Become a Salmon Steward This Year -- Training Begins Aug. 16

If you’ve ever thought about being a Salmon Steward, consider signing up this year.  Being a Salmon Steward is a rewarding experience!  As a volunteer educator and interpreter, you get to enjoy being outside watching the salmon and talking to people about what you have learned!  Stream Team provides the training, materials, and props you need to help explain the answers to frequently asked questions.  New Salmon Stewards are expected to attend all basic trainings and field visits. 

Basic Training Part 1:  Monday, Aug. 16 from 6:30 to 9:00 PM

Basic Training Part 2: Tuesday, Aug. 24 from 6:30 to 9:00 PM

Both trainings are at Traditions Fair Trade Store and Café conveniently located 3 blocks from the 5th Avenue Dam at 300 5th Avenue, SW, Olympia, WA.  

Field Training Part 1:  Saturday, Aug. 21 from 10 a.m. to noon at the 5th Avenue Bridge

Field Training Part 2: Saturday, Sept. 11 from 10 a.m. to noon at Tumwater Falls Park

Field Training Part 3: late October at McLane Creek Nature Trail

For more information or to sign up contact Patricia at ppyle@ci.olympia.wa.us or (360)-570-5841.

Shellfish Field Class and Tasting Session -- Aug. 21

Were clams, oysters and other shellfish as important as salmon to the diet and economy of the South Puget Sound, before Peter Puget sailed into these waters? How did oysters put Olympia on the map during the Great California Gold Rush of 1849? Are shellfish resources still important to today’s local economy? Join Stream Team for a free Tending the Tidelands field class on Saturday, Aug. 21 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Participants will discuss the historic and current importance of shellfish in South Puget Sound, visit a local manila clam harvesting site, tour a shellfish processing plant operated by Taylor Shellfish Farms and finish the tour with a shellfish tasting. So grab your boots and bring your appetites for a day of exploring tidelands and the taste of locally grown and harvested shellfish.

Participants should bring a sack lunch and wear sturdy shoes or boots.  Youth under the age of 13 must be accompanied by an adult.

Transportation is provided and space is limited.  For more information or to register, contact Chris Maun at 754-3355 ext. 6377 or maunc@co.thurston.wa.us.