Orca Action Month Event

Presenting Organization: Whale Scout

Registration: Registration is required: https://www.whalescout.org/event?slug=orca-action-month

Fee: Free

Information on the Event: We are kicking off Orca Action Month with a volunteer event featuring Mike, the inflatable life-size Orca! 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 prepare a new planting site at the former Wayne Golf Course. Vegetation will help shade and cool and clean a small stream emptying into the Sammamish River. Healthy riparian forests control erosion of river banks and host insects young salmon need early in life. The former Wayne Golf Course features nearly a mile of shoreline and is the largest City of Bothell park. Activities will take place on the west side or…