Join the Lower Columbia Fish Enhancement Group for a unique volunteer opportunity to enhance the quality of our local rivers with the Nutrient Enhancement program!

Volunteers will help staff return vital marine nutrients to the rivers and streams. This work is hands-on (yes, you will be tossing fish carcasses), physically active, and takes place in some of our most beautiful river areas.

If interested, contact the LCFEG team directly with availability ahead of time, so that they can fill shifts as hatcheries release carcasses quickly.

Email info@lcfeg.org with your weekday availability, as events typically do not run on weekends. Nutrient Enhancement projects will run between September 2025 to January 2026.

Help us give back to the rivers, forests, and salmon that sustain our communities.

About:

This project will increase the rearing success of natural-origin juvenile salmonids in the East Fork Lewis, Kalama, Toutle, and Washougal sub-basins over four years. LCFEG will direct and coordinate the dispersal of a minimum of 60,000 surplus hatchery salmonid carcasses during this time. In total, 100 river miles will be addressed through these efforts. This project is a continuation of LCFEG’s practice of utilizing low-tech process-based restoration as a cost-effective solution to help improve degraded salmonid habitat. LCFEG’s instream and riparian revegetation projects address geomorphic conditions and long-term natural processes limiting these fish. This project aims to increase the effectiveness of LCFEG’s previously completed projects by adding additional nutrients and supplemental live plant material that can give the project a natural boost that mimics the natural nutrient cycle these ecosystems evolved with.