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Connecting you with our watersheds for the future of salmon through habitat restoration, education, and stewardship

Our staff is dedicated to ensuring the future of healthy salmon runs in the Snohomish, Stillaguamish and Island County watersheds. Since 1990, we’ve been devoted to developing community partnerships and improving fisheries in the Pacific Northwest.

08/11/2026

🌊 Turn your passion for the watershed into action! 🐟

Care about salmon, orcas, clean water, native plants, or healthy rivers? Join the Community Action Training School (CATS) and learn how you can make a difference right here in your community.

✨ FREE program geared towards adults living in WRIA 7
🌱 Learn about salmon recovery, habitat restoration, policy & watershed health
🤝 Connect with local experts and fellow community members
💡 Develop and put your own stewardship ideas into action

No environmental expertise required — just curiosity, commitment, and a desire to create positive change.

CATS serves the Snoqualmie, Skykomish, and Snohomish watersheds and combines virtual learning with hands-on field experiences.

📅 October 6, 2026 – January 23, 2027

Your passion can inspire action. Together, we can help build healthier watersheds for generations to come. 💙

Learn more and register at the link in our bio or www.soundsalmonsolutions.org/community-action-training-school

Thank you to our funder, the King County Flood Control District for funding our 2026 CATS program. We could not bring this unparalleled program to our community without their support!

07/22/2026

Salish Scientists Summer Camp 2026!

Camp season was kicked off by an awesome group of campers during week 1 of camp! At camp we focus on a new topic each day. We had days about Aquatic Science, Wildlife Science, Botany, Conservation Biology, and Stewardship. We were busy having fun, but managed to get a few snaps of some of the activities.

1. Special guest Just Frogs, Toads Too came to visit and taught everyone how to identify invasive species, tell amphibians from reptiles, and more! Campers even got to hold and pet some of the animals and insects!
2. Campers hard at work writing a scientific procedure. We learned to be very clear and thorough!
3. No camp is complete without some games of tag to break things up. A popular option this week was nature action freeze tag, where campers have to do an action corresponding with a frozen players “nature name” to free them!
4. Another popular game was Poison Dart Frog!
5. Campers got to investigate the various macroinvertebrates in Willow Creek. These small creatures are not only food sources for small fish, but also are biological indicators of stream health!
6. Our kind campers helping Camp Educator, Pleco, learn how to make a PB & J. For someone who has never done that before, it was important for campers to make their directions complete and detail oriented!
7. Stick bugs were a favorite when Just Frogs, Toads Too came!

06/28/2026

This is your last chance to shop for salmon—our 4th Annual Online Silent Auction is closing at 6:00 pm!

If you’ve been watching an item, waiting for the perfect moment to bid, or haven’t had a chance to browse the auction yet, now is the time. Once the auction closes, bidding ends, and these incredible items will be gone.

Every bid helps support vital salmon recovery efforts in the Stillaguamish, Snohomish, and South Island County Watersheds. The funds raised through this auction will help restore salmon spawning habitat, provide education opportunities to empower our community to take action to improve watershed health, and support projects that ensure healthy salmon populations for future generations.

Whether you’re interested in travel, local experiences, artwork, gift baskets, dining packages, or unique one-of-a-kind items, there’s still time to find something you’ll love while supporting an important cause.

Don’t forget to:

- Check your favorite items and make sure you’re still the highest bidder.
- Place a last-minute bid on items you’ve been considering.
- Share the auction with friends and family who may want to participate.
The final countdown is on, and every bid makes a difference.

Thank you for your support, generosity, and commitment to salmon recovery. Together, we are helping restore and protect wild salmon populations for a future with salmon for generations to come.

Place your final bids at the link in our bio or www.soundsalmonsolutions.org/silent-auction

06/21/2026

The wait is over! Our 4th Annual Online Silent Auction is officially open, and every bid helps support critical salmon recovery efforts in the Stillaguamish, Snohomish, and South Island County Watersheds. From now until 6:00 pm on June 28th, you can shop for a purpose, with every bid directly supporting a future with salmon for generations to come.

You’ll find an exciting selection of items, experiences, and unique opportunities donated by generous community members and businesses. Proceeds from the auction will directly fund projects that restore salmon habitat, provide engaging educational opportunities for our next generation of stewards, and help ensure healthy salmon populations for future generations.

It is more important than ever to show your support for salmon. With less than 3,500 wild Chinook salmon expected to return to the entire Snohomish Basin this year, they need your support. Our salmon, our orcas, and every other species that relies on salmon need us to stand together to restore and protect wild salmon populations.

Don’t miss your chance to support our critical efforts to save our salmon while bidding on something you love. Log in today, browse the auction catalog, and start bidding. Together, we can make a lasting difference for salmon and all the species that depend on them.

The auction is now live—place your bids and help salmon thrive!

Visit the link in our bio or www.soundsalmonsolutions.org/silent-auction

We are incredibly grateful for all of this year’s donors. Without the generosity of these businesses and individuals, we would not be able to offer this exciting opportunity to support our salmon.

