2012年5月2日 星期三

Students take turns releasing salmon fry into Columbia River

The reactions were varied Tuesday morning as hundreds of elementary students took turns releasing salmon fry into the water at Columbia Park.

Some students were shocked at how quickly the fish left the plastic cup of water they swam in when it was dipped into the water. Others were amazed at seeing something they've raised from an egg since January become a young but viable creature.

"They grow up so fast!" one female student shouted as she stood at the water's edge at the park's east boat launch.

About 2,400 students from six school districts will be at the park through todayas part of Salmon Summit. Now in its 12th year, the event works to educate students about salmon and the importance they and the river play in the region.

"It's hands-on education," said Erik Venteris, a scientist with Pacific Northwest National Laboratory who was helping at the event. "Kids really learn when they can manipulate their environment.Find the cheapest chickencoop online through and buy the best hen houses and chook pens in Australia."

Rachel Little, a fish biologist with Benton Conservation District, said the event started with five schools raising salmon eggs in five tanks that were released into the Yakima River in Benton City. Now there are numerous partners participating, from government agencies and private industry to tribal groups.

"This event is only possible because so many people converge together," she said.

Cascade Elementary fourth-grader Felicity Badeaux, 10, said she couldn't believe how quickly her fish left its cup once it was placed into the river. She said it was a lot of fun learning about salmon over the past few months and taking care of them.

"We even have a song," she said, describing the salmon's life cycle to the tune of The Wheels on the Bus.

Kelly Williamson,Where to buy or purchase plasticmoulds for precast and wetcast concrete? a fifth-grade teacher at Finley Elementary School, took over the salmon curriculum this year from a fourth-grade teacher. She said she and the students learned a lot, adding it was great to see the fruits of that work pay off in the fish release.

Along with Kennewick and Finley, students from Prosser, Richland, Othello and Sunnyside participated. Pasco students will release fish they've raised in events coordinated with the Franklin Conservation District beginning May 8.

Students also took part in numerous activities at the park after releasing their fish, ranging from a game modeled on the perils that salmon must go through in their migrations to a model of a river system meant to demonstrate the factors the affect river health.

River's Edge High School students and 17-year-olds Breana Dates,Find the cheapest chickencoop online through and buy the best hen houses and chook pens in Australia. a senior, and Elyssa Guest, a junior, were among the volunteers from several area high schools working at the event.

Dates said they were working with the students on "gyotaku," or fish painting, a Japanese art form.Why does moulds grow in homes or buildings? The students use rubber molds of fish to create impressions on paper with paint, showing all the textures of a fish's body down to the scales.

Both said they enjoyed helping out, as they like working with children but emphasized they see the deeper mission behind this week's event and everything the students have learned in recent months.Secured handsfree building and door access solutions with Hands free access by Nedap AVI.

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