New Year, New Tree! Volunteer Planting

Join the Adopt A Stream Foundation 501(c)3 nonprofit, for this special restoration event- New Year, New Tree! where you can plant your adopted holiday tree and/or additional native trees and shrubs beside a local salmon stream! Your tree will enhance the health of the Woods Creek watershed for generations to come!

New Year, New Tree! Volunteer Tree Planting!

9AM-Noon on Saturday January 31st, 2026

At Woods Creek in Monroe - 600 Simons Rd, Monroe, WA 98272

Regardless of whether or not you adopted a Holiday Tree from the Northwest Stream Center last holiday season, all are welcome to join in planting native trees and shrubs, and restoring the riparian zone to provide healthy spawning and rearing habitat for salmon!

Gloves, tools, and light refreshments will be provided by the Adopt A Stream Foundation.

Please come prepared in tree planting attire (layers) and closed-toed, water-resistant shoes. This is a rain or shine event, but not a snow or frost event...if the ground is frozen we may need to reschedule. All volunteers will be notified of any event changes at least 24 hrs before the start of the event.

Please RSVP through idealist or through our website www.streamkeeper.org. You can also RSVP by emailing aasf@streamkeeper.org or calling 425-316-8592.

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More about the Woods Creek Restoration Project:

In the summer of 2023 AASF worked with our partners to remove an abandoned creosote-log railroad trestle that had been polluting Woods Creek and acting as a barrier to salmon migration since 1939.

After the bridge removal, AASF installed in-stream log structures to create spawning and rearing habitat for native salmon (including the endangered Chinook).

Next, in February of 2024, with the help of hardworking volunteers like you, our Stream Team planted native trees and shrubs in the riparian zone of Woods Creek.

In October 2024, a Halloween themed Volunteer Mulch Party helped to enrich the soil at the site and provide a good base for those native trees and shrubs to continue to grow and thrive, so that in the future they will ensure the creek is properly shaded and can maintain proper water temperature to be able to sustain a healthy salmon run!

Now with your help we will continue to plant native trees and shrubs beside the creek banks, and strengthen the health of the riparian zone.

If you are interested in learning more check out this video we made about the bridge removal!