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Mid-columbia Fisheries Enhancement Group

Field Experience

Education

Paseo de Aves con Deb Essmann

LXCL:Kittitas County has more than 300 documented bird species. Spend a day finding them with two local experts.Deb Essman has been one of the county's top birders for 37 years. She has led hundreds of field trips and taught wildlife classes at Ellensburg's 5th Grade Camp for over 30 years, and she brings humor and deep knowledge. Martha Wyckoff loves learning bird songs and calls. She and her husband, Jerry Tone, restore forest, prairie, and creek habitat, and the birds have followed.Details: For you and 3 of your friends. You'll visit private and public sites, including the Teanaway Community Forest where extensive restoration efforts have benefited bird populations. Our very own educator and bird enthusiast Tori Wood will round out the team! Lunch and extra binoculars are provided. You'll meet in the Cle Elum area on a date arranged with Deb and Martha. Hint: Spring is an ideal time!

Birds of the Teanaway With Deb Essmann & Martha Wycoff

LXCL:Join the Mid-Columbia Fisheries' team for a private snorkel with our native fish. This experience will be for you and up to three of your besties and will include light gourmet snacks (possibly fish themed!). Could also be an overnight! Equipment provided if needed. Experience will be scheduled during the summer or early fall of 2027.

Underwater Adventure

Paseo de Campo de Trucha Toro

LXCL:A private tour for you and up to four of your besties with MCF Project Manager Mike Bosko! Spend the day exploring restoration work in the Teanaway, starting with a restoration site on the North Fork Teanaway River and then visiting one of its tributaries to see and discuss low-tech, process-based restoration designed to improve stream and floodplain function and encourage beaver to return. If we're lucky, we may even get to visit an active beaver complex. Mike is a lifelong naturalist and stream ecologist with a particular passion for streams, beaver, and low-tech restoration. He'll share what MCF is doing, why we're doing it, and what we're learning along the way. The tour can take place on a mutually agreed-upon date during summer or fall 2027 and includes a light lunch.The tour will occur on a date mutually chosen during the summer or fall of 2027!

Teanaway Field Experience with Mike Bosko

Experiencia de Campo en Teanaway

LXCL:A print of an adult spawning bull trout “Salvelinus confluentus” made on a linoleum block. Artist is our very own Olivia Tyrnauer of the Bull Trout Task Force!

Bull Trout Fish Print

LXCL:Win ONE Handmade one-of-a-kind bull trout glide bait. Created and donated by master fisherman Dominic Singh, it will come complete with a hook and it is extremely functional for catching large predator species.

One Custom Lure

LXCL:Win ONE handmade one-of-a-kind bull trout glide baits. Created and donated by master fisherman Dominic Singh, it will come complete with a hook and it is extremely functional for catching large predator species.

LXCL:Adopt A Classroom - Maintain an existing salmon tank, conduct classroom lessons, and support curricula and teacher training. Naming rights and thanks in the classroom!

Sponsor A Classroom

LXCL:Adopt A Tank (New) - Tanks and set up typically cost upwards of $2500. Fund a brand-new classroom salmon tank and all the gear so a classroom can raise the next generation of salmon! The tank will be named in your honor with a placard and you will receive a framed certificate with a picture of the tank in the classroom and be invited to one field trip!

Adopt A Tank

LXCL:Support guided community salmon walks and interpretation.

Sponsor A Salmon Walk

LXCL:Fund tools, gloves, and snacks for volunteer stewardship events.

Sponsor a Volunteer Work Party

LXCL:Allow us to transport students to salmon release and restoration sites. Many of our schools could not participate otherwise!

Adopt A Field Trip

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Bid in support of healthier rivers and native fish. Your participation in Mid-Columbia Fisheries Enhancement Group’s auction helps restore salmon and steelhead habitat through on-the-ground projects and hands-on education. Each item you bid on supports work such as stream restoration, riparian planting, and community workshops that connect people with local waterways. Place your bids, check back often for additions, and help us care for fish, rivers, and communities across the Mid-Columbia Region.

Salmon Social: For Salmon Recovery

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Ofrezca su apoyo a r&iacute;os m&aacute;s saludables y peces nativos. Su participaci&oacute;n en la subasta del Grupo de Mejora de Pesquer&iacute;as de Mid-Columbia ayuda a restaurar el h&aacute;bitat de salmones y truchas a trav&eacute;s de proyectos en el terreno y educaci&oacute;n pr&aacute;ctica. Cada art&iacute;culo en el que puje apoya el trabajo como la restauraci&oacute;n de arroyos, la plantaci&oacute;n ribere&ntilde;a y talleres comunitarios que conectan a las personas con las v&iacute;as fluviales locales. Realice sus pujas, regrese con frecuencia y ay&uacute;denos a cuidar de los peces, los r&iacute;os y las comunidades a lo largo de la Regi&oacute;n de Mid-Columbia.

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Ofrezca su apoyo a ríos más saludables y peces nativos. Su participación en la subasta del Grupo de Mejora de Pesquerías de Mid-Columbia ayuda a restaurar el hábitat de salmones y truchas a través de proyectos en el terreno y educación práctica. Cada artículo en el que puje apoya el trabajo como la restauración de arroyos, la plantación ribereña y talleres comunitarios que conectan a las personas con las vías fluviales locales. Realice sus pujas, regrese con frecuencia y ayúdenos a cuidar de los peces, los ríos y las comunidades a lo largo de la Región de Mid-Columbia.

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Mid-columbia Fisheries Enhancement Group

Recuperación del Salmón: Por la Recuperación del Salmón

Paseo de Aves con Deb Essmann

$300

Paseo de Campo de Trucha Toro

$400

Experiencia de Campo en Teanaway

$300

$100

One Custom Lure

$300

$300

Sponsor A Classroom

$500

Adopt A Tank

$1,500

Sponsor A Salmon Walk

$250

Sponsor a Volunteer Work Party

$100

$500