We invite you to join us in celebration of the 47th Anniversary of the Clean Water Act and the World Water Monitoring Challenge by helping collect Water Samples in our park! When: Saturday October 19th Time: 10:00 AM -12:00 PM Work with other volunteers to collect water samples at multiple sites throughout the park. After …
The Carkeek Park community of all ages celebrated the annual Piper’s Creek Salmon Celebration on Sunday, November 18, 2018. In addition to hot drinks, music, good food, and a kid-friendly scavenger hunt through the park, volunteer Salmon Stewards were on hand to welcome, engage, answer questions, and inspire park visitors drawn by the annual Piper’s Creek …
CWCAP, UW Ecology, and SPU Salmon Stewards Celebrate Salmon on Nov 18, 2018 Read More »
CWCAP Spawning Survey & Count Each Fall, Carkeek Watershed Community Action Project (CWCAP) enters the creeks and tributaries in the Pipers Creek Watershed to collect data from the salmon that naturally die after returning to the system. The primary objective is to determine the relative spawning success of salmon in Piper’s Creek and its largest …
Salmon activities at Carkeek Park this Fall 2018 Read More »
For more information, visit: seattle.gov/parks/find/centers/carkeek-park-environmental-learning-center/camps Every summer, Seattle Parks and the Associated Recreation Council (ARC) host summer camp at Carkeek Park fittingly named Carkeek Earthkeepers Day Camp. CWCAP is tapped in to provide local salmon, forest, watershed, and water quality education. This Summer 2018 (among much else going on in this exciting day camp!), CWCAP will …
Public, private, and home schools participating in the Salmon in the Schools —Seattle program are now moving their school fish to the Salmon Imprint Pond at Carkeek Park. From Monday March 26 to Friday, March 30, 11 schools have already taken field trips to Carkeek Park to participate in scavenger hunts focused on salmon life cycles and water quality questions. Each student then gets to personally introduce a few of their school salmon fry into the imprint pond where they will be cared for through early May before their final release into Venema Creek.
