South Puget Sound Salmon Enhancement Group

By John Dodge | The Olympian • Published October 01, 2008
OYSTER BAY – The Kennedy Creek estuary is small in size, but it’s a high-value habitat when it comes to shorebirds, chum salmon, raptors and salt marsh.
On Tuesday, this little-known ecosystem near the Thurston-Mason County line became more accessible to birders, [...]

Title: Green Drinks
Date: 2008-12-03
Start Time: 5:30 pm
End Time: 7:30 pm
Location: To be announced
Description: If you care about the environment and want to meet like-minded folks, join us for a glass of beer or wine. There are no programs at Green Drinks. No one will talk at you for a half hour. Green Drinks is [...]

This weekend brought unusual and much welcomed sunshine to the Kennedy Creek Trail. We enjoyed nearly 500 inquisitive and excited visitors on Saturday alone.  We even had the pleasure of welcoming visitors from the Seattle area, who read about the trail in this recent Seattle Times article.
The latest update from the Squaxin Island Tribe revealed [...]

a weekend in photos

Though not as pretty as a brightly colored, recently morphed spawner, these fish are beautiful in death too.

This carcass appears to be turned inside out by a hungry (unknown) predator.

All the creatures of the forest benefit from the sacrifice of the salmon

I was AMAZED and HUMBLED by this fish. His flesh [...]

Here is brief video footage of some Kennedy Creek chum in a redd.  Notice the female with the distinct, beautifully marked stripe on her side.  Stay tuned for even better footage as the month goes on.
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Our opening weekend brought us nearly 300 visitors and several dozen chum, and on Saturday, we were given a day of rain that left as we arrived, and came back as we closed up the trail.
Regardless of the weather, I always find Kennedy Creek magical.  Greeting these amazing creatures who have travelled thousands of miles [...]