Wild Olympic Salmon - Education

Wild Olympic Salmon uses salmon as an indicator of the health of the watershed and the community, and as a symbol of shared common ground. We see salmon as a universal teacher, storyteller and advocate for all communities. The very existance of salmon reminds us that it is impossible to make a distinction between the "human" and "natural" world and that diversity of perspective and experience is fundamental to all life. Using this holistic approach, we have designed and implemented innovative educational programs for children and adults. 

• FIN our 25-foot migrating salmon who travels through-out Puget Sound, Washington, and to other states teaching about salmon and watersheds.
  
• Tracking the Dragon - a community watershed exploration game. Elaborate clues in poetry and drawings lead searchers to bronz "dragon tracks" placed at hydrologically significant places. The thrill is in stomping around, seemingly in the middle of nowhere and finding dragon tracks while getting a tour of many environmentally significant locations.
  
• Watershed Trading Cards.
  
• An original play entitled The Riparian Zone

In May of 1994, Wild Olympic Salmon was recognized by the Environmental Education Association of Washington as the Outstanding Community-Based Environmental Education Program for the State of Washington.  To get a kids eye view of our efforts visit the chimacum schools website.

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