Salmon Watchers Program

Volunteer for a Unique Northwest Experience

The Salmon Watcher Program trains volunteers to identify and record species and numbers of spawning salmonids in streams in the Lake Washington Watershed and on Vashon Island.

The Salmon Watcher training sessions for 2008 are completed for the year. If you are interested in volunteering in 2009, let us know and we will put you on the email list.

For more information about the Salmon Watcher Program, please contact Jennifer Vanderhoof, Ecologist.

If you would like to find out more about getting out and seeing fish this fall, volunteering, or learning more about salmon-friendly living, check out Fall For Salmon.

Attention! Special Request! If you are a volunteer and see coho prespawned mortalities (like we discuss in training), please email Nathaniel Scholz, NOAA, at Nathaniel.Scholz@noaa.gov. Learn more about coho pre-spawning mortalities including a video (external link) showing normal and affected fish.

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 support from the King Conservation District.