Saturday, September 26

(11:00am - 3:00pm)

Event Coordinator:  The Salish Sea School

Partners:  The Salish Sea School, Skagit MRC, Skagit County Public Works, City of Anacortes, Samish Indian Nation

Fidalgo Bay Day Has a New Leader in 2026!   Due to capacity issues, the Skagit MRC is no longer able to take the lead in coordinating Fidalgo Bay Day and has passed that role on to The Salish Sea School! For more information go to the Fidalgo Bay Day event page on The Salish Sea School's website. 

Project Years: 2004 - 2025

Project Leads: Skagit MRC members and Skagit MRC staff

Project Partners:  Skagit County Public Works Natural Resources Division, Samish Indian Nation, Friends of the Salish Sea

Project Overview:  Fidalgo Bay Day, Skagit MRC's signature annual education event, has taken place at the Samish Indian Nation's beautiful Fidalgo Bay Day resort in Anacortes each year since 2004 until 2025.  The event is supported by many environmental organizations, local businesses, and volunteers. Some of the event highlights include a beach seining demonstration, a touch tank aquarium, kid friendly craft activities, face painting, over 30 interactive educational booths hosted by local organizations, discovery passport stations with prizes (sponsored by the Friends of the Salish Sea), complimentary samples of seafood, and a traditional Coast Salish no-host Salmon BBQ lunch.  The purpose of this free event is to increase public awareness of the marine environment and foster environmental stewardship.  

Fidalgo Bay Day has been a valuable environmental educational event for more than two decades, and we are very grateful to those who have attended and supported the event over the years.