Education
What We Learned in Preschool
With the kickoff of summer, it also means the end of NSEA’s first preschool year! In September of 2025, we…
August 11, 2026
Fish Tales · Field notes since 1991
Stories from the watershed
Work parties in the rain, salmon in the classroom, and creeks coming back to life. This is what bringing salmon home looks like, told by the people doing it.
Education
Education
Students for Salmon Returns for Another Year of Outdoor Education
At the end of last school year, changes in the funding landscape for nonprofits cast a shadow of uncertainty on…
August 10, 2026
News
Building a strong team culture
NSEA staff and WCC crew meet once a month for an all-staff meeting. These are important opportunities for the entire…
July 31, 2026
Get Involved
Volunteers removed over eight tons of trash at the July 5th Birch Bay Beach Cleanup
Thank you again to the hundreds of volunteers who spent the Sunday after July 4th cleaning up firework debris from…
July 31, 2026
Restoration
Monitoring 20-year-old planting projects
The field crew has begun collecting data on NSEA’s legacy sites (restoration projects that are over 20 years old). In…
July 31, 2026
Restoration
The power of rivers and changing floodplains
I got the opportunity again this year to be part of the combined review team for Salmon Recovery Funding (SRF)…
July 31, 2026
Education
Stopping to smell the flowers at Hovander Park
Every week at Camp Keystone, our full-day campers go on field trips to different parks all over Whatcom County. One…
July 31, 2026
Get Involved
Volunteer Spotlight: Julia Dyck
Since October 2020, Julia Dyck has been attending all sorts of NSEA stewardship events, from planting trees at Saturday work…
July 31, 2026
Get Involved
Volunteer, show up, get rewarded: a new community initiative from Backcountry Essentials
Backcountry Essentials is launching a new community initiative to celebrate folks who volunteer with local organizations. Participants simply volunteer, stop…
July 31, 2026
Education
It’s raining leaves!
Every day at Camp Keystone, campers have the chance to explore all the magic nature has to offer. Last week,…
July 17, 2026