Hello students, teachers, and fellow Nisqually lovers! This is Aleks, the WCC Americorps volunteer for 2015-2016. Here at the NREP we strive to provide excellent student and teacher resources for our various field trips in the Nisqually watershed. As part of this never-ending goal we have decided to start up a […]
Yearly Archives: 2015
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The Nisqually River Foundation, the 501(c)3 non-profit that supports the Nisqually River Council is celebrating a successful 2015. Among other things, the NRF worked to bring 1,000 students from classrooms across the watershed to field experiences such as water quality monitoring, habitat restoration and salmon carcass tossing. We also led […]
The Nisqually Stream Stewards and Nisqually Indian Tribe are hosting a free Salmon Watchers training on Monday December 7th from 6:00-8:00 pm. This will be the final training opportunity until winter 2016! The Salmon Watchers program is a citizen science opportunity that informs the Nisqually Indian Tribe’s Salmon Recovery Program. Salmon […]
Please join the Nisqually Indian Tribe, Nisqually Land Trust, Nisqually Stream Stewards and Nisqually River Council for an awesome Halloween morning in the Ohop Valley! What: Planting native trees and shrubs in Ohop Valley When: Saturday October 31, 2015 from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm Where: Ohop Valley, Eatonville WA. RSVPs are required […]
The Eatonville Salmon Fest is a celebration of the returning salmon to the Nisqually River. This year, the returning salmon include a massive run of pinks, which will be visible from the festival! Join the Nisqually River Council, Nisqually Indian Tribe, Town of Eatonville and countless other partners on Saturday, October […]
The Nisqually River Council (NRC) is preparing a plan for the development and management of a water trail on the main stem Nisqually River from below LaGrande Dam to the Nisqually delta. Technical planning assistance is being provided to the NRC on this project from the ‘Rivers, Trails and Conservation Assistance’ (RTCA) program of the National Park Service. The goal is to facilitate a inclusive collaborative planning process to develop safe and appropriate public access points to the river for launching and taking out small human powered boats such as rafts, canoes, kayaks and inner tubes. To help with the planning process, we would like to hear from you! Do you raft, hike, bike […]
26th Annual Nisqually Watershed Festival at the Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge Saturday, September 26, 2015, 10am to 4pm For decades the Nisqually watershed community has served as a role model of cooperative conservation. “Beginning with protecting the river’s mouth from development in the 1970s to coming together in recent years to […]
As the next summer of restoration construction ramps up in the Ohop Valley, it’s a good idea to refresh your memory on the work that’s already been done and why it’s important. Check out this video, produced by the Nisqually Indian Tribe and NW Indian Fisheries Commission!
Nisqually River Council & Nisqually Indian Tribe 12501 Yelm Hwy SE Olympia WA 98513 PRESS RELEASE –For Immediate Release June 9, 2015 Nisqually Stream Stewards – Now Recruiting 2015 Class Participants! Do you want to be trained as a citizen scientist, learn more about your watershed, meet new people, and […]