The Carkeek Park Advisory Council (CPAC) meeting day and time is moving to the First Wednesday of each month (except August) and will be held from 6:30-8:30pm. The meetings will be held in the Carkeek Visitors’ Center starting April 1st, 2026, and will have virtual options. The March 2026 meeting will be on 3/4 starting at 6:30pm but will be strictly online.
Please contact the council at cpac@carkeekpark.org for more information.
We’re Back! Earthkeepers Summer Nature Day Camp is back at Carkeek Park after two years. Registration begins Tuesday, April 19th. Space is limited. Here are the dates and themes of the 8 weeks of camp this year:
For more information about the camp and scholarships as well as links to the registration site and scholarship sites, please visit our Earthkeepers page.
Saturday, 3/19/2020 at 6pm, Carkeek Watershed Community Action Project volunteers will release the first batch of 35,000 fry from the Les Malmgren Imprint Pond and into Venema Creek. We will gather at 6pm and pull the plug, releasing the fry at about 6:15pm. Come on down to wish the fry a safe journey to the Sound and eventually Alaska, and back to Piper’s Creek in 3 to 4 years.
For more information, visit the CWCAP website (Upcoming Salmon Fry Release 3/19/22 – Carkeek Watershed Community Action Project).
On the Sunday before Thanksgiving, 11/24 from 11am until 2pm, all ages are invited to Carkeek Park for activities to welcome the salmon home. Celebrate with food (donuts, coffee, cider, and mandarin oranges), music, an appearance by Bert the Salmon, Salmon Jeopardy, a kid-friendly salmon scavenger hunt through the park, a salmon dissection and other information tables. Volunteer Salmon Stewards and CWCAP volunteers will be on hand to answer questions.
The Carkeek Watershed Community Action Project invites you to join us in celebration of World Water Day by helping collect Water Samples in our park!
When: Saturday October 19th Time: 10:00 AM -12:00 PM
Work with other volunteers to collect water samples at multiple sites throughout the park. After a brief tutorial, each team will be sent to a collection site to obtain a sample. After the sample has been obtained, we will perform water temperature, turbidity, pH, and dissolved oxygen tests with the kits that are provided. This is a great opportunity to interact with your local community and be an important part of the success of our beautiful park. It’s also an opportunity to see the start of the salmon returning to our creek.
Ages 8-Adult are welcome to participate in this event. It’s a great way to spend a couple hours with your family and friends and learn more about the importance of the water we all depend on.
More information at: http://www.carkeekwatershed.org/ or http://www.worldwatermonitoringday.org/
Please RSVP by sending an email to: CWCAP@carkeekwatershed.org