South Puget Sound Salmon Enhancement Group

SPSSEG is holding its first annual Spring Meeting in Puyallup! First we will hear about the Status and Trends of the Puyallup River Salmon by Russ Ladley from the Puyallup Tribe. Then our very own Kristin Williamson will fill us in on the Habitat Restoration Efforts taking place in the Puyallup River Watershed. Our key [...]

Have you ever wanted to participate in a marathon, but didn’t want to wear out your exercise shoes or get all sweaty? Well now you can! SPSSEG is looking for some volunteers to man and/or women a water station at the Capital City Marathon (Olympia Marathon). As a volunteer you will receive all the benefits [...]

The Olympia Traverse is right around the corner! Get your team together and take advantage of our increasingly sunny weather and head outside with your kayak, bike, or running shoes! Don’t feel like a spawning salmon? Help our spawners swim up stream by volunteering at a water station or just cheering them on!

Please join us Saturday April 21st at Parkland Prairie from 9am to 12pm for a site clean up! Visit our Volunteer Event Page (under Education and Outreach) for more information. Hope to see you there!

Today Washington state is on the verge of threatening the future of salmon recovery.  The work that Regional Fisheries Enhancement Groups (RFEGs) do throughout Washington State is at risk due to the Senate Budget bill that has now passed the Senate (ESB 5967) which includes language that would devastate the RFEG Program.   This budget threatens [...]

It’s that time of year again. Time to get off the couch, get out your kayak, bike, or running shoes and start thinking about putting a team together for the Olympia Traverse! SPSSEG will once again participate in this event that models salmon migration. We hope to see you there! Please visit http://www.olympiatraverse.com/olympia-traverse/home for course [...]

                                  SPSSEG would like to thank everyone who came to our Annual Meeting. We had a wonderful time remembering the successes of 2011 with all of our members, partners, and volunteers! We are looking forward to sharing another great year, full of salmon habitat restoration with you! And a big thanks to everyone who [...]

Hope to see you at our Annual Meeting on Thursday, 5:30 at the Lacey Convention Center. It’s a good way to get out of the house after being cooped up all week. We will be providing good food and good company, as well as some fishy stories!

Does listening to Joe Kane, Executive Director for the Nisqually Land Trust, recount his journey from the source of the Amazon River to the sea, sound exciting? Does hearing about the current restoration work being accomplished in South Sound, sound interesting? How about sampling tasty treats provided by Taylor Shellfish? If the answer to any or [...]