7th-8th Grade Real Learning Real Work – Planting Project Implementation
Students will be executing the planting plans that they have spent this winter developing in the classroom after conducting a site assessment last fall. Volunteers will help groups of 4-6 students follow their planting plans on their restoration plot. This involves helping students follow their plans and getting your hands dirty planting with them! Sequim, Chimacum, and Clallam will also be doing some site maintenance that may include invasive species removal, installing protective blue tubing, and mulching. Students will also talk to career professionals in field ranging from restoration to ecology to fisheries.
March 14th & 15th - Serenity Lane along Dungeness River
March 21st & 24th - WDFW Salmon Creek Site in Discovery Bay
April 11th - Pysht River Conservation Area
Tentative timing of these field trips is from 9am-2pm.
7th-8th Grade Real Learning Real Work – Site Maintenance & Career Connections
Students will be assessing plant health and conducting a mortality study, while executing maintenance tasks such as installing blue tubing and removing invasive species. Students will also talk to career professionals in field ranging from restoration to ecology to fisheries.
May 25th - WDFW Salmon Creek Site in Discovery Bay
June 9th - Pysht River Conservation Area
Tentative timing is from 9am-2pm.
Elementary Salmon in the Schools – Release Day Field Trip
Students have spent the last couple months raising coho salmon from eggs and now will get a chance to release them into a local waterway. They will also participate in several other activities such as macroinvertebrate studies, salmon life cycle games, art, and habitat tours.
April 18th & 20th – HJ Carrol Park on Chimacum Creek. Tentative timing is from 10am-2pm.
April 21st – Dungeness Fish Hatchery on Dungeness River. Tentative timing is from 8:30am-1:30pm.
Images on this page courtesy of Charles Espey & Mae Wolfe.