Sixth Graders Explore Salmon Life in Hands-On Experience

Sixth-graders from Seven Oak Middle School peer closer as OSU student Zach Muniz, second from left, pries open a Chinook salmon. Photos by Sarah Brown

Sixth graders from Seven Oak Middle School took to the river last month for an outdoor classroom experience which involved wading in water, picking up bugs and poking at fish guts.

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

From left, Wyatt Fox, Anne Thompson-Parker and Naomi Halpern peer at a bucket of water where a handful of captured water bugs are deposited.

“We are here to…