Engaging our community in restoring salmon in the Skagit watershed through restoration, education, and stewardship.

Together, over the past 35 years, we have:

Planted over 525,000 native plants along more than 61 miles of streams and shorelines, improving water quality, providing shade, and a place for young salmon to hide from predators

Built over 57,000 feet of livestock fencing to improve water quality and reduce bank erosion

Engaged over 24,600 children in hands-on environmental science education programs, learning about salmon and the importance of watershed environments

Opened over 105 miles of habitat for salmon and steelhead by removing 77 culvert crossings that blocked fish migration

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Bakerview Park | Project 10 of 30

Bakerview Creek, so named by Kevik (a long-time SFEG restoration tech), had been thoroughly beaten up before SFEG stepped in. This small tributary of Nookachamps Creek, itself a tributary of the lower Skagit River, flows through a small part of east Mount Vernon. It now flows through the City’s Bakerview Park.

Voices from the Past: AmeriCorps Members

From the Field

As many of you know, SFEG has relied on the service of several AmeriCorps members each year for the past 24 years. Way back in the fall of 1997 SFEG welcomed its first AmeriCorps member, Rebecca Benjamin. Since making her mark in the…

Salish Sea Wild: Salmon of the Skagit River

From the Field

Salmon are born in freshwater and migrate to sea, where they feed and grow before returning to their mother stream to breed and die. Along the way, they feed everything from endangered Southern Resident Killer Whales to bugs, bears, and the forest itself. Salmon are the cornerstone of our ecosystem, but many runs are in grave danger, particularly the wild Chinook. In this episode of Salish Sea Wild, Dr. Joe Gaydos takes a swim up the Skagit River to get a close-up look at these amazing fish.