This spring, the Nisqually River Education Project (NREP) and The Evergreen State College’s Center for Climate Action and Sustainability (CCAS) partnered to support two interns, Colbi Stewart and Colton Evans. Over the course of several months, Colbi and Colton provided the NREP with invaluable support and enhanced the experience of […]
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While visiting an elementary school in Lacey, WA for a salmon dissection, our staff was treated to an amazing sight! We have worked with students from this school several times prior, including taking them out to the Nisqually River to monitor the health of the river by testing the pH, […]
Nisqually River Education Project is excited to announce that we are seeking an AmeriCorps Environmental Educator for the 2023-24 school year. This position begins September 1, 2023 and ends July 15, 2024. Applicants are encouraged to apply now. Applications are accepted until the position is filled. Do you love connecting […]
The Nisqually River Education Project (NREP) has been hard at work for over 25 years collecting data on the health of our local waterways. Classrooms of students have tested the water twice a year at dozens of sites along the Nisqually River. The NREP gives students and teachers all the […]
The Nisqually River Foundation is now hiring a new Nisqually River Council Coordinator! The NRC Program Coordinator works under the supervision of the Executive Director to staff theNisqually River Council and related activities supporting a healthy and sustainable NisquallyWatershed. The Coordinator is responsible for planning and facilitating monthly Nisqually RiverCouncil […]
Crafty with crayons? Partial to paints? Marvelous with markers? Then consider putting your skills to paper and making art for this year’s Nisqually Watershed Poster Contest! From Mount Rainier to the Nisqually Estuary, the Nisqually watershed is a wondrous place full of wild creatures that call this special place home. […]
(Note: Images of students were taken in previous years.) “Water Quality Monitoring” doesn’t sound as glamorous as “Tree Planting” or “Salmon Tossing.” It may conjure up an image of someone with a lab coat and a clipboard staring at a test tube of water. “Ah yes,” they say, stroking their […]
Howdy! I’m Julia Fregonara, and I am so excited to join the Nisqually River Foundation team as the Water Quality Program Coordinator! I’m originally from Elkins, West Virginia, and I earned my bachelors in Biology at the College of Wooster in Wooster, Ohio. I’ve spent the past three years since […]
Hello! My name is Chrissy Webb, and I am so excited to be part of the Nisqually River Education Project. As a new resident of the Nisqually watershed, I’m eager to not only get to know and explore this unique system, but to study it, protect it, celebrate it, and help […]