Pacific Coast Salmon Coalition

Education & Outreach:Salmon Camp - The Pacific Coast Salmon Coalition partnered with the Quillayute Valley School District to create a new summer school option for Forks Middle School students called Salmon Camp. Activities during the five-week session included fishing, hiking, habitat restoration and stewardship, crafting, storytelling, photography, and camping. Lessons incorporated core education standards and included natural history and ecology. Approximately 80 students were served over the course of the two-year funding period and participants had the opportunity to visit local protected lands and meet natural resource professionals. Salmon Camp was held in Summer of 2023 and 2024.

Monitoring & Maintenance:The Organization monitors 55 WDFW sites and over 100 more sites that include past and current projects and fish passage sites.

Nutrient Enhancement:The Organization received an average number of salmon carcasses from local WDFW hatcheries. Approximately 10-30 percent of which were food quality and were donated to local food banks. The rest went to nutrient enhancement in the local watersheds (WRIA 20 & 21).