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Sponsoring Get Involved! Protect Salmon Habitat in Your Own Back Yard Organizations ere are some of the groups helping to protect and improve salmon streams and habitat in Kitsap County. You can help by volunteering to support these local groups: City of Poulsbo Parks H & Recreation Bainbridge Island Watershed Hansville Greenway Poulsbo's Fish Park cityofpoulsbo.com/parks/ biwatershedcouncil.org/ Association 288 NW Lindvig Way parks.htm Contact: Ken Shawcroft Contact: Mary McCluskey Chico Salmon Park 360.698.2495 Poulsbo Parks and Recreation Clean Water Kitsap Stewardship Group hansville.org 360.779.9898 cleanwaterkitsap.org Contact: Amy Lawrence [email protected] [email protected] Hood Canal Coordinating Great Peninsula Council Puget Sound Partnership Conservancy Clear Creek Task Force hccc.wa.gov/ psp.wa.gov/ www.greatpeninsula.org P. O. Box 1188 Silverdale, WA 98383 Illahee Forest Preserve Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe Kitsap County Parks 360.895.1708 Illahee Stewardship pgst.nsn.us/ Department www.clearcreektrail.org Committee kitsapgov.com/parks Contacts: Jim Aho, Stillwaters Environmental Cowling Creek Center 360.479.1049 Education Center Kitsap Mountaineers 20325 Miller Bay Road N.E., Irwin and Judy Krigsman, 26095 Barber Cut-Off Road kitsapmountaineers.org Poulsbo, WA 98370 360.792.6934 Kingston, WA 98346 Contact: Paul Dorn Contacts: Naomi Maasberg/ Kitsap Stream Cell: 360.981.7658 IslandWood Joleen Palmer Ways to Protect Stewards pdorn@suquamish.nsn.us 4450 Blakely Ave. NE stillwatersenvironmentalcenter.org http://county.wsu.edu/ suquamish.org/Departments/ Bainbridge Island, WA 98110 kitsap/nrs/water/Pages/ Fisheries/CowlingCreekCenter.aspx 206.855.4300 Suquamish Tribe StreamStewards.aspx Kitsap Salmon 2014 Salmon Tours daily 8am to 4 [email protected] suquamish.org/ pm. Park at the Center and walk Mountaineer down to the stream. Volunteer guides will be at the Center to Kitsap Trees itsap Salmon Tours is an annual fall Shorelines provide spawning areas for herring, Foundation answer questions. Guided tours Contact: Jim Trainer Kitsap County sponsors event created to increase awareness of sand lance (or candlefish) and surf smelt — im- mountaineersfoundation. and group presentations may be 360.649.8465 several citizen stewardship the ecological needs of Pacific Northwest portant food for salmon. Many of the salmon that org/ scheduled by contacting Paul. [email protected] committees associated with Ksalmon and the actions people can take to build migrate to Kitsap waters are chum, but coho and treezinc.com County Parks: and maintain a successful balance between salmon Chinook salmon and steelhead trout also spawn in Suquamish Tribe Fish Park, Poulsbo Hansville Greenway and humans. Kitsap waters. These fish journey from fresh water www.suquamish.nsn.us Contact: Mary McCluskey Liberty Bay Foundation Director, Poulsbo Parks & Stewardship Committee Tens of thousands of salmon return to spawn in to salt water and back again and are arguably the 17212 Lemolo Shore Drive NE most important cultural icon of our region. Washington Sea Grant Recreation Poulsbo, WA 98370 Banner Forest Stewardship Kitsap Peninsula streams every year. These fish www.wsg.washington.edu 360.779.9898 Kathleen Byrne-Barrantes Committee have been central to the diet and culture of first Pollution in Puget Sound and impacts to salmon 360.697.5815 Friends of Guillemot Cove nations in our region for millennia and remain habitat and streams have combined with some- Friends of Miller Bay important to the Lower Elhwa Klallam, Jamestown times adverse conditions at sea and resulted in the WSU Kitsap County kathleen@libertybayfoundation. Contact: Lori Raymaker, Parks P. O. Box 37 S'Klallam, Port Gamble S'Klallam, Skokomish, listing of Puget Sound Chinook salmon, Hood Extension com Stewardship Coordinator Suquamish, WA 98492 Squaxin Island, and Suquamish Tribes. The Port Canal summer chum salmon and, most recently, http://county.wsu.edu/kitsap Kitsap County Parks and Contact: Dick d’Archangel Gamble S'Klallam and Suquamish Tribes' reserva- steelhead trout as threatened under the federal Mountaineers Foundation Recreation [email protected] tions are on the Kitsap Peninsula. Endangered Species Act. Substantial restoration ef- Contact: Mindy Roberts 614 Division Street, MS-1 forts are under way (in Chico, Barker and Dogfish PreserveOldGrowth.org Port Orchard, WA 98366 The marine shorelines are critical for the growth creeks, for example), but there are also things you 360.337.5362 / cell: and survival of