Wahluke elementary students release salmon into the wild
Wahluke student Angel DeGante (foreground) points out the salmon he just released into the Columbia River during the salmon release party. Elementary students helped feed the fish and watched them grow throughout the winter.
Cheryl Schweizer/Columbia Basin Herald
A Wahluke elementary student empties his cup, and the salmon swimming in it, into the Columbia River.
Salmon fry swim around a tank prior to release by Wahluke elementary students at the school’s salmon release party.
Melanie Campos (rear) and Harper Hubbard (front), Wahluke elementary students, watch as their salmon swim away - or in Harper’s case, refill the cup, complete with the fish, for a second try.
A Wahluke elementary student wades out a step or two before releasing his salmon into the Columbia River.
Chelsy Aruajo draws a fish on the sidewalk at Desert Aire Park during the salmon release party for Wahluke elementary students.
MATTAWA — One after another the children picked up a cup, each with its own salmon fry swimming around, and one after another they poured the contents into the Columbia River.
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