upcoming events

Seattle: Kayak Training 101 for Water Protectors
Join Mosquito Fleet kayak trainers to learn how to take direct action on the water! This training is open to beginner kayakers. We will cover on-water safety, basic paddle strokes and on-water banner raises. We encourage folks to sign up with a friend or friends!

QTBIPOC Paddle
Calling all QTBIPOC! Join Mosquito Fleet for a Sunset Paddle along the Willamette River.

Partner Event: Xaalh and the Way of the Masks campaign
This is the Portland stop of the Way of the Masks campaign tour; read more to see details and dates in other cities across WA, OR, and northern CA!

Port Angeles, WA: Salish Sea Assembly
A few folks reached out to let us know about this event, so we wanted to pass it on to our community!

Paddle with Momentum Alliance
Join Momentum Alliance and the Mosquito Fleet for an afternoon paddle! This paddle is open to BIPOC youth (ages 14 to 26), with all skill levels welcome!

Seattle: Kayak Training - Rafted Banner Raises
Join Mosquito Fleet kayak trainers to learn how to raise a banner on the water in kayaks! This shorter training is designed for folks with previous paddle experience. We encourage folks to sign up with a friend or friends!

WAITLIST - Seattle: Kayak Training 101 for Water Protectors
Join Mosquito Fleet kayak trainers to learn how to take direct action on the water! This training is open to beginner kayakers. We will cover on-water safety, basic paddle strokes and on-water banner raises.

PDX BIPOC Sunset Paddle
Join Mosquito Fleet for a Sunset Paddle by and for Black, Indigenous, and other people of color (BIPOC)!

Portland Fruit Tree Project: Ross Island Blackberry Harvest & Action Day Paddle
Mosquito Fleet is proud to be serving as safety paddlers for this event — hope you can join us!
Sunset Paddle — Waitlist
Join Mosquito Fleet for a Sunset Paddle! We’ll enjoy the sunset on the water together and keep our eyes out for evening critters on the banks of the river. Folks of all kayak experience levels are welcome to join. There will be an optional Kayak Lending Library Orientation after the paddle - stick around if you wanna learn how to access the Fleet’s gear throughout the Summer!

Seattle Mosquito Fleet Community Meeting
Join Seattle Mosquito Fleet for a community meeting! Learn what Mosquito Fleet is getting up to in the Seattle area this summer and how you can be involved.
Juneteenth Paddle
Join Mosquito Fleet PDX kayak trainers for a paddle for fellow Black folks to celebrate Juneteenth. Kayaks, gear and snacks will be provided. This is a Black only space; allies can support by sharing this event with their networks!

QTBIPOC Action Camp
Registration closed April 20, 2025. If you missed the deadline, don’t worry: there will be plenty of opportunities to get involved throughout the summer!

RAPP Event: April River Clean-Up!
Join our friends at RAPP for a river clean-up day in Seattle!
Halloween Cleanup on the Columbia Slough
Join Mosquito Fleet and Columbia Slough Watershed Council for a Halloween themed on-water cleanup!
Kayak Lending Library Orientation
Have you participated in a training with Mosquito Fleet? Or attended a social paddle? If so, you’re eligible to join the Kayak Lending Library!

Anti-militarization mobilization with Veterans for Peace
Join the Fleet and Veterans for Peace on the southwest waterfront for an anti-war mobilization!

Art build - Kayak Banners
Join Mosquito Fleet organizer El for an art workshop on how to make banners for kayaks! This event will take place outside and all art supplies will be provided.
Shabbat Paddle
Join Mosquito Fleet for an evening sunset paddle on the Willamette! This is an affinity space for Jewish folks.

Art Workshop - Making Kayak Banners
Join Mosquito Fleet organizer El for an art workshop on how to make banners for kayaks! This event will take place outside and all art supplies will be provided.
Community Meeting & Beach Cleanup
Join the Fleet for our August community meeting! Afterwards, we’ll cleanup the beach at Green Anchors!

Birding Paddle with Birdhers
Join Birdhers and Mosquito Fleet for a birding paddle! This event is an affinity space for women, non-binary and trans people.

Self & Assisted Rescue Training
During this training, the Fleet Training Team will go over paddle safety and signals as well as self and assisted rescues in sea kayaks.
BIPOC Sunset Paddle
This is a sunset paddle for folks that identify as Black, Indigenous, or people of color!
Kayak Lending Library Orientation
Have you participated in a training with Mosquito Fleet? Or attended a social paddle? If so, you’re eligible to join the Kayak Lending Library!

F*ck Independence Day Sunset Paddle
Instead of lighting fireworks and celebrating colonization, let's gather on the water and discuss the history of our local waterways and what it means for non-Indigenous folk to be settlers on this land.

Art Workshop - Making Kayak Banners
Join Mosquito Fleet organizer El for an art workshop on how to make banners for kayaks! All art supplies will be provided.