Introducing Micro Plantings! |
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While plantings may look quite different than they have in past years, the team at the Salmon Coalition has worked hard to restructure our planting events in a way that allows our volunteers to engage with their communities and get their hands in the dirt, while minimizing risk to themselves and others.
At each event, we will offer a morning and afternoon time slot. Each time slot will be limited to 8 volunteers. Face coverings, social distancing, and a COVID-19 safety agreement will be enforced at all Micro Plantings. Due to extremely limited capacity and high volunteer demand, you must RSVP to attend.
Whether you'll be out watching the tide roll by at Kilisut Harbor or getting to know the farmers at Woodbridge Farm, we hope you'll join us in planting this season!
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Donate to Support our WCC Americorps Internship Program |
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Salmon Coalition interns over the years. Photos by Charles Epsey, Kory Kirby, and NOSC Staff. |
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Every year, the Salmon Coalition is fortunate enough to sponsor a young adult pursuing a career in the environmental field though the WCC Americorps program. This intern is given the opportunity to build critical skills such as volunteer coordination, education and community engagement, and project monitoring, all while supporting wild salmon and their chums! In turn, our intern is always bringing new ideas and innovation to the Salmon Coalition.
Within the Salmon Coalition, our intern helps with a little bit of everything and if you’ve interacted with us then you’ve probably interacted with them! Between community outreach and instilling a deep curiosity in restoration with our education program, this program goes far beyond just our intern and deep into the roots of our communities. Giving to our internship is giving back to our community and building the next generation of environmental leaders.
This giving season, we ask that you support the longevity of this powerful program, to ensure that we can continue offering this partnership for many years to come.
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A Look Back at Our 30th Year... |
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Both a difficult and rewarding year, 2020 is one to look back on with our hearts full. We started the year off like most, with successful volunteer and community events including Bingo Night at the Hilltop Tavern and seven spectacular planting parties!
Like the rest of the country, our lives and work changed drastically when COVID-19 began to spike in March. With the help of our admin team, we quickly navigated around several hiccups to find routine by working from the safety of our homes. Despite these challenges, the Salmon Coalition team never missed a beat. Unable to continue our Real Learning Real Work program with children at home, our education team promptly began to focus on taking care of the 2,000 plants and site maintenance that we had prepared for the students. Our project team diligently continued their work processing permits, virtually meeting with engineering, and managing sites remotely. And as a result…
We completed two major projects: The Kilisut Harbor Restoration project, which reconnected Kilisut Harbor and Oak bay after being cut off by an earthen causeway for over seventy years, and the Tributary to Johnson Creek Culvert Replacement Project in the Hoko watershed. With the help of returning experienced volunteers and COVID-19 safety protocol in place, we successfully conducted Chum spawner surveys and Coho spawner surveys are ongoing on Chimacum Creek. For the first time, we hosted our Annual Meeting virtually and welcomed nearly 140 attendees from around the country. At the same time, we released our first ever Community Pie Cookbook. Behind the scenes, the Salmon Coalition education team has been eagerly working on a virtual format for the Real Learning Real Work program.
None of these lofty accomplishments would have been possible without the abundance of optimism and support received from the Salmon Coalition’s dedicated community of volunteers and supporters. We are so excited for what 2021 will bring!
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Throughout this holiday season unlike any other, the Salmon Coalition wishes you peace and joy. While we miss our usual means of holiday comfort and traditions, we wish that you find celebration and connection even if you can’t be with your loved ones. Here at the Salmon Coalition, we are finding joy in the little things and the togetherness that Zoom allows for! Now and in the new year, we wish you all safety, health, and happiness! |
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Video Interview - Kevin Long |
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The Salmon Coalition is grateful to work with and learn from so many inspiring and dedicated people. To celebrate the contributions of this community, NOSC selects someone each month to highlight and give thanks. This year marks our 30th Anniversary and we are highlighting different community members, staff, and partners that have helped make the Salmon Coalition what it is today.
Check out the video interview we did with Kevin Long, the Salmon Coalition's Senior Project Manager.
Click here to read more about Kevin and watch his video interview!
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Thank you Kevin, we appreciate you! |
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Base funding for the RFEG program comes from a grant from the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service's Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program, a portion of state commercial and recreational fishing license fees, and excess egg and carcass sales administered by the Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife.
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Questions or Comments? Let us know what you think!
outreach@nosc.org
360.379.8051
www.nosc.org
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