Salmon Sighting Season Resources
Skagit Fisheries Enhancement Group’s interactive salmon viewing map. Each point includes photos, viewing information, and directions to public salmon viewing locations in Skagit County. Locations are updated throughout the season, so stay tuned for updates!
Educational Links and Related Nonprofits:
- Skagit Watershed Council
- The Nature Conservancy of Washington
- Skagit Land Trust
- Friends of the San Juans
- North Cascades Institute
- Regional Fisheries Enhancement Group Coalition
- Salmon Trails & Tales
Government Agencies:
- Washington Department of Natural Resources
- Washington Department of Ecology: Water & Shorelines
- Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
- Looking for up-to-date fishing regulations in Washington State waters? Click here for a link to the latest Washington State Fishing Regulations published by the WA Dept of Fish and Wildlife
- USDA Forest Service
- National Park Service: North Cascades
- US Fish and Wildlife Service : Salmon
- National Marine Fisheries Service
- Streamnet
- Washington State Parks
- Need to purchase a Discover Pass? Click here to buy a Discover Pass through the WA Dept of Fish and Wildlife.
- Skagit Conservation District
- Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission
- Puget Sound Partnership
- Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
- Skagit County
- Skagit County: Parks and Recreation
![Today is Endangered Species Day, an internationally recognized day of learning about endangered species and what you can do to help them. According to Skagit County, "three Skagit watershed salmonid species have been listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. [Additionally, the] Orca whales that feed on these fish have been listed as “endangered,” a more serious classification that triggers the most protective regulations".
Those listed are:
Puget Sound Chinook Salmon (anadromous; listed 1999)
Puget Sound Bull Trout (some anadromous; listed 1999)
Puget Sound Steelhead (an anadromous form of rainbow trout; listed 2007)
NOAA Fisheries has listed 28 population groups of salmon and steelhead on the West Coast as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act - you can read the recovery plans for the genetically different salmon runs from the National Oceaninc and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) at the link in our bio for more information.
Pictured: Puget Sound Chinook (photo by Jess Newley)
Juvenile Skagit Steelhead
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