Volunteer Salmon Watchers Needed

One of our blog readers sent us this information about becoming a "Salmon Watcher."

The last training class to become a Salmon Watcher is tonight at the Good Shepherd Center in Wallingford, from 7-9 p.m.

Seattle needs volunteer Salmon Watchers to count salmon returning to the city’s creeks and shorelines.

You don’t need experience to become a Salmon Watcher, but you do need to attend the classroom training to learn about salmon identification.

Salmon Watchers spend 15 minutes twice a week during the fall observing a stream or lake shore in the greater Lake Washington Watershed, counting the returning salmon. The data collected are used by agencies and groups working to help restore endangered salmon runs and improve habitat for all salmon.

For more information about the Salmon Watcher Program, contact Ecologist Jennifer Vanderhoof at 206-263-6533.