NSEA Salmon Spotters Training Workshop

Salmon Spotters is a brand new citizen science project! Organized by the Nooksack Salmon Enhancement Association (NSEA), this short training covers the basics of the salmon lifecycle, how to ID different salmon species, and best practices for completing observations. As a Salmon Spotter volunteer, you visit a creek site of your choice that currently (or historically) supports salmon for 15 minutes twice a week throughout the fall and submit your data through an online form. That’s it! It’s that easy to support salmon monitoring in Whatcom County.

Salmon return to freshwater every year to spawn, but the timing and locations of these “runs” can be severely impacted by climate change. Extreme events like flooding and droughts and changes in seasonal weather patterns can drastically change the availability and quality of salmon habitat. With your help NSEA is looking to increase our capacity to monitor local creeks and collect valuable data on when and where salmon are spotted each year. This training is open to anyone interested in learning more about salmon and helping us collect data – no prior experience or knowledge required.

Learn more on NSEA’s website!

Location

Fairhaven Park Picnic Shelter
107 Chuckanut Drive
Bellingham, WA 98225

Contact

Email: sbrown@n-sea.org
Phone: (360) 715-0283

This event is part of the City’s ALL IN for Climate Action Week. Find a full list of events.