Salmon in Schools | Salmon, Up Close: A Program for 3rd – 6th Grades

Salmon in Schools is designed to engage students at local elementary schools in learning firsthand about the amazing journey of salmon by raising salmon eggs from the Marblemount Fish Hatchery and releasing them into schools’ neighborhood streams. Students receive one classroom visit from Skagit Fisheries staff to discuss the salmon life cycle and habitat requirements and two field trips near a local creek.

Classrooms then receive 200 Coho salmon eggs in January. Students care for the eggs and feed the young salmon in a 55-gallon aquarium until they are ready to be released into a nearby stream (3-4 months).  The process of raising salmon teaches students about the care of juvenile salmon and the maintenance of fish tanks.  Skagit Fisheries staff then lead classes on a field trip in the spring to release salmon fry and learn first-hand about salmon habitat.

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