Kids Learn About Salmon During Field Trip

Konner Bandy, at left, takes a look at salmon eggs while his classmates Titan Kyle, Leif Curtis, Mavryk Jurica, Kellen Landis and Kael Stewart learn about salmon. Photos by Sarah Brown

Fifth and sixth graders from Sweet Home Charter School took to the river on Tuesday, Nov. 5, for an outdoor classroom experience which involved poking at fish, searching for water bugs and observing the habitat surrounding them.

The day-long field trip, “Salmon Watch,” is organized every year by the South Santiam Watershed Council.

Alex Shoulders explains what a watershed is by using raised hands to illustrate how water falls from the sky onto mountains.

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