Kids in Creeks – Outdoor Stream Explorations: A Custom-Designed Program for 7-12th Grade Students
The Kids in Creeks program fulfills requests from teachers who request custom-designed opportunities that enable their students to get outside and make a difference in their communities through the completion of a service-learning project.
Visits from Skagit Fisheries staff are easily tailored to fit the grade level and existing curriculum of the class. The program consists of one classroom visit by Skagit Fisheries staff with presentations, discussions, and activities related to the salmon life cycle, habitat needs, and habitat restoration efforts. Within a few days of the class visit, a service-learning project is held within the school’s watershed if possible and practical. This project can include tree planting, invasive species (plants) removal, and/or a study of a public area that provides opportunities for stream exploration and ecology lessons.
![Today is Endangered Species Day, an internationally recognized day of learning about endangered species and what you can do to help them. According to Skagit County, "three Skagit watershed salmonid species have been listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. [Additionally, the] Orca whales that feed on these fish have been listed as “endangered,” a more serious classification that triggers the most protective regulations".
Those listed are:
Puget Sound Chinook Salmon (anadromous; listed 1999)
Puget Sound Bull Trout (some anadromous; listed 1999)
Puget Sound Steelhead (an anadromous form of rainbow trout; listed 2007)
NOAA Fisheries has listed 28 population groups of salmon and steelhead on the West Coast as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act - you can read the recovery plans for the genetically different salmon runs from the National Oceaninc and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) at the link in our bio for more information.
Pictured: Puget Sound Chinook (photo by Jess Newley)
Juvenile Skagit Steelhead
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