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Here is a look at a salmon that came through the Minto Fish Hatchery last season. Salmon watch events are being held at Packsaddle Park throughout the late summer and fall. James Day

Salmon Watch – Volunteers, school kids, public visit during spawning season

By James Day It’s salmon season and the Marion Soil & Water Conservation has a series of events planned in the Santiam Canyon for August through October. The district is organizing Salmon Watch field trips for school kids from Sept. 20 through Oct. 18 at Packsaddle Park just east of Gates on Highway 22. Packsaddle is a known spawning ground […]

Salmon science – Learning about fish taken to a deeper level

By Melissa Wagoner When Alyssa Burge discovered an empty aquarium labeled “ODFW Salmon Release,” at the Community Roots School in Silverton, where she had just taken on the role of Garden Specialist in 2019, she knew she had to learn more. “So, I tracked it down on the internet,” she said, recalling her first introduction to the Oregon Department of […]