FALL 2007 ACTIVITIES

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Fall is always a busy time of year for YBEEP, with teachers and students returning to school, preparations for salmon spawning field trips, and then the pleasant days spent on the river bank watching Spring Chinook completing their life cycle.

Teachers participated in their field training session on 18 September this year. They were able to view the new Safari in a Box kits donated by the Central Washington Chapter of Safari Club International, as well as to hear about their teacher training program. Student field trips began on 17 September.

Salmon spawning field trips continued through October 4, 2007. Although the numbers of fish were down this year and the weather was cloudy, every student was able to see spawning salmon. Trout eggs were delivered for 14 classrooms this Fall. We jumped into Yakima Greenway field trips, the Yakima Rivers Festival, and Chief Kamiakin Elementary School's Ecosystem Study classroom presentations, Prosser Hatchery egg take, Campbell Farm Fall Festival, and our November teacher training.

		Teachers learn about the Safari Club's teacher training opportunity and view the Safari in a Box.
		Students view salmon spawning with the new polarized sunglasses donated by Central Washington Insurance.
		Trout eggs are placed in a classroom tank.
		4th & 5th grade students learn about wildlife in the Yakima River ecosystem at the Yakima Greenway Rivers Festival
		Students observe the egg take process at Prosser Hatchery & families visit the YBEEP table at the Campbell Farm Fall Festival.
		Teachers get up close & personal to a tarantula in the classroom at LaSalle High School and see how pit traps are used to collect insects in the schoolyard.
	Salmon dissections have begun for the 2007-08 school year.