young salmon offspring. Even can do to help restore populations of these remark- 360.204.2959 freshwater systems that do not have salmon may able fish. [email protected] have resident cutthroat or rainbow trout and Produced by Washington Sea Grant many other important fishes and invertebrates. Here are some easy changes you can make in your daily life to help protect salmon from Salmon Species in the effects of habitat loss and pollution. Start with one change or tackle them all! Kitsap County • Chum (also called dog salmon) Water conservation helps protect stream flows Stormwater runoff from roadways, driveways and usually live three to five years and and water quality. other hard surfaces can pollute and alter stream are the most abundant salmon • Fix leaky faucets, toilets and hoses. habitats. in Kitsap streams. They are • Clean downspouts and gutters by hand • Disconnect gutter downspouts that run found during the fall, with peak instead of using a hose. stormwater directly to streets and streams. populations in late November. • If you’re due to replace appliances, use Instead, adopt techniques to direct runoff ultra-low-flush toilets or tumble-action through the soil. • Coho (or silver salmon) live clothes washers. • Consider installing a rain garden, rain two to three years, returning to • Instead of using a hose, sweep sidewalks barrels or a cistern. Kitsap streams shortly before the Find more ways and driveways and compost sweepings or • Use automatic car washes or wash your car chum first arrive in the fall. Coho to help salmon at: put them in the garbage. on grass instead of paved surfaces. populations also peak in late • Maintain vehicles to eliminate leaks and November. kitsapgov.com/ Energy conservation reduces the demand for ask for alternatives to copper brake pads power and, in turn, lessens the use of resources and lead tire weights. sswm/tips.htm • Chinook (or king or blackmouth — and can save you money! • Never dump oil or other chemicals down salmon) live up to seven years, but • Keep your home thermostat low. storm drains. Take toxic substances to safe most return to spawn after three or • Set your water heater’s thermostat disposal and recycling facilities. four years. Chinook are found in between 120 and 130 degrees. • Use sand, kitty litter or other absorbent only a few Kitsap locales, including • Insulate your water heater and hot water materials to cover any small oil or chemical Curley, Blackjack, Gorst, Barker, pipes. spills, and collect and properly dispose of Some Great Additional Links Clear and Dogfish creeks, during • Replace incandescent bulbs with these materials. late August and September. fluorescent lamps, which use one-quarter • TheKitsap Sun has a wonderful of the energy and last many times longer. Yard and Home Care interactive map of Salmon sites in Kitsap kitsapsun.com/salmon. • Steelhead are the sea-run versions • Turn off the lights whenever you leave a county. • Pick up pet waste and put it in the garbage. of rainbow trout and do not die room. • For information about local coordination • Control invasive weeds and consider native after spawning but may return • Run your clothes washer and dishwasher with state and federal salmon recovery alternatives in gardening. westsoundwatersheds.org. to the ocean and spawn more only when they are full. efforts, visit • Remove weeds manually. • For information about habitat restoration than one time. They are found • If you use fertilizers and pesticides, follow and protection efforts on the Great throughout the winter months directions and use sparingly Peninsula, visit: hws.ekosystem.us. (until late April) in Chico, Curley, • Maintain your septic system. • King County has a lot of great Gorst, Barker and Blackjack creeks. information on salmon and trout, Other systems, including Liberty Reduce, Reuse, Recycle including an identification guide. Goto Bay tributaries, Steele Creek and Hood Canal, have habitat that • Instead of discarding old items, find new kingcounty.gov/environment and search for support steelhead. uses for them. “salmon and trout” at the top of the page. • For salmon-friendly tips for different • Give used items to people who can reuse Illustrations courtesy of Fisheries and Oceans Canada | them. aspects of your life, go to salmonnation.com Pêches et Océans Canada • Send materials to recycling centers, thus and click on “participate”. helping to conserve resources.

Life cycle image was adapted from An Ecosystem Approach to Salmonid Conservation, Part 1, NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service, page 63, December 1996.