Nooksack Salmon Enhancement Association

Mission

Nooksack Salmon Enhancement Association (NSEA) is a community–based nonprofit organization dedicated to restoring sustainable wild salmon runs in Whatcom County.

Save the Date

NSEA will be working with the Bellingham Parks Volunteer Program to spread mulch around Padden Creek on Saturday May 31st from 9:00am - 12:00pm. This site is located at the corner of Old Fairhaven Parkway and 24th Street. Parking is available at the Fairhaven Vet Hospital at 2330 Old Fairhaven Parkway. We'll bring the tools and gloves, just bring your friends and family in weather-appropriate clothing and we'll see you at the creek!

Salmon Smart Tip of the Month...

Happy Bicycle Month!  In honor of National Bike Month, NSEA is proud to promote Bike-to-Work Week from May 12-16 and Bike-to-Work Day on Friday, May 16.  Now you might be asking yourself -  What do salmon have to do with bicycles? 

Well, consider this:

-Motor vehicle emissions represent 31% of the total carbon dioxide, 81% of carbon monoxide, and 49% of the nitrogen oxides realeade in the U.S.A.                 

- Runoff of oil, dirt, brake dust, deposited vehicle exhaust, road particles, automotive fluids, and tire rubber particles from motor vehicles is washed into streams and rivers every day.  The EPA estimates that this type of urban runoff is the leading source of pollution in our local waterways.

Motor vehicle emissions also contribute greatly to increasing the effects of global warming.  As temperatures rise and glaciers melt, the cold moutain streams fed from snow melt in the Cascade Mountain Range will begin to warm up.  Salmon need their water to be between 5 and 20 degreed Celsius in order to survive.  Fluctuations in both air and water temperature could create very big problems for salmon in the Pacific Northwest.   So as you begin to get outside and enjoy the warm weather spring is now starting to offer, think  twice before you grab those car keys and consider this:

-A short, 4 mile round trip bike ride keeps about 15lbs of pollutants out of the air we breathe.

And. . .

-The average American spends 75 minutes a day in the car.

So get out and enjoy the season - just leave your car at home!