Seattle Office

SCA started here in 1957 when the first volunteers arrived at Olympic and Grand Teton National Parks, and today SCA’s Northwest regional office administers and supports SCA programming in Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming.  Since SCA’s headquarters relocated from Vashon Island to New Hampshire in 1976, we have maintained a steady presence in the area.  Our regional office in the heart of Seattle’s International District also operates SCA’s local Community Programs.

Earth Day

Please join SCA in Seattle as we celebrate Earth Day! We’ll be engaged in a week of events helping to conserve the great outdoors in the Seattle area - from protecting the Washington Park Arboretum, to learning about the Elwha Coalition project, to engaging in Washington’s Pacific Coast beach cleanup. We hope you’ll join us for one or all of these events as we celebrate nature and help protect the great outdoors in our Seattle community. SCA Earth Day Conservation Service Event, Sat, April 14th, 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM Join SCA, the University of Washington Botanic Gardens (UWBG), and Seattle Parks and Recreation for Earth Day – a fun day of projects at the Washington Park Arboretum. SCA’s high school members will be leading the projects as we get our hands dirty removing non-native invasive plants, mulching, grooming trails and other projects to improve the Arboretum.

• Where: 2300 Arboretum Dr. E, Seattle, WA 98112
• Register online for our Earth Day Service Event

An Evening on the Elwha River , Thurs, April 19th , all day Join SCA as we host a return engagement of An Evening on the Elwha River program, originally created by the Elwha Coalition. The event will present an overview of the entire Elwha project, it’s 30+ year history and its scientific and political implications.

• Where: WA Dept. of Ecology near Olympia
• Learn more about the Elwha event

Washington Pacific Coast Cleanup, Sat, April 21st , all day Come help SCA as part of the Washington Coast Savers annual beach cleanup, organized by the Washington Clean Coast Alliance and our own Evan Escamilla. SCA will host the cleanup for Point Greenville on the Quinault Reservation.

• Where: Point Greenville on Quinault Reservation
• Learn more about the cleanup

We look forward to having you join us as we get our hands dirty conserving our local community.

Elwha Dam Removal Starts!

Here is a photo of SCA intern Evan Escamilla at the Elwha Dam in Olympic National Park on the historic day of Saturday September 17th!  Behind Evan, a huge excavator has just started the 2.5 year process of bringing down the Elwha Dam, witnessed by Dept. of the Interior Secretary Salazar and Asst. Secretary Echohawk, NPS Director Jarvis, Senators Murray and Cantwell, Congressman Dicks, Governor Gregoire, Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Michael Connor and Lower Elwha Klallam Tribal Chairwoman Frances Charles and an audience of over 300 invited guests. Evan was instrumental in planning this ceremony in what has been a pretty extraordinary SCA intern.

Along with Evan, SCA interns have provided a huge legacy of service to this absolutely unique moment in conservation. This year alone, seven interns have provided over 8500 hours of service in plant propagation and restoration, fisheries, river otter and bird wild life studies and public outreach. On Friday afternoon, our interns on Olympic National Forest and Park spent an hour with Congressman Dicks, hearing about the Elwha story from him, and briefing the Congressman on their personal experiences with SCA.

SCA High School Crews Put In Hard Work at Mount Rainier

SCA fielded three high school crews at Mount Rainier National Park this summer.  You can read about Mount Rainier National Park's Volunteer Coordinator, Kevin Bacher, visiting the third crew and check out some great photos Kevin snapped this summer of SCA in the field!

SCA Intern Catches River Otters

Check out this story from KUOW to learn about how otters play an important role in the Elwha ecosystem on the Olympic Peninsula and how SCA intern Celina Gray helps with river otter research. 

Check out this story from the Columbia Basin Herald

SCA crew member, Daniel Talbot, shares his SCA experience at Denali National Park with the Columbia Basin Herald.  Daniel shares his love for the outdoors and how spending time on an SCA crew changed him!  

Boeing Supports SCA!

Learn more about the Boeing Company Charitable Trust's support of SCA's Seattle community programs.

SCA’s Northwest regional office thanks our many loyal partners and funders.

Thank you to our key partners in conservation!

• National Park Serice
• USDA Forest Service
• Bureau of Land Management
• US Fish and Wildlife Service
• US Army Corps of Engineers
• Bureau of Indian Affairs
• North Cascades Institute
• University of Washington Botanic Gardens
• Green Seattle Partnership
• Cascade Land Conservancy
• King Conservation District
• Seattle Parks and Recreation
• Seward Park Environmental and Audubon Center
• Union Bank
• King County Parks and Recreation
• King County Department of Natural Resources
• Seattle Public Schools

Thank you to our funders in conservation!

• Aramark Corporation
• Boeing Company Charitable Trust
• Cascade Land Conservancy
• Chief Joseph Dam
• Johnson-Fortin Charitable Trusts
• Martin-Fabert Foundation
• Mount Rainier National Park
• North Cascades National Park
• Olympic National Park
• Seattle Parks and Recreation
• Skagit Environmental Endowment Commission
• Starbucks
• The Bullitt Foundation
• The Islands Fund
• The Norcliffe Foundation
• The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation
• Union Bank Foundation

SCA Northwest

Jay A. Satz
Vice President of Western Initiatives
1265 South Main Street, Suite 210
Seattle, WA 98144
Ph: 206-324-4649
Fx: 206-324-4998
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