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Salmon Restoration 101

Visit the City of Tacoma’s Wastewater site to get detailed information on how to get involved in environmental issues in the city of Tacoma. Find out all the latest in wastewater education, including how to schedule a classroom visit from the EnviroChallenger or Targo educational unit. You will also find online activities for kids (Envirokids), as well as details on how to order a Clean Bay Car wash kit or schedule a storm drain stenciling event in your region. The section on how to get your clean water educational event funded might also prove useful.

Visit this link at the Bonneville Power Administration for some wonderful ideas on different scientific curricula, brochures and booklets, activities and posters, films and videos on environmental education in the Northwest. The Hydromania II curriculum, journey of the Oncorhynchus, and Kids in the Creek are relate directly to salmon recovery.
Click here to see a great clip about the effects of storm drain run off; huge impact value.

Visit the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Salmon Scape to look at the science behind prioritizing salmon restoration and protection projects to identify those that offer the greatest benefit to fish. In Middle school and high school students would benefit from access to the data collected and accessed by other agencies and citizens.

Detailed information about Chum salmon can be accessed at this WDFW link.

Find out more about the Shared Strategy for Puget Sound and their role in salmon recovery. Their website offers details on the regions of coverage, stories and progress in their collaborative efforts to restore and protect salmon in the South Puget Sound. This site provides some great maps of our area and the different salmon runs that make their home in each region. Events and local news on salmon can also be found here.

For a detailed look at what is being done to inspire and inform people on how Puget Sound communities, and the region as a whole, are planning for a future that includes both people and salmon read the Draft Plan for Salmon Recovery in Puget Sound. Lisa Stiffler’s Nov. 6th 2006 article in the Seattle PI provides an update of the billion dollar salmon solution. The plan incorporates requirements of the Endangered Species Act (ESA), describes regional, cross-watershed strategies and actions, summarizes efforts within local watershed planning areas, and includes a chapter on protecting and restoring estuaries, Puget Sound and the Pacific Ocean.

NOAA offers an informative page on the Endangered Species Act and their role (along with the US Fish And Wildlife Service) in implementing it. Find the definition of a species and how all this applies to Pacific salmon. Here you can also learn about the different programs to conserve endangered and threatened species.

A more formal review of Endangered Species act and its implementation can be found at this link to a PDF document from the US House of Representative website.

Language and fine arts study

For a detailed resource on salmon friendly publications visit this link to the Save our Wild Salmon on line library.

HCSEG presents an extensive collection of salmon education resources. Visit this link for ideas on books, CD's, videos and the online resources that they have gathered to help educate their community.

Visit this link at the Bonneville Power Administration to read three online stories of salmon: Journey of the Oncorhynchus, The Magnificent Journey, and Voyage to the Pacific (Spanish and English versions available

Gyotoku ( Fish Printing): Even though Soul Salmon is now complete, this project's website still offers some wonderful ideas on how to incorporate art and literature into aspects of salmon and their recovery. This link will take you to a detailed lesson on fish printing.

Pacific Vs. Atlantic salmon

Vist the Atlantic Salmon Federation’s (ASF) site for details on the issues facing the Atlantic Salmon, as well as some interesting information on the science and process of successful live release of angled Atlantic salmon. Here you will learn that, if released properly, salmon survive and go on to spawn…if specific recovery guidelines are followed. This page will even provide information on how to successfully photograph your catch and still adhere to the best practices for a successful live release.

Here you can also compare the life cycles of Pacific and Atlantic salmon.

The Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) also has put together a list of links to other interesting resources and information on water, streams, rivers, fish, and energy.

The Pacific Salmon and Steelhead Coloring Book is a great way to learn more about salmon and their incredible journey. Download your favorite coloring page or print hate whole book. Hours of educational artistic expression awaits you! Click here to download the Coloring Book (PDF 726 KB).

Why recreate the wheel? Once again, HCSEG has a comprehensive list of other interesting sites for kids and teens. Be sure to check out Teens for Planet Earth and Ecokids...Let us know if you find additional sites that we should add to this page.

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Last updated Nov. 16th, 2007