MissionNooksack Salmon Enhancement Association (NSEA) is a community–based nonprofit organization dedicated to restoring sustainable wild salmon runs in Whatcom County. Save the Date!! NSEA's Annual Community Celebration - February 25th
Join NSEA at the Majestic in Bellingham on Thursday February 25th from 6pm - 9pm for
food, fun, and fish-highlights as we celebrate 20 years of working
cooperatively to restore sustainable wild salmon runs to Whatcom
County. This free event is a great opportunity to see what NSEA has
done in the past year, hear what we will be working on this coming
year, and make a difference for the wild salmon in our local watersheds
by becoming a NSEA Member. Save the Date!! Tradition of Cedar - February 27th
Tradition of Cedar is a benefit event to raise funds for "It's Mine", a new Coast Salish Story Pole Sculpture to be carved by local Lummi carver Felix Solomon and installed below the Whatcom Museum of History and Art in Maritime Heritage Park. Enjoy an evening of Coast Salish culture with music, storytelling, and art with guest speaker Barbara Brotherton, Curator of Native American Art at the Seattle Art Museum. The event will be held in the Rotunda Room at the Whatcom Museum located at 121 Prospect St. in Bellingham at 7:00pm. Annual Whatcom Conservation District Native Plant Sale - March 20th
Come celebrate the spring season and native plants with NSEA and the Whatcom Conservation District. Learn about landscaping with native plants and select a Pacific Rhododendron or Beaked Filbert for your own backyard. The Expo and Sale will be held at Whatcom Community College in the Roe Studio off of W. Kellog Rd. in Bellingham. Click here for more information.
Salmon Smart Tip - Ride the Baker Bus!
Are you as excited as we are to get in on some of that powder action at Mt. Baker this winter? Do you ever wish you could get a carpool together, or maybe just find a way to get there without having to drive? Well the Glacier community and Cascade Adventures have come together to make this happen - yeah!!! The Baker Bus provides reasonably priced transportation to skiers and snowboarders every day from Kendall, Maple Falls, and Glacier to the Mt. Baker Ski Area and from Bellingham to the Mt. Baker Ski Area on weekends and holidays. Bellinghamsters interested in riding the bus on weekdays can travel by WTA bus to Kendall and meet the Baker Bus there (schedules are coordinated). Riding the Baker Bus is a great way to save some money, save yourself the long drive, and help save the environment and our local wild salmon populations. Carpooling on the Baker Bus reduces the amount of cars driving up the Mt. Baker Highway, which reduces carbon emissions into our atmosphere and also helps to lessen the amount of rubber and hazardous metals from entering the Nooksack River Basin. Each year in the USA nearly 650,000 tons of rubber is worn off of tires and ends up washing off the roads into our rivers and streams, which negatively affects water quality and the health of our salmon.
For schedules and more information about the Baker Bus, please visit their website. Happy Winter! | 
Annual Community Celebration - February 25th
