Fast Facts:

• The Nooksack River Basin has all 5 species of Pacific salmon:  Chinook salmon, chum salmon, coho salmon, pink salmon, and sockeye salmon.
• Chinook are the largest Pacific salmon species and can reach up to 135 pounds!
• Coho have the nickname silver salmon because they retain their silvery ocean color longer than any other salmon species after entering fresh water.
• In 2011, 1,807 Whatcom County students spent 3,489 hours participating in NSEA educational programs.
• In 2011, 91 streamside habitat restoration work parties were held. 2,520 volunteers donated 6,584.5 hours to streamside work parties!
  

Pacific salmon have disappeared from about 40% of their historical breeding ranges in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and California over the last century, and many remaining populations are severely depressed in areas where they were formerly abundant.