Important Dates & Poster

December: Opening Weekend 17th & 18th! Closed for Christmas on the 24th & 25th. Open December 28th-31st. January: Open 1st, 7th & 8th, 14th-16th, 21st & 22nd, 28th & 29th February: Open 4th & 5th, 11th & 12th (last weekend). Ramon Shiloh,...

2022/23 Update by Joe Ordonez

This photo was taken by Joe Ordonez right in front of our Interpretive Center in Rockport, WA the morning of November 19th, 2022. Salmon are in the Skagit River and this attracts fishermen as well as bald eagles. Most salmon runs along the coast of Washington, British...

Exciting News for the 2022/2023 Winter Season!

Our Education Coordinator, Joe Ordonez, is back! Joe just returned from a summer season leading bald eagle education tours in Haines, Alaska. Joe is a photographer and guide who has spent over thirty years exploring the Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve.  A graduate of WWU...

Fog Bow

Fog held on last Sunday in the lowlands of Puget Sound but lifted up here at our Interpretive Center in Rockport. We enjoyed a beautiful sunny day. As they fog lifted, a “fog bow” appeared during the first nature walk of the day. Fogbows are also called...

1/12/2022 Update

It was a beautiful and action-packed weekend up at the Skagit River Interpretive Center. There was snow on the trail and beautiful sunshine. In addition to bald eagles (whose numbers are lower this year than year’s past) we saw lots of wildlife. A real treat was...