Curious Steps: Ariel Yseth

Sign up here! Join us for the “Curious Steps” guest speaker series, where we walk and learn from three distinguished experts to share their insights on the vital importance of all thing’s salmon and trees. Our final guest speaker will be marine naturalist, Ariel Yseth! Learn from Ariel, Whale Scout’s San Juan Island Naturalist, about our beloved killer whales and …

Curious Steps: Jeff Jensen

Sign up here! Join us for the “Curious Steps” guest speaker series, where we walk and learn from three distinguished experts to share their insights on the vital importance of all thing’s salmon and trees. Our second guest speaker will be Professor Jeff Jensen! Come stroll the park and learn from fish biologist Jeff as he …

Mason Bee Habitat Building

Sign up here! Sign up to save your spot to build mason bee habitats at the former Wayne Golf Course with Rachael Kutz of Whale Scout. Rachael will share her passion and appreciation for nature (including pollinators!) and knowledge about salmon restoration. Tour our restoration sites benefitting pollinators before making your own take-home mason bee …

Habitat Restoration Event

Sign up here! Endangered Southern Resident killer whales depend on salmon as a critical prey resource from watersheds in Puget Sound and beyond. Salmon use the Sammamish River as a migratory corridor. Improving the water quality in the river will help both struggling salmon populations and orcas. Join us to care for new native plantings …

Now Hiring Interns: Diverse Voices Student Leadership Program

Whale Scout, a nonprofit organization based in King County, Washington is looking for student interns for spring and summer sessions to assist with salmon habitat restoration and outreach and education activities with diverse audiences. Dedicated to protecting Pacific Northwest whales through land-based conservation experiences, Whale Scout takes a boots-on-the-ground approach to recovering endangered Southern Resident …

Rescheduled Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service Planting Event

Sign up Here! In 1979, a public campaign in support of officially recognizing Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday as a national holiday was launched. This community-based effort resulted in six million signatures for a petition to Congress. In 1983, Congress passed legislation officially declaring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day a federal holiday. In …

Annual Holiday Fundraiser

From now till December 31st, we are putting on a Holiday Fundraiser event! Every year we put on a yearly fundraiser event where anyone can buy our stickers, mugs, apparel and more and all the proceeds go to supporting our work in the upcoming year! You can also rock your Whale Scout gear at our …

Sammamish River Kayak Tour, June 11th

Take a salmon-eye view of the Sammamish River to learn more about orcas and the ways salmon use the river system to complete their life-cycle. Enjoy a morning of adventure, exploration, and fun kayaking along the Sammamish River in Bothell. Prior to setting off on a one-hour round trip tour, we’ll share a little about …