Salmon for sixth-graders: Students introduced to fishes’ needs, habitat, life cycle

It was getting close to lunch time and, well, that was becoming a little obvious as Angela Clegg discussed the life cycle of salmon with a group of sixth-graders from Seven Oak Middle School in late September at Northside Park in Sweet Home.

The interaction was lively, but attention was beginning to wander just a bit.

Clegg, coordinator with the South Santiam Youth Watershed Council, was leading a learning station of the annual Salmon Watch…