Skagit Fisheries Enhancement Group Spring Planting Parties!
Summer nearshore restoration work parties at Bowman Bay and Cornet Bay
Volunteer training opportunities
Wetland Secretive Bird Monitoring Project Training - March dates
Beach Naturalist Training starts - March 20th
Backyard Conservation Stewardship Short Course starts - March 20th
Marine Biotoxin Monitoring Training - April 9 & 11
Master Composter/Recycler Class starts - April 9th
Educational opportunities
Salish Sea Stewards Training Class - Marine Mammals & Fishing - April 2 & April 9
Albatross film screening
Friends of Skagit Beaches Lecture Series - next lecture - March 15th
Plastic Summit - April 27th
Salish Sea Stewards Training Classes are open to the Public!
Tuesday, April 2 - Come learn about marine mammals and what you can do to help them. We'll hear Dr. Greg Green, from Western Washington University speak about the History of Marine mammal Exploitation in the Pacific Northwest (starting at 1:00), Victoria Souza, Director of the Whatcom Marine Mammal Stranding Network (starting at 2:15), and Whitney Neugebauer, Director of the Whale Scout program (starting at 3:45).
Tuesday, April 9 - Come learn about fishing in Puget Sound and how you can help prevent harm from lost fishing gear. Don Velasquez, from Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, will present on recreational and commercial fishing in Puget Sound (starting at 1:00), Jason Morgan, Northwest Straits Foundation, will discuss impacts of lost fishing gear and the Foundation's recreational crabber outreach program, and Julie Barber, Swinomish Tribal Community, will discuss tribal treaty fishing rights and what the Swinomish Tribe is doing to help protect its traditional territories.
Both classes are held at the Padilla Bay Reserve, 10441 Bayview-Edison Road.
Please remember to log your volunteer hours in Volgistics - the hours we log help show our funders the amount of work that goes into a project.
As of March 14, 2019 we have logged 26,404 total hours of service THANK YOU Salish Sea Stewards!
