| | | Ethan releases the salmon fry |
| | | everyone watched the fry swim free |
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| | looking at the salmon fry in the tank at Freshwater hatchery |
| | | this tank went unused this year |
| | | Fish & Game Department scientists told us about their salmon tagging system |
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| | and showed some of the other stream species that can show up in their fish traps, like this lamprey |
| | | boarding the bus again... |
| | | ...for Freshwater Park, where we started with a run to use up some excess energy |
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| | then we wrote poems about raising salmon and illustrated them |
| | | Zack chose this quiet spot to reflect on his poem |
| | | Cody's included this particularly fetching artwork |
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| | next we had the opportunity to collect invertebrates from the stream... |
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| | | | Harry, one of the Humboldt Fish Action Council volunteers, helped us to identify species at streamside |
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| | ...as did Ethan and the invertebrate identification keys up at the picnic benches |
| | | ...aided by these magnifiers and some microscopes |
| | | watching a mayfly that had just emerged take flight for the first time after drying its wings |
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| | after lunch we played the salmon survival game which involved first "swimming" down river through the "power plant turbines" |
| | | if you survived that, you had to make it past the "eagles" in yellow vests |
| | | then make it through three years in the "open ocean" avoiding capture by the "fishing trawlers" (taggers with a box on one foot) |
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| | collecting a "year" token from an adult at either end of the ocean three times and finally |
| | | heading back up river through this "fish ladder" while hopefully surviving the "bears" above |
| | | ...then you could jump the "water fall" finish line and "spawn" to "win the game |
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