Outreach and Education

The Bluebacks are committed to helping communities learn about salmonids and their habitat in the Mid-Willamette Valley.  We host snorkel surveys on area rivers (e.g., North Fork Siletz) to teach citizens about steelhead that inhabit cold water refugia by getting into the water with the fish during summers.  Members of our Chapter teach elementary school students about salmon and their habitat during the annual Linn-Benton Salmon Watch.  We host information tables at local events like Annual Corvallis Sustainability Coalition Sustainability Fair (an organization of which we are a member organization); the NW Fly Tier and Fly Fishing Expo in Albany, OR; at our annual fundraising event and showing of the Flyfishing Film Festival (F3T); invited speakers at meetings of the Oregon State University Fish and Wildlife Club, members of which have started a TU Five Rivers Club at the university; and at information tables at the Corvallis Farmers Market.

Here's a video of our chapter snorkeling with steelhead.