Salmon Watcher Training September 29, 2010

A unique Northwest experience! Northgate Community Center 10510 - 5th Ave. NE, Seattle 98125. The Salmon Watcher Program trains volunteers to identify and record species and numbers of spawning salmonids. This multi-jurisdictional effort is focused at protecting a Pacific Northwest treasure and educating the community in the process. Our dedicated volunteers watch for fish on their assigned creeks two times a week from September through December. The information they collect helps us know where salmon are spawning in our streams, and sometimes where barriers exist to salmon migration. Volunteers act as our "eyes and ears" in the watersheds and give us a heads up when things go awry in our neighborhood creeks. For more information go to www.kingcounty.gov/environment/animalsandplants/salmon-and-trout/salmonwatchers.aspx.