Formed in February 1997, the Skagit Watershed Council is a community partnership for salmon. The Council supports and endorses voluntary restoration and protection of natural landscape processes that formed and sustained the habitats to which salmon stocks (as well as other native aquatic and riparian dependent species) are adapted. By means of collaboration, technical assistance and education, we seek to fulfill our mission, which is to understand, protect and restore the production and productivity of the Skagit and Samish watersheds in order to support sustainable fisheries.

We have adopted a three-point program of restoration, education and celebration and a defined target audience of: 1) member organizations and their constituents; 2) elected and appointed officials; 3) key individuals; and 4) the general public.

The Skagit Watershed Council is incorporated in the state of Washington as a not-for-profit organization and is recognized by the Internal Revenue Service as a publicly supported 501(c)(3). Governance is through a Board of Directors to which all active member organizations belong. Membership is open to those organizations that support the goals of the Council. Active membership is achieved through regular engagement in the affairs of the Council, at both the committee and Board levels.

The Skagit Watershed Council is the Designated Lead Entity under Washington State Legislation ESHB 2496, a salmon recovery planning act, and is responsible for submitting a habitat restoration project list to the Salmon Recovery Funding Board.