Save the Date!

Saturday, November 22, 2025

9:00 am - 4:00 pm

for the First Annual Deschutes Watershed Symposium

DERT is sponsoring, along with Washington State Departments of Ecology and Enterprise Services, the first annual Deschutes Watershed Symposium. The event is FREE and will be held at the House of Welcome (Longhouse) at The Evergreen State College. Lunch will be served and a donation to help cover costs will be appreciated! Parking in B lot is free and provides easy access to the 

House of Welcome (see map below).

An update on the Deschutes Estuary Restoration Project will highlight the morning session, along with speakers and recognitions. The afternoon session will feature watershed projects and updates from local organizations working to restore and protect the watershed and educate the public on the wonders of the Deschutes! There will be time at the end of the day to network with other participants and ask/answer questions.  

DERT is looking forward to seeing you

on November 22^nd for a day of watershed work! 

If you would like to volunteer to help at the Symposium,

please email sue@deschutesestuary.org.

This year DERT has taken some grand strides in our advocacy, outreach, and education for our community towards the health of our beloved watershed. We are heading into a new fiscal year with high hopes to greatly increase our capacity to maintain and improve these efforts for the many years it will take to fulfill the restoration of the Deschutes Estuary and steward our watershed as a whole. With continued political struggles and budget cuts it is even more imperative that we continue to raise awareness and come together to see this project to fruition. We cannot do this without dedicated donor support.

Please save the date of DERT's upcoming 2025 Annual Fundraiser & Auction! We hope you'll be able to join us for dinner, enjoy live jazz by Sway Cool, meet our team, learn about our work, and get your hands on some of our incredible raffle and auction items!

This event will include a raffle, silent auction, and live auction. Ticket purchase includes a raffle ticket, and additional raffle tickets will be available for purchase upon entry.

Keep your eyes on our Instagram, website, & newsletter for updates!

We are still in search of and accepting donations for

Large & Small Auction & Raffle Items!

If you have a special bundle, item/s, service/s, or experience/s you would like to add to our Auction or Raffle to help us reach our fundraising goal, we would be honored and so grateful for your generous contribution! Follow the link below to submit items.



If you have any questions about item submission, 

you may reach out to our Operations Director:

abe@deschutesestuary.org

-- Auction & Raffle Item Submission closes October 15th --

Don't want to wait to make a singular or pledge donation

to support DERT?

Did You Get a Peek at the Chinook Salmon?

It's always a special sight as they make their way from Budd Bay!

DERT Founder, Sue Patnude, captured this excellent photo this month!

Follow the link for the JOLT article below for prime viewing locations.

Do you have watershed news to share?

Send it to us at

 info@deschutesestuary.org

DERT'S mission is to realize a fully restored Deschutes Estuary that reflects and respects the history and culture of the south Salish Sea, and advocate for a community managed Deschutes watershed that provides for all inhabitants

for generations to come.

SQUAXIN ISLAND TRIBE

COMMUNITY SUSTAINING FUND



CLIMATE COMMITMENT ACT

THE FREAS FOUNDATION

ROSE FOUNDATION

FOR COMMUNITIES & ENVIRONMENT

THE RUSSELL FAMILY FOUNDATION



INSPIRE OLYMPIA

MARIA MUDD RUTH FUND

PUGET SOUNDKEEPER

NISQUALLY INDIAN TRIBE



WA STATE COMBINED FUND DRIVE

THE PARC FOUNDATION