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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Monitoring Spawning Salmon on Mud Creek by Sophia Schafer

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…

Expanding Horizons as a Skagit Fisheries Intern by Education Intern Kat Martin

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“Life changing” does not truly begin to describe my intern experience with Skagit Fisheries Enhancement Group thus far. For several months, I have had the amazing opportunity to take my knowledge of the Pacific Northwest wildlife to the…

Lauren Gives the 411 (on our Education Program) by Lauren Schwartzenberger

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Over the past few months, I have had the incredible opportunity to intern with Skagit Fisheries Enhancement Group. This internship has been so much more than just learning about salmon–it’s been a dive into community engagement, ecological…