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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Paid Education Internship for River Journey (Recorrido por el Rio) Program

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Click here for a full position description! Are you a bilingual student that enjoys working with kids and being outside? Join our team and be part of a new education program at Skagit Fisheries, the River Journey (Recorrido Por el Rio). This…

The Backbone of Our Region, AKA Internship Introspective by Education Intern Kaia Olson

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Salmon and kids and schools, oh my! My time as an educational intern with Skagit Fisheries has been a blast. From classroom art projects to fry release field trips, I think I’ve learned as much as (if not more than) the kids I’ve been…

Monitoring Spawning Salmon on Mud Creek by Sophia Schafer

Blog, From the Field

These past few months, I got the opportunity to participate in weekly creek walks to measure numbers of spawning salmon. We identified species and recorded the individuals and their redds from each species in our assigned creek. We also were…