Have you been waiting for the salmon to return? Or, perhaps you’ve always wanted to see these amazing fish in person but didn’t know where to start? Come on down to the Duckabush Oxbow and Wetlands Preserve where our Stewardship Assistant, Cristina Villalobos, will be on site, ready to answer any of your salmon or […]
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Have you been waiting for the salmon to return? Or, perhaps you’ve always wanted to see these amazing fish in person but didn’t know where to start? Come on down to Illahee Preserve where our Stewardship Assistant, Cristina Villalobos, will be on site, ready to answer any of your salmon or nature preserve questions. Drop […]
“Salmon School! What Will Happen Next?” is an audiobook by Ms. Stengel’s 2020-21 first grade class at Salish Coast Elementary. Inspired by their year-long project of raising salmon eggs (roe) in the classroom for eventual release into Chimacum Creek at Illahee Preserve, the story is about a student named Sam who finds himself transformed into […]
The thank you notes and poems arrived soon after Port Townsend first and second graders visited Illahee Preserve to learn about salmon. Inside were messages filled with warmth and gratitude. “Thank you for the experience of being in the forest,” Addie H. wrote. “Thank you for saving the salmons,” said Laverna. “I loved being a […]
In the Duckabush River Valley, more than 3,250 acres of permanently protected land create a corridor of wildlife habitat. This greenbelt corridor hosts a wide variety of species – fish, insects, amphibians, mammals and birds – that have relied on this land for thousands of years. In addition to providing important spawning and rearing habitat for […]
The Duckabush River greenbelt hosts many animals that have relied on this land for thousands of years. In addition to providing important spawning habitat for endangered salmon, wildlife such as bear, beaver, and cougar have all been observed there recently. And one more common, but no less magical, sighting on the Duckabush is its herd […]
