Restoration

Project Map

NSEA has been restoring creeks across Whatcom County since 1991. Every project is on this interactive map. Click any icon for the details of what each creek needed, what we did, and what came back.

Since 1991

Every project, on one map.

Every tree we’ve planted and every culvert we’ve fixed, going back decades, is on this map. Click any icon for the project details, and see what’s happened near you.

Browse the projects

California Creek
Restoration

California Creek

California Creek has a documented presence of chum and coho, as well as winter steelhead, coastal cutthroat trout, and bull trout.

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Dakota Creek
Restoration

Dakota Creek

Dakota Creek, located near Blaine, is home to Chinook, chum, and coho, as well as winter steelhead, bull trout, and cutthroat trout.

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Kendall Creek
Restoration

Kendall Creek

Kendall Creek, a tributary of the North Fork Nooksack, was once so choked with invasive reed canary grass that salmon could not…

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Kenney Creek
Restoration

Kenney Creek

Partner restoration of a North Fork tributary: barriers removed, wood added, and two acres planted with Whatcom Land Trust, Whatcom Conservation District,…

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Landingstrip Creek
Restoration

Landingstrip Creek

Landingstrip Creek is a tributary of the South Fork of the Nooksack River and is habitat for coho and chum salmon, as…

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Squalicum Creek
Restoration

Squalicum Creek

The Squalicum Creek watershed is one of the largest independent drainages in Whatcom County, draining 22 square miles through northern Bellingham.

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Tenmile Creek
Restoration

Tenmile Creek

Tenmile Creek has historical documented presence of chum and coho, as well as steelhead and resident trout.

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Terrell Creek
Restoration

Terrell Creek

Terrell Creek, which connects Lake Terrell to Birch Bay, runs through agricultural lands, residences, and industrial facilities.

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Whatcom Creek
Restoration

Whatcom Creek

Running through central Bellingham, Whatcom Creek is home to fall Chinook, coho, chum, pink, and sockeye salmon.

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Long-term stewardship

We keep coming back.

A completed project stays on our list. Our crew and volunteers return season after season to weed, replant, and monitor, so young plantings can grow into the shade that keeps water clean, cold, and clear.

Do you have a former NSEA project site on your land that needs maintenance? The response form is on our For Landowners page.

Volunteers maintaining an established planting site, pulling weeds around young trees

Get involved

Help us finish the next one!

Every project on this map had volunteers behind it. Work parties run Saturday mornings, 9 am to noon, in spring and fall, and we bring the tools, gloves, and training.

Questions about a project or a site? Email info@n-sea.org or call 360-715-0283.