by | Jan 31, 2017 | Salmon in the Classroom
Thanks to our Salmon in the Classroom superstars for joining us last week at the Teacher Gathering! On January 25th, Salmon in the Classroom teachers gathered at Columbia Springs for an evening of delicious food, salmon learning, and community building....
by | Dec 15, 2016 | Salmon in the Classroom
You open your baggie of salmon chow to discover… it’s nearly empty! Can you get more?? These fish are HUNGRY!!! As a general rule of thumb, we typically don’t resupply food. There are a few reasons for this: Getting additional...
by | May 26, 2016 | Columbia Springs, Salmon in the Classroom
Yesterday, Salmon in the Classroom Coordinator Katie and I had the pleasure of facilitating some activities at a summer camp-themed OMSI After Dark! For those of you who don’t know, OMSI After Dark is a nearly-monthly event for adults to enjoy the museum...
by | Mar 23, 2016 | Salmon in the Classroom
Property owners Jim and Barbara Orander welcomed hundreds of kids to their home in Battle Ground on March 11th to help them release the coho salmon they raised from eggs in their remote site incubator. What’s a “remote site incubator”? It’s a...
by | Jan 29, 2016 | Salmon in the Classroom
More specifically, where did YOUR salmon eggs come from? How did they come to be inside a red plastic Solo cup filled with 250 of their brothers and sisters? All our eggs come from Lewis River Hatchery. Our eggs were spawned, picked,...
by | Dec 18, 2015 | Salmon in the Classroom
Because Clark County has the BEST teachers a Salmon in the Classroom program could hope for, we had a couple questions about whether our salmon would survive the high run-off conditions in our streams and rivers. It’s been RAINY. I released some fish...
