Events
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April 2025
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 […]
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 […]
Native Plant Walk with Adria Magrath
Come on a walk with naturalist and biologist Adria Magrath and learn about the plants you encounter on the trails of Vashon. Focusing on native plants and their interconnected roles in ecological systems, the walk will also provide participants with an opportunity to engage all of their senses, learn about identification and some of the […]
May 2025
From Sea to Soil: Building Resilience for a Healthy Island
Join us for a series of workshops designed to help Island residents build climate resilience at home and contribute to a more self-sufficient, sustainable Island community! What: In collaboration with WSU COHORT and VashonBePrepared, we are excited to present a series of climate and coastal resiliency workshops on Vashon. To kick things off, join us […]
Pigeon Guillemot Surveys
Pigeon Guillemots are known as the “canaries in the coal mine” of Puget Sound health. These social, playful seabirds are important indicator species, telling us a lot about both the state of the marine and shoreline ecosystems and the strength of connection between them. What: Help us monitor Pigeon Guillemots nesting and feeding behavior! During […]
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 […]
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 […]
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
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 […]
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 […]
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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