This map shows the protected lands and habitat restoration initiatives throughout the Nisqually in more detail.  There’s a lot going on here!

This Story Map highlights 3 of the major salmon habitat restoration efforts in the Nisqually – the Nisqually estuary, Ohop Creek (one of our field visit sites) and the Nisqually Community Forest.

“This Toolkit is an educational resource featuring important native foods in Salish Country and the rich cultural traditions that surround them. The foods were selected because of their high nutritional value, cultural significance, and reasonable availability. The toolkit includes: • A cedar bentwood box, cooking tongs, cooking rocks, display containers, teaching cards and preserved samples of 13 native foods. • Videos ...

Teachings of the Tree People is a tribute to the life and work of Skokomish elder Gerald Bruce Miller (subiyay), a nationally prominent cultural leader and teacher who brought his talents home to lead a cultural renaissance in the Pacific Northwest. His story offers a powerful model of cultural and environmental stewardship. IslandWood is honored to ...

This video from Northwest Treaty Tribes explains the importance of trees to salmon! https://youtu.be/2IFPDPglDqY  

Check out this awesome animation from the NOAA Salmon Project that explains why armored shorelines are so detrimental to juvenile salmon populations.   NOAA Salmon Project "Habitat" from Beryl Allee on Vimeo.

Washington Native Plant Society’s Starflower Habitat Education Activities and Resources is amazing!  “…includes hands-on activities for teachers and students, native plant identification cards useful for all, weed identification cards especially handy for individuals engaged in restoring habitat, and informational posters to alert others to the joys of native plants, as well as a helpful guide for those ...

The Tree Benefit Calculator allows anyone to make a simple estimation of the benefits individual trees provide, including carbon fixation, stormwater infiltration, air quality and more!

For the active teacher who is looking for help in lesson planning a new unit, or a teacher who is starting a new curriculum, Project Learning Tree is a fantastic place to go. The hands-on approach and critical thinking requirements of each lesson fulfill the expectations of today’s classroom.

In this activity students learn to identify our native Northwest conifers through the use of a dichotomous key.