According to Russel Barsh, it looks like the snow is beginning to melt, and a warm rainy night is forecast, so the roads should be reasonably clear by tomorrow afternoon … and SalmonAtion will go ahead as planned, Saturday, 5:30 p.m. at Lopez Center. Come early if you can help set up chairs and food.

Lopez Island’s own intrepid volunteer researchers make their fourth annual report on the abundance, diet and health of juvenile salmon summering at Watmough Bight.

Find out how La Nina helped salmon find plenty of fish to eat … how salmon compete with seabirds for food … and what makes flies so appetizing to Kings.

Join us for local wine, food, and music as we share what we have learned, celebrate salmon, and recognize the spirit of Lopez citizen-scientists.

And buy local art to help finance supplies and equipment for the 2012 field season.