Events
Upcoming Events
January 2025
Fin to Feather: Naturalist Training Course
A Naturalist Series exploring Vashon Island from subtidal to treetop canopy. Teachers, Islanders, and Off-Islanders welcome! Explore Vashon Island from the surrounding underwater kelp forests and nearshore ecosystems to the forest canopies, and strengthen your connection to the natural history of central Puget Sound. Throughout this seven month course, you will learn about geology, weather […]
April 2025
Winter Bird and Mammal Survey
Help us contribute data to a long term Puget Sound wide monitoring effort the Puget Sound Seabird Survey while also collecting crucial baseline data on Fern Cove wintering seabirds and marine mammals. Surveys last 30 minutes and happen on the first Saturday of every month from October-April. Learn more about the Puget Sound Seabird Survey […]
Forage fish survey – sample collection
Join us on the beach to collect forage fish samples! Forage fish are small, silvery fish that swim in schools. The 3 most common species we see in the Puget Sound are Sand lance, surf smelt and pacific herring. These small but mighty fish play a crucial role in the marine food web, serving as […]
Forage fish survey – lab processing
Join us in the lab to process forage fish samples! Forage fish are small, silvery fish that swim in schools. The 3 most common species we see in the Puget Sound are Sand lance, surf smelt and pacific herring. These small but mighty fish play a crucial role in the marine food web, serving as […]
Heron Meadow Musical Work Party – Whimsical weeding!
Join us for a new series of work parties at Heron Meadow, featuring local musicians to play while we work! What: The Heron Meadow is a two-acre wetland forming part of the eastern headwaters of Judd Creek, Vashon Island’s largest salmon-bearing creek. In 2019, the Vashon Center for the Arts and Vashon Nature Center created […]
Science & Art of Tramp Harbor: Shoot to Show
Join us in an exploration of Vashon’s Tramp Harbor and support the Parks Foundation rebuild of the pier in the process! Learn about wildlife above and below the water with Maria Metler from Vashon Nature Center. Take that knowledge on location in a group photo shoot with photographer Ray Pfortner, and study principles of composition […]
Fin to Feather: Naturalist Training Session 4 – Streams, Salmonids & Macroinvertebrates
Sign up for our newest naturalist course, Fin to Feather, and discover Vashon Island’s diverse habitats from subtidal zones to the treetop canopy! Each session will focus on a unique ecosystem and highlight our role as responsible stewards of the natural world. The course combines in-person experiential field trips with independent readings and activities. It […]
May 2025
Heron Meadow Musical Work Party – Rock and Reed!
Join us for a new series of work parties at Heron Meadow, featuring local musicians to play while we work! What: The Heron Meadow is a two-acre wetland forming part of the eastern headwaters of Judd Creek, Vashon Island’s largest salmon-bearing creek. In 2019, the Vashon Center for the Arts and Vashon Nature Center created […]
Fin to Feather: Naturalist Training Session 5 – Lowland Forests
Sign up for our newest naturalist course, Fin to Feather, and discover Vashon Island’s diverse habitats from subtidal zones to the treetop canopy! Each session will focus on a unique ecosystem and highlight our role as responsible stewards of the natural world. The course combines in-person experiential field trips with independent readings and activities. It […]
Flow Screening
Join us for a special screening of “Flow”, an animated adventure that follows a solitary cat, displaced by a great flood, as it finds refuge on a boat with a diverse group of species. Together, they must navigate the challenges of adapting to a drastically transformed world. Directed by Gints Zilbalodis, this film won Best […]
Science & Art of Tramp Harbor: Shoot to Show
Join us in an exploration of Vashon’s Tramp Harbor and support the Parks Foundation rebuild of the pier in the process! Learn about wildlife above and below the water with Maria Metler from Vashon Nature Center. Take that knowledge on location in a group photo shoot with photographer Ray Pfortner, and study principles of composition […]
June 2025
Shoreline Restoration Monitoring – Beach Surveys
Join Vashon Nature Center staff for a day of beach monitoring! Help collect data to study the impact of bulkhead removal on shorelines, learn about shoreline processes, and contribute to the health of the Salish Sea. Our surveys include measuring beach slope and length, characterizing beach wrack (debris from the last high tide), and studying […]
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Previous Events
March 2025
Forage fish survey – lab processing
Join us in the lab to process forage fish samples! Forage fish are small, silvery fish that swim in schools. The 3 most common species we see in the Puget Sound are Sand lance, surf smelt and pacific herring. These small but mighty fish play a crucial role in the marine food web, serving as […]
Heron Meadow Musical Work Party – Musical mulching!
