For Students and Educators
The Chehalis Basin Collaborative for Salmon Habitat leads programs for students, educators, and community members throughout the year. Please contact us if you would like to receive education, or to volunteer at one of our events
Here are some documents for reading and sharing, and videos for watching
Spring Chinook in the Chehalis Basin! Read this comprehensive overview of this imperiled salmon species.
Wood in Water is Good for Salmon Did you know that wood in the water provides diverse, complex habitat for salmon and other creatures. The more complex a system is, the better it is for fish!
Protect Your Local Chehalis Basin Salmon. This two-page fact sheet identifies key actions like following current fishing regulations and removing rock dams that you can take to protect our local Chehalis Basin salmon, including our imperiled spring Chinook salmon.
Beavers: Vital for Salmon and a Healthy Chehalis Watershed. Beavers do amazing things that help our watershed and salmon. Learn everything you ever wanted to know – and more – in this comprehensive guide to the work of these ecosystem engineers. Watch a video of a Chehalis River beaver lodge here!
To learn more about how beavers help build climate resilience while helping salmon, check out: Beavers Build Climate Resilience and Help Salmon
There are many ecological services that beavers provide!
The Pacific Lamprey is an interesting anadromous fish native to the rivers of the Pacific Northwest. Learn more about this ancient fish by reading this fact sheet!
Chehalis Basin Native Freshwater Mussels Learn how our native mussels can live up to 100 years old and work hard to keep our river waters clean!
Additional resources on how to conduct restoration projects without hurting mussels can be found here:
Conservation Guidelines
Click here to download this Estuaries & Salmon, an Essential Relationship document:
Conserve Water, Protect Salmon. Here are tips on what you can do to conserve water at home and keep water in our streams where salmon need them.
These documents summarize the details of the biologically distinct parts of the Chehalis, known as Ecological Regions, as is described the Aquatic Species Restoration Plan. Make sure to click on the pictures and links for more information!
See underwater images of spawning Chum Salmon in the East Fork Satsop by clicking here!
Learn about how improving fish passage helps salmon — Watch here!
Diagram of a Salmon Life Cycle: All of our work to help salmon needs to be grounded in understanding when the different life stages of salmon are living in freshwater streams. This life-cycle diagram is the first step.
Outreach and Education Accomplishments
Here is a summary of our outreach and community education accomplishments from 2025-2026
Accomplishments from 2024-2025 here.
Want something educational to watch?
Here is the link to a virtual riparian zone tour: