Selected salmon-related links: (the links below lead to websites not maintained by BGSD)

• Pacific Salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.) Wildlife Biologue (.pdf / .html)
• Salmon Facts - WA Depart. of Fish & Wildlife
• About Pacific Salmon - Pacific Salmon Commission
• Sockeye Salmon info - WA Dept. of Fish & Wildlife
• Salmon of the West - U.S. Fish & Wildlife
• Pacific Salmon & Steelhead Coloring Book <-- downloads a .pdf file
• Coastal Steelhead Trout - Oregon Sea Grant/OSU
• Salmon & Steelhead fact sheets - Clark County Endangered Species Act resources
• ESA Kid's Web Page - Clark County Endangered Species Act
• Anadromous Fish Life History Profiles - Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission
• Salmon: Spirit of the Land and Sea - One World Journeys
• 135 Species Rely on Pacific Salmon - Salmon Nation
• Salmon Watcher - King County
• Salmon Quiz, Game & Slideshow - King Co. Dept. of Resouces & Parks

• Salmon Spawning Chart (.jpg) from StreamKeepers of Clallum County's Volunteer Handbook: "Field Procedures"

American Eel

• Where have all the eels gone? - Gulf of Maine Times (compare the Am. eels life cycle with that of the Pacific salmon)

Life Cycle Summary Sheet:

• Salmon Life Cycle worksheet (.pdf) - Blank student worksheet to summarize stages of the salmon's life and list helps and hazards to their survival. The seven suggested stages include: 1) egg, 2) alevin, 3) fry, 4) smolt [stream to estuary & ocean], 5) ocean [juvenile to adult], 6) migrating adult, 7) spawning & death

• Examples of student work: life cycle examples
  

Salmon/Trout Anatomy & Dissection Information: (the links below lead to websites not maintained by BGSD)

• Salmonids in the Classroom: Dissection - Pacific Streamkeepers Federation; Fisheries
  and Oceans Canada
• Classroom Salmon Dissection (with downloadable anatomy handouts) - Alaska Department
  of Fish and Game
  

Monitoring Columbia River Salmon/Steelhead Runs: (the link below leads to a website not maintained by BGSD)

• Students use data taken from salmon/steelhead counts at Bonneville Dam to construct Excel spreadsheets and graphs. The data is then analyzed and discussed with regards to changes and trends.
• Adult Salmon Homepage - Fish Passage Center salmon count data
• Fish Counts (Columbia R.) - US Army Corp of Engineers
  

Created by M. Clapp
CAM 7/8 Science - BGSD
updated: 1/27/11