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Carkeek Watershed Community Action Project

Education in Action since 1979

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Salmon Imprinting

Raising salmon at Carkeek

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Salmon Surveying

Measuring the success of the yearly Carkeek salmon run

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We’re dedicated to improving local watersheds by educating and engaging the community around salmon and water quality.


What we do

Salmon Imprinting

Raising salmon in the imprint pond

Salmon Survey

Counting and measuring returning salmon

Supporting Schools

Supporting teachers in Salmon in Schools program

Water Monitoring

Evaluating water quality at Carkeek

Nature Presentations

Leading nature tours and presentations

  • Last Salmon Release and Salmon Walk of the Imprinting Season, Saturday, May 11th

    We will be holding our last Salmon Walk of the season in Carkeek Park prior to the release of our last batch of salmon for the season. These are the approximately 4,000 fry that were raised from eggs by 21 schools as part of the Salmon in the Schools – Seattle (SISS) program.  We will…

  • Salmon Release and Salmon Walk April 26th

    We will be releasing our current batch of 16,500 chum salmon fry about 8pm on Friday, April 26th. Everyone is welcome. So come on down and help us send our salmon fry on their way to the Sound. If you come a bit early, you can feed the salmon fry and maybe even make a salmon…

What we do wouldn’t be possible without these organizations

Recent Posts photo and non-transparent header photo by Tom Reese

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