Salmon Watching on Vashon Island   If you volunteer as a Salmon Watcher on Vashon Island, or if you are interested in fish at these streams, this page will provide you with relevant information. If you would like to volunteer as a Salmon Watcher on Vashon, please contact Jennifer Vanderhoof at jennifer.vanderhoof@kingcounty.gov, or 206-263-6533. We are especially interested in recruiting volunteers who live next to a stream. The training workshop for fall 2003 is complete; but if you would like to become involved next year, please let us know. Salmon Watcher sites The map below shows some sites on Vashon that have been watched by volunteers in the past. Click on this map to open a new web page with an interactive site map. If you would like to download a printable map, please click here for a .pdf file.

Salmon Watcher Home Page How to be a Salmon Watcher Annual Reports Fish Identification Gallery Fish Distribution Maps Links

Training Can Be Fun These photos were taken at the stream-side Salmon Watcher training session, Fall 2001. Vashon Salmon Watchers gathered on a damp fall day at Fern Cove at the mouth of Shinglemill Creek. Dr. Robert Fuerstenberg talks to the volunteers about salmonid life history and tricks for salmon identification. Volunteers model the experienced Salmon Watcher's secret weapon: polarized sunglasses! Tides Rising tides can actually "push" fish into streams that flow directly into the Sound, so if you are watching a stream near its mouth, you may have the best luck seeing fish during a rising tide. You can use these tide predictions to help you choose times when you have the best chance of seeing fish. But keep in mind that the further upstream you are, the less tide effect matters. Here are some links to tide tables so you know when fish might enter your stream: Daily Tide Chart Fish Species One species you are likely to see in Vashon's streams are chum. Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife recently unveiled an extensive web site on chum salmon. If you follow links from the home page, you can find life history and identification information, recipes, databases, and lots of information specific to Puget Sound chum. WDFW's external web page on chum Links to other Vashon fish-related info People on Vashon Island also might be very interested in checking out some of the work that Washington Trout has been doing. Washington Trout's web page on Vashon Stream Typing News Council Approves Shinglemill Creek Land Purchase   This program is conducted in cooperation with the King County Water and Land Resources Division, Bellevue Stream Team, Redmond Stream Team, and the cities of Seattle, Bothell, Kirkland, Renton, Woodinville, and the Vashon-Maury Island Land Trust, with support from the King Conservation District.

For questions about the Water and Land Resources Web Site, please contact Fred Bentler, Visual Communication & GIS Unit. For questions about the Salmon Watcher Program, please contact Jennifer Vanderhoof. For questions about stewardship on Vashon Island, please contact Ray Heller. Updated: October 8, 2003

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