Mentors to Mentors Program 2024
Our Mentors to Mentors Program is a partnership program with Mid Sound Fisheries Enhancement Group, one of several fisheries enhancement groups in the Puget Sound focused on salmon habitat restoration. The Mentors to Mentors program is geared for students in the South Seattle Duwamish and Green River region to participate in an environmental education trip to the San Juan Islands and learn about habitat connectivity for Southern Resident Killer Whales and Chinook Salmon. There is no cost for students to apply to these trips as a way to help remove all barriers to participation, and high school and college interns (up to age 30) can apply. The purpose of the program is to expand our understanding of Salish Sea habitat as one interconnected and interdependent bioregion, supporting a multitude of creatures, including imperiled and keystone species. Our aim is to expose students to high impact mentors in the marine environmental and green jobs field through the lens of activism, science, culture, government and stewardship projects. The program is funded by the National Park Foundation's Park Ventures grant and the Kiwanis Kactus Foundation of Auburn, WA. Salish Sea Voyaging Society will support our program's recreation component.
Program Dates & Locations:
Program Dates & Locations:
- May 17-19, 2024, English Camp Base Camp, San Juan Island
- June 28-30, 2024, English Camp Base Camp, San Juan Island
- Aug 7-9, 2024, English Camp Base Camp, San Juan Island
- Sep 13-15, 2024, San Juan County Fairgrounds Base Camp, San Juan Island
- Oct 4-6, 2024, San Juan County Fairgrounds, San Juan Island
Watch the Mentors to Mentors Program Trailer Below:
For Mentors to Mentors Applicants:
Download the forms below to apply to the program. Please return all three form attachments below as well as the google form application by April 17th, 2024 in order to be considered for the May 17-19th program. You can find the google form application below.
Download the forms below to apply to the program. Please return all three form attachments below as well as the google form application by April 17th, 2024 in order to be considered for the May 17-19th program. You can find the google form application below.
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Aug 6th, 2021: Beach Clean-Up @ Richmond Beach Saltwater Park & Canoe Landing
A young man and beach clean-up volunteer checks out the carving style of a Coast Salish canoe paddle that the Blue Heron canoe family uses to pull during canoe travel.
Why we work with Coast Salish tribes & support Canoe Journey
We integrate cultures in the Salish Sea to re-forge healthy, reciprocal
relationships that were historically strained while cultural genocide was
perpetuated through colonialism. Canoe culture is social permaculture and
representative of the permaculture ethic: Care of People. Understanding
canoe culture is a vital element to understanding Coast Salish peoples and
leads to the permaculture ethic: Care of Earth. Travel on the water by human
and wind power teaches leadership, teamwork, softens our fossil fuel footprint,
and provides a vessel for marine environmental science and naturalist skills.
Wildlife viewing is non-invasive without engine noise or exhaust. The
historical practice of fish harvest and trade using canoes demonstrates the
permaculture ethic: Share the Surplus.
relationships that were historically strained while cultural genocide was
perpetuated through colonialism. Canoe culture is social permaculture and
representative of the permaculture ethic: Care of People. Understanding
canoe culture is a vital element to understanding Coast Salish peoples and
leads to the permaculture ethic: Care of Earth. Travel on the water by human
and wind power teaches leadership, teamwork, softens our fossil fuel footprint,
and provides a vessel for marine environmental science and naturalist skills.
Wildlife viewing is non-invasive without engine noise or exhaust. The
historical practice of fish harvest and trade using canoes demonstrates the
permaculture ethic: Share the Surplus.
2021-2022 Programming:
On Sacred Ground has been awarded a grant by the Hazel Miller Foundation for its Salish Sea Traveling Marine Environmental Education Program to teach how canoe culture, tribes, Orca, salmon and healthy shorelines and headwaters are an integrative and vital practice to supporting healthy fisheries and a robust marine ecosystem in the Puget Sound. We value the linking of island and mainland communities to acknowledge the complete mountains to sound ecosystem.
San Juan Island Community Foundation has also supported this program ~
Thank you to our foundation supporters for this great work!
Photo Header: Samish & Stillaguamish Nation canoes land at Camp Orkila on Orcas Island
Photo Above Left: Formerly named Kaigani canoe transports students from Spring Street International School around San Juan Island Photo Above Right: Sam Barr of Samish Nation skippers Xwecheng around Brown Island Photo Right: Dr. Deborah Giles of Wild Orca shares Southern Resident Killer Whale science with students at Lynnwood High School Photo Below Right: Mike Evans, Chair of the Snohomish Tribe & the Blackfish dancers from Blue Heron Canoe Family perform for Lynnwood High School 9th graders Photo Below: Sarah Hanson and Matt Wickey skipper Island Rec students around English Camp ( Pep'iewelth) on San Juan Island |