Join us for a new series of work parties at Heron Meadow, featuring local musicians to play while we work! What: The Heron Meadow is a two-acre wetland forming part of the eastern headwaters of Judd Creek, Vashon Island’s largest salmon-bearing creek. In 2019, the Vashon Center for the Arts and Vashon Nature Center created […]
Winter Bird and Mammal Survey
Help us contribute data to a long term Puget Sound wide monitoring effort the Puget Sound Seabird Survey while also collecting crucial baseline data on Fern Cove wintering seabirds and marine mammals. Surveys last 30 minutes and happen on the first Saturday of every month from October-April. Learn more about the Puget Sound Seabird Survey […]
February 2025
Fin to Feather: Naturalist Training Session 3 – Healthy Shorelines & Forage Fish
Sign up for our newest naturalist course, Fin to Feather, and discover Vashon Island’s diverse habitats from subtidal zones to the treetop canopy! Each session will focus on a unique ecosystem and highlight our role as responsible stewards of the natural world. The course combines in-person experiential field trips with independent readings and activities. It […]
Fin to Feather: Naturalist Training Session 2 – Salish Sea Geology
Sign up for our newest naturalist course, Fin to Feather, and discover Vashon Island’s diverse habitats from subtidal zones to the treetop canopy! Each session will focus on a unique ecosystem and highlight our role as responsible stewards of the natural world. The course combines in-person experiential field trips with independent readings and activities. It […]
Forage fish survey – sample collection
Join us on the beach to collect forage fish samples! Forage fish are small, silvery fish that swim in schools. The 3 most common species we see in the Puget Sound are Sand lance, surf smelt and pacific herring. These small but mighty fish play a crucial role in the marine food web, serving as […]
Forage fish survey – lab processing
Join us in the lab to process forage fish samples! Forage fish are small, silvery fish that swim in schools. The 3 most common species we see in the Puget Sound are Sand lance, surf smelt and pacific herring. These small but mighty fish play a crucial role in the marine food web, serving as […]
Mushroom Talk with Danny Miller
What are the biggest surprises that recent studies in DNA have shown us about the (until now) secret history of mushrooms on the planet? Danny first got interested in Mushrooms in 2007 after seeing strange colorful creatures in the forest all the time while hiking and skiing off trail, and finally decided he had to […]
Winter Bird and Mammal Survey
Help us contribute data to a long term Puget Sound wide monitoring effort the Puget Sound Seabird Survey while also collecting crucial baseline data on Fern Cove wintering seabirds and marine mammals. Surveys last 30 minutes and happen on the first Saturday of every month from October-April. Learn more about the Puget Sound Seabird Survey […]
January 2025
Fin to Feather: Naturalist Training Session 1 – Intertidal Biodiversity
Sign up for our newest naturalist course, Fin to Feather, and discover Vashon Island’s diverse habitats from subtidal zones to the treetop canopy! Each session will focus on a unique ecosystem and highlight our role as responsible stewards of the natural world. The course combines in-person experiential field trips with independent readings and activities. It […]
Lichen Walk with Hannah Morosoff
** THIS EVENT IS NOW FULL ** This family-friendly walk for those of all abilities will be about two hours and meander through forest trails, where you will be learn about lichen present that day. Please dress for the weather and bring a backpack with snacks and water and whatever supplies you may need to […]
Birds in The Gallery Art Talk with Adria Magrath
As part of our Heron Meadow partnership with Vashon Center of the Arts, we are excited to share an engaging gallery talk with Adria Magrath, Vashon Bird Alliance board member and Vashon Nature Center steward of the Heron Meadow. Adria brings her extensive knowledge of avian life to Birds Take Flight, an exhibition featuring a stunning array […]
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