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You’re Invited: Salmon Watch End-of-Year Party 2017
The redds are made. The eggs are laid. The students are full of new knowledge, inspiration and excitement about science, nature and salmon! We've just wrapped up our 2017 field trip season, taking over 1,300 kids on 42 field trips to local rivers and streams to...
Salmon Watch 2017 Field Trip Season Complete!
Salmon Watch had a fun, successful fall 2017 field trip season! This fall, we hosted 42 field trips with 28 teachers at 21 middle and high schools in the Portland metro and Columbia Gorge regions. We brought over 1300 students to beautiful stream sites in Mt. Hood...
Volunteer Spotlight: Shivonne Nesbit Talks Salmon and STEM Empowerment
Shivonne Nesbit is Acting Assistant Branch Chief with the Portland Branch of NOAA Fisheries West Coast Region, as well as a Fish Biologist/ESA Permit Specialist with the NOAA Protected Resources Division. Shivonne also serves as President of the Oregon Chapter of the...
Volunteer Spotlight: Riparian Reflections with Alex Whistler
Alex Whistler is a retired forester with the Bureau of Indian Affairs. In fall 2016, he was a star Salmon Watch Volunteer Educator, teaching on a total of six field trips in the Riparian Zone Observation field station. Why did you first get involved in Salmon Watch? I...
Salmon Watch Project: Madison High School
Salmon Watch Projects are an opportunity for students to put their learning into action and give back to their watersheds and communities. Each year, Salmon Watch students engage in an eclectic mix of projects: from restoration projects like Hudson's Bay High School's...
