2017 and is named after the former landowner. The Caldero Side Channel Project created 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 swift flows. Off-channel habitat can also be important spawning areas for returning adults. In fact, since project completion in October, staff have seen adult Coho spawning in the new channel!
PHOTO CAPTION: A VOLUNTEER SHOVELS MULCH AT CALDERO, PHOTO BY ÆLFHILD WIKLUND.

Farms and Fish Film Celebration Event
2023-05-07 13:00 - 16:00 | Finnriver Farm & Cidery, 124 Center Road, Chimacum, WA, 98325
Join us on Sunday, May 7th at the Finnriver Haybarn to view the first public screening of the film – Farms and Fish: Thriving Together – and learn more about the unique partnerships with farmers that are paving a new path in salmon restoration in the Chimacum Creek watershed.
The afternoon will include a talk by NOSC Project Manager Kevin Long where he will speak about the challenges and creative opportunities posed in designing salmon habitat restoration projects in a thriving agricultural valley. Enjoy hors d’oeuvres highlighting products from our local farm partners during a panel discussion and Q&A featuring Kevin, Executive Director Rebecca Benjamin, the Jefferson Land Trust, and one of our farmer partners. After learning about the collaboration and design of these restoration projects, join us for a restoration site tour of Kodama Farm – the current and future site of one of these projects! “Shaded Stream Cider“, the special cider Finnriver created to highlight the mission of the Salmon Coalition, will be available for purchase during the event from Finnriver Farm & Cidery in addition to their regular offerings.

Space is limited!

Fin Swims the Rhody Grand Parade!
2023-05-21 09:00 - 14:00
Fin in her finest attire for the 2014 Rhody Festival. Photo courtesy of Brian Clark
Join us on Saturday, May 20th in Port Townsend for the 2023 Rhody Grand Parade!
Fin the Migrating Salmon – all 2,500 pounds of her – will be traveling back up the streets of Port Townsend once again this year!
We need your help! Prior to the parade, help us get Fin decorated and ready to impress.
We will be gathering at our assigned location and time. Please RSVP or email lmccord@nosc.org if interested so we can let you know when and where we will be meeting.
If you can, please bring:

cedar boughs
rhododendron flowers
other natural/native decorations

Want to walk with Fin and NOSC during the parade? Wear your NOSC gear or a salmon-themed outfit. Interested in purchasing a NOSC t-shirt for pick-up during Fin decoration? Please email lmccord@nosc.org with your t-shirt size for color availability.
RSVP or email lmccord@nosc.org to stay in the loop about our assigned staging location and time.

Education Volunteering Opportunity: Real Learning Real Work Field Trip
2023-05-25 09:00 - 14:00 | Salmon Creek in Discovery Bay, W Uncas Road
7th-8th Grade Real Learning Real Work – Site Maintenance & Career Connections

Students work to install protective blue tubing around their plants. Photo by NOSC Staff.
Students will be assessing plant health and conducting a mortality study, while executing maintenance tasks such as installing blue tubing and removing invasive species. Students will also talk to career professionals in field ranging from restoration to ecology to fisheries.
May 25th – WDFW Salmon Creek Site in Discovery Bay
Tentative timing is from 9am-2pm.
Sign up HERE

Education Volunteering Opportunity: Real Learning Real Work Field Trip
2023-06-09 09:00 - 14:00
7th-8th Grade Real Learning Real Work – Site Maintenance & Career Connections

Students work to install protective blue tubing around their plants. Photo by NOSC Staff.
Students will be assessing plant health and conducting a mortality study, while executing maintenance tasks such as installing blue tubing and removing invasive species. Students will also talk to career professionals in field ranging from restoration to ecology to fisheries.
June 9th – Pysht River Conservation Area
Tentative timing is from 9am-2pm.
Sign up HERE

Solstice Salmon Days
2023-06-22 - 2023-06-23 | Finnriver Farm & Cidery, 124 Center Road, Chimacum, WA, 98325
Celebrating Summer Solstice & Salmon!
Finnriver, North Olympic Salmon Coalition and the Marine Science Center invite you to an all-ages educational celebration of salmon!
Inspired by the long-standing traditions of local communities in honoring the salmon lifecycle, Finnriver, NOSC and MSC have joined together to offer three days of all-ages educational fun.
Join us for Salmon Hats & Trivia Night, playtime in Fin the Salmon, an Orca-themed children’s book reading, Salmon Shorts Movie Night, educational salmon crafts, and an all-ages Salmon Dance Party with DJ Lunch Lady!
All events are open to the public with sliding-scale donations that benefit salmon and marine education on the Peninsula as well as Chimacum Tribal Services.
Find out more details and the schedule of events: CLICK HERE
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