Want to be a Salmon Watcher volunteer?

Our dedicated volunteers watch for fish on their assigned creeks two times a week from September through December. The information they collect helps us know where salmon are spawning in our streams, and sometimes where barriers exist to salmon migration. Volunteers act as our "eyes and ears" in the watersheds and give us a heads up when things go awry in our neighborhood creeks. Find out more about our program, including how to identify salmon in your neighborhood, by exploring our site.

Here's what to do

Sign up for the 2012 Salmon Watcher season. Contact Jennifer Vanderhoof, Ecologist, to say you want to be kept informed of 2012 training dates. Or just check back here in the summer to see a list of training dates.

If you would like to see potential watch sites established in your area, you can use our site mapper to help find a site before the training. You don't have to -- we can help you pick a site at the training session.

Other local programs

Miller and Walker creeks. Want to do this type of volunteer work but live near Miller or Walker creeks in Burien? Check out Community Salmon Investigation.

This program is conducted in cooperation with the King County Water and Land Resources Division, Bellevue Stream Team, Redmond Stream Team, and the cities of Seattle, Bothell, Kirkland, Renton, Woodinville, and the Vashon-Maury Island Land Trust, with financial support from the King Conservation District.