Skykomish Biocultural Restoration Field Station 2024

We now have space in our August 9-11 Field Station!

Do you like working outside with plants and soils and learning about ecosystems? Are you interested in the stewardship of our commons? Would you like to meet like-minded people through practical collaboration? Please consider joining us.

Our field stations are dispersed camps on the Skykomish River, where we study ecosystems, restoration, and agroforestry. This summer camp will revolve around site assessment, tending old plantings, and preparing new planting sites for next winter camps, and we'll be hosting an Edmonds College Human Ecology group. The campsite is within a 100-acre tribally-owned river forest, where we are assessing and tending multiple sites, working closely with tribal crews, to restore biodiversity and increase the cultural value of these ecologically important areas. We aim to develop a replicable system by which any person can develop the relationships and skills to develop a bio-cultural stewardship relationship on conservation lands throughout the Salish Sea, as part of a network of stewards.

The current site steward, Paul Cereghino has 35 years of experience in Salish Sea conservation, with a practical background in landscape construction, field ecology, and environmental horticulture, and professional work in cartography, regional restoration planning, river ecology, and salmon recovery. Representatives from the Snohomish Conservation District are our hosts. Teaching and learning are student-directed, organic, and often embodied. Participation is free in exchange for around four hours a day of your labor, tailored to your abilities.

Field Stations attract a unique and interesting crowd for learning and networking, and the relaxed pace allows for exploring a range of practical and conceptual topics about the stewardship of our bioregion. Inhabiting a restoration site allows for a deeper connection with the place and deeper conversations about the meaning of ecological restoration in this context. We hope you will join us.

REGISTRATION  https://forms.gle/N6gTNBNhUyodJ9Sv6

https://salishsearestoration.org/.../Skykomish_Field_Station

I can't come but I can be cheering you on from inland USA! What wonderful work this is.

Last week I was watching videos about efforts in Spain (https://seawatersolutions.org/seawater-solutions-in-spain) and that made me wish I could be a part of coastal restoration too. Maybe someday!

Best wishes for your projects!