Time slipping away to spot salmon, as Salmon SEEson continues in King County

Just as colorful leaves and soaking rains are annual reminders that fall has arrived in King County, so too, is the return of tens of thousands of salmon to streams across the area.

Great salmon-viewing opportunities abound within the Lake Washington/Cedar/ Sammamish Watershed, as chinook, sockeye, coho and chum salmon return from several years of living in the open ocean back to the stream where they were born years ago.

In many cases, naturalists are available to help you spot salmon and learn about their lifecycle and what we all can do to protect them. For more information on any of the sites listed below, visit www.kingcounty.gov/salmon  and click on Salmon SEEson, or call 206-296-8016. You’ll also find great links there to learn how you can protect salmon and their habitat this fall – and year-round.

This program is sponsored by the WRIA 8 Salmon Recovery Council as part of its effort to recover salmon in the Lake Washington/Cedar/Sammamish Watershed.

See salmon on these dates at these locations:

Through mid-November; everyday during business hours*
Bear Creek in Redmond, 12526 Avondale Rd NE. (behind Classic Nursery)
For more info: Linda at 425-882-1846 or lyhussey@comcast.net
Sponsored by Redmond Organization for Shared Environments
*self-guided

Throughout October*
Mercer Slough fish ladder on Kelsey Creek in Bellevue
Call or e-mail first: 425-452-5200 or streamteam@bellevuewa.gov
Sponsored by the City of Bellevue
*self-guided

Oct. 24, 25 and 31 and Nov. 1 (11 a.m.-4 p.m. each day)
Five locations along the Cedar River near Renton
For more info: 206-245-0143 or www.cedarriver.org
Sponsored by Friends of the Cedar River Watershed

On weekends from Nov. 7 to Dec. 13 (and Nov. 27 with special activities) (11 a.m. – 2 p.m. each day)
Piper’s Creek in Seattle’s Carkeek Park
For more info: 206-684-0877 or www.seattle.gov/parks/environment/carkeek.htm  Sponsored by the City of Seattle

Related Information

Salmon SEEson

Salmon and Trout Topics

King County Water and Land Resources Division