Salish Sea Stewards Program

04/15/2026

Welcome graduates of the Salish Sea Stewards Class of 2026! We look forward to seeing you out in the field!

01/17/2026

Check out the latest Volunteer Opportunities, including MLK Day coming right up!

01/04/2026

Here are the volunteer opportunities as of January 2nd - Happy New Year to all!

12/20/2025

Check out the latest volunteer opportunities in The WAVE Newsletter :-)!

11/19/2025

Registration for the 2026 Salish Sea Stewards Volunteer Training is now open! We are looking for 26 new participants who enjoy the beach, getting your hands dirty and helping our marine environment... well, and you also like to have fun!

Check out the QR code and information in the flyer below or at the Skagit MRC website: https://www.skagitmrc.org/projects/salish-sea-stewards/

06/05/2025

📅SAVE THE DATE! Are you one of the millions of Washington residents living on or near the Salish Sea? Join the Salish Sea-wide Molt Blitz on June 20 to contribute to the largest-ever single-day dataset of crab molts collected in our state.

Join our Molt Search Season Kickoff Webinar on June 4th or our many public trainings offered in-person across western Washington and online (June 17) this month. On Blitz day, you can join a Molt Search trainer on a beach near you.

All trainings and events associated with the June 20 Molt Blitz are listed at bit.ly/3ZcrhE1, with activated beaches found in the Molt Search Events map. To read more about the event, visit: bit.ly/4ktuyr8
Happy searching! 🦀

05/21/2025

Check out the new Anchor Out of Safety and Salmon page! Be sure to follow along with them this summer for more info and tips!

05/06/2025

Congrats to the 2025 cohort of Salish Sea Stewards! The program wrapped up last week and we are so excited to see what this new cohort gets up to in the community!

04/10/2025

Great event to check out!

Wednesday, April 30th from 3-5pm the Shore Friendly program of the Northwest Straits Foundation and coastal geologist, Jim Johannessen from Natural Systems Design & Coastal Geologic Services are hosting a FREE guided beach walk for community residents located on the north shore of Samish Island. Join us for an engaging beach walk where we’ll explore the dynamic shoreline and discuss key topics that impact our coastal environment. To sign up and learn more visit https://tinyurl.com/samishbw

04/09/2025

Another great Salish Sea Stewards class yesterday! The group learned all about local forage fish and how volunteer citizen scientists are collecting data about these important species!

Read more about these efforts here:
https://www.skagitmrc.org/projects/forage-fish-surveys/