The Salmon
Scholars Fund
Each fall, salmon fight their way home to the waters where they began. So do our students — returning to these same streams to learn, reflect, and grow into the next generation of stewards. The Salmon Scholars Fund ensures this return continues, year after year.
Program Support
Salmon Watch is a unique field trip experience that takes place during the spring and fall migration of Chinook salmon. Students learn about the pillars of watershed health through macroinvertebrate identification, water quality testing, nature walks through riparian forests, and observing spawning salmon as they learn about the critical role this species plays culturally and environmentally. Stations are led by a dedicated group of volunteers from the community, local organizations, and agency partners.
Through hands-on stream-side participation, the Lane County Salmon Watch program instills deeper understanding of each person’s relationship to their local watershed, reconnecting communities to the natural world.
Salmon Watch is coordinated and supported through the MFWWC’s Regional Education Program which provides environmental learning opportunities to students throughout the Upper Willamette Basin.
To learn more about the Lane County Salmon Watch Program, follow this link.
Student Stories
“Thank you for teaching me there is nature in water”
“The amount of fish in this little stream is amazing!”
“Thank you for sharing your knowledge and teaching me about all the different kinds of plants. I liked identifying trees”
“Thank you for teaching me that water is life!”