Educate, Engage & Empower People on Water and Climate

We educate community members, elected leaders, agency leads, and others about the interconnectedness of people to nature, and the value of watersheds with clean, cold, and abundant water.

Educate, Engage & Involve Communities

We educate community members, elected leaders, agency leads, and others about the interconnectedness of people to nature, and the value of watersheds with clean, cold, and abundant water.

  • We conduct, collaborate on and participate in seminars, webinars, tabling, listening sessions and conference panels to educate, engage and empower on water protection and climate resilience.

  • We recruit and involve volunteers to help with advocacy, including citizen lobbying, public comments and testimony; stewardship projects, including cleanups, restoration and monitoring; outreach, including tabling, seminars and conferences; and fundraising events.

  • We help community members, activists and decision makers understand the need for nature-based solutions and watershed protection while activating, collaborating and empowering water and climate leaders on actionable issues.

    The most well-constructed policies will never succeed if they don’t have the support of the people and an active contingent strategically pushing them forward.

Clean & Abundant Waters Lobby Day 2026 - Lobbying Washington Legislature for water protection with local Waterkeeper Groups and other allies.

Prepare People for Future Climate Realities

We inform people about future climate realities and the projected impacts on water, salmon, and engage people to increase support for robust and just climate adaptation and mitigation measures.

  • We fight for climate resilient salmon populations.

    Climate change is worsening across the Pacific Northwest and the world. Salmon and cold-water streams are being particularly hard-hit due to high summer stream temperatures and low flows in summer, and flooding and stream scouring in winter. Sea level rise damages important habitat and ocean acidification disrupts the marine food web during one of the most periods of the salmon life cycle, as they are adapting to the marine environment, feeding and growing.

  • We work directly with decision makers and planners to manage our waterways and shorelines for net-ecological gain and the future climate we will have 20-50 years from now, not the climate of the past 10,000 years.

    Restoring habitat and protecting stream flows are critically important for helping salmon adapt to the changing climate and future impacts we will soon find ourselves in.

  • We sponsor seminars and panel discussions at gatherings such as PNW Climate Week, Public Interest Environmental Law Conference, South Sound Climate Convention and other gatherings to help people understand the realities of water and climate.

    We work with youth groups and others to incorporate climate resilience in ongoing conservation.

PNW Climate Week, 2026: CELP organized a discussion on future climate realities and community adaptation strategies, with UW Climate Impacts Group, WSU Climate Researcher Chen Xu and Duwamish River Community Coalition.

Listen, Elevate & Build Community Power

We listen to the needs of communities and elevate and involve leaders in finding solutions, joining volunteer projects, and engaging in grassroots advocacy.

  • We support our partners and share volunteer and activism opportunities to encourage mutual support and collaboration in water protection and climate resilience.

  • We support and uplift youth in water protection and climate resilience to bring in new diverse voices and support the leaders of tomorrow.

  • We join, support, uplift and provide leadership to new and existing coalitions tackling habitat and water protection, dam removal and data center opposition.

  • We honor and advocate for the rights of tribes and frontline communities in decision making.

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2026 Snake River Flotilla - CELP was proud to support Nimiipuu Protecting the Environment at the Flotilla to raise awareness about the importance of removing the Lower 4 Snake River dams