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Education and Volunteer Programs

Education Programs

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This annual spring series of 8-10 sessions (evening workshops and Saturday fieldtrips) focus on ways to make your home a place of beauty and function that benefits humans, animals, watersheds, and the environment. Sessions will include Healthy Garden Practices, Building Healthy Soils, Managing Invasive Plants, Gardening for Wildlife, Stormwater Management, and more. 

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Stormwater Education

Stormwater Facilities Maintenance 

Learn about stormwater facilities maintenance and operations.

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Stormwater Management Workshop

Learn about stormwater management techniques and how to implement them.

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Stormwater Management Information​

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 This annual fall series of 8-10 sessions (evening workshops and Saturday fieldtrips) cover forest and stream health, riparian and habitat planting and maintenance, climate impacts and solutions, salmon, estuaries, and shellfish resources, and more.  

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Watershed Model​

Stormwater Presentations​

Arbor Day​

Soil & Water Stewardship Poster Contest​

Youth Conservation Tour​

Envirothon

Check our "Upcoming Events" section for registration information

SCD Volunteer Programs

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The Skagit Stream Team is a network of citizens concerned about the health of local streams. They are trained to work in teams to collect water quality data on stream reaches located in our priority watersheds. Each team tests for temperature, fecal coliform, turbidity, depth, and dissolved oxygen and averages around 4-6 hours per month from September into June

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The marine Biotoxin Monitoring program assists the WA State Department of Health monitor local recreational shellfish harvesting beaches during the HABs (Harmful Algal Blooms) season.

The volunteer time commitment for this program includes completing the 2-day training, then approximately 4 to 6 hours a month from mid-April through September. 

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Assist with packaging and distribution at our annual plant sale.

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Outreach Events
 

Assist at outreach tabling events.

Partner Groups' Volunteer Programs

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The Salish Sea Stewards is a volunteer program of the Skagit County Marine Resources Committee in partnership with Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. 

Our program offers approximately 40 hours of FREE community science training each year focused on the marine environment.  In return, participants commit 40 hours of volunteer service in protecting the marine environment over the course of one year.

Training 2025

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SFEG is a nonprofit and non-governmental organization, that was formed in 1990 to involve our communities in habitat restoration and watershed stewardship in order to enhance salmon populations. 

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Conserving wildlife habitat, agricultural and forest lands, scenic open space, wetlands, and shorelines for the benefit of our community and as a legacy for future generations.

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Skagit Watershed Council is a community partnership for salmon.

By means of collaboration, technical assistance and education, the watershed council seeks to fulfill their mission, which is to understand, protect and restore the productivity of healthy ecosystems in order to support sustainable fisheries.

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