06/03/2026

It’s the end of hatchery season at Willow Creek Salmon & Watershed Education Center, and we’re looking back on another successful year!

1. At the beginning of the season in December, our new pier was completed, thanks to generous donations.
2. Our 80,000 coho eggs arrived from the Issaquah Salmon Hatchery on December 5th
3. All of our salmon hatched and became alevin by December 15th, which is 9 days sooner than our first hatch last year.
4 & 5. With the help of some amazing volunteers and an intern, our alevin were moved into our two rearing troughs.
6. The near-fry stayed in the rearing troughs until they learned how to swim and how to rise for food. These two skills are essential for life in the outdoor pond.
7. Once the fry were ready to move outside, volunteers including Edmonds College Restoration for All class helped to clean the pond to prepare for the fry to move.
8. Volunteers then ushered the fish down the drains that will carry them into the pond, allowing us to move 80,000 fish in under 20 minutes, without using a single net!
9. Once outside, the fry needed the help of dedicated fish feeding volunteers to help them grow strong enough for release. Feeding takes place for the entire time the salmon live in the pond, which is about 4 months.
10. Once our salmon were big enough, releases began in March. We used a combination of dip netting and seine netting, which is the large net in this photo. It requires 5 people to operate, and allows us to catch thousands of fish at once.
11 - 15. All of our salmon were released with the help of community volunteers! We released into 12 different streams and tributaries in the Lake Washington and Puget Sound watersheds.
16. All of our fish were released as fry by May 31st, and since then the pond has been cleaned to prepare for summer maintenance.

Thank you to all who were involved this season! And thank you to all of the generous hatchery funders, including the Hazel Miller Foundation, Hubbard Family Foundation, the Rose Foundation, King County Flood Control District, the Olympic Fly Fishing Club, Puget Sound Anglers, Edmonds Floretum Club, and all individual donors.

We’re already excited for next year!

05/29/2026

Interested in volunteering more with the Edmonds Stewards? Join Sound Salmon Solutions and the Edmonds Stewards for training in habitat restoration. Participants will learn the role the Edmonds Stewards play in restoring City of Edmonds Parks, native and invasive plant ID, and techniques for this restoration work. After attending the training, participants will be qualified to lead restoration work at sites and guide community volunteers who have not participated in the training. Please note space is limited so please register in advance. This training is offered twice a year in spring and fall.

05/28/2026

We finished planting! Thanks to the amazing help of our volunteers and the hard work of our restoration crew, this planting season (Fall 2025 - Spring 2026), we planted 19,558 native trees and shrubs!! We could never do this without the support of our volunteers and donors. From the Sound Salmon Solutions team to all of you, thank you.

Having a healthy and robust native ecosystem along a riverbank makes all the difference for the survival of salmon eggs and fry. Young salmon need cold, clean, and clear water to thrive. Native trees and shrubs are better adapted for erosion control, groundwater filtration, and providing shade than introduced or invasive species such as Himalayan blackberry. By reintroducing plants such as western redcedar, Douglas fir, salmonberry, and snowberry, we are helping to rebuild the system that salmon rely on!

If you are interested in getting involved, keep an eye out on our events page this coming fall for when our planting volunteer events start again.

Thank you to WA Dept of Ecology, King County Flood Control District’s Cooperative Watershed Management, the Salmon Recovery Board, WA Recreation and Conservation Office, and Ducks Unlimited for funding these projects. Thank you also to the Tulalip Tribes, the Stillaguamish Tribe, the Snoqualmie Tribe, King County DNRP, and the King County Noxious Weeds Control Program for their partnership.

05/05/2026

For over 5 million years, Pacific salmon have been a keystone species, maintaining the ecological balance in the Pacific Northwest. Since time immemorial, they have been the foundation of the Coast Salish Peoples’ culture and way of life. In only the last 100 years, we have depleted this vital resource. You have the ability to help ensure the future of salmon. It is our responsibility to now show up for salmon, to restore and protect salmon for generations to come.

Thank you to the generosity of a loyal supporter, donations made now through May 8th will be matched up to $5,000. This means you can have double the impact by giving to salmon recovery today!

A huge thank you to all those who have already donated! Your support is truly appreciated!

Make your donation today at the link in our bio or www.soundsalmonsolutions.org/donate

04/29/2026

As we reflect on Earth Day, we encourage you to think of our salmon. Keystone species that connect our mountain headwaters to our riparian forests to our estuaries and the Salish Sea. They disperse nutrients to countless species including our evergreen giants, they maintain an ecological balance that acts as the foundation for the beautiful ecoregion we call home to flourish. Salmon are our foundation, but they are under threat, and with them we risk ecological collapse. You have the opportunity to restore and protect them. Let your dollars be the catalyst for ensuring a future with salmon for generations to come by making a donation this GiveBIG season.

Give for the future today by visiting
www.soundsalmonsolutions.org/donate

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712 3rd Street, Suite B
Mukilteo, WA
98258

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+14252526686

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http://www.soundsalmonsolutions.org/

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