Using data collected during their stream assessments, students contribute to the health of their community by designing and implementing a stream habitat restoration project in their local watershed. Their service projects help create a higher quality of life for future generations of fish, wildlife and people through the restoration of salmon habitat in Whatcom County. 

After contributing to the health of their watershed, SUP students deepen their connection to the watershed system and gain a new sense of wonder for the streams they've helped restore through a culminating fly fishing trip hosted by NSEA staff and volunteer mentors from the local Fourth Corner Fly Fishers Club (FCFF).  

Through their work in the watershed SUP students create lasting positive impacts on their environment, their community and their own lives. "The most important thing students get out of SUP is a sense of being part of a whole, not just part of a community of people, but a community of nature that they can be responsible for." - Bekah Colver, Teacher, Timber Ridge Learning Center  

Click here to view the Swimming Upstream Program curriculum.