Activity List / Drop-In

“Fins, Feathers, and Family Fun”

Thursday Sept. 16 and Friday Sept. 17 (School Days)

This is a list of drop-in activities that require no sign-up. We encourage you to visit these activities throughout the day as your schedule allows. Many of the activities are located in the exhibit area.

Discovery Garden

Students from the Cascade Discovery Program (an alternative high school located on fish hatchery grounds) demonstrate horticultural practices in their beautiful garden.

Exhibits

Many agencies and organizations in our community share information through hands-on, interactive activities. The U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and Audubon Society (just to name a few) will be joining us for this salmon celebration.

Fish Aquarium

Gaze through the waters and become eye to eye with our local freshwater fish. Learn more about why fish look the way they do and how to identify them.

Go-Paw Outdoor Recreation Activities

GoPaw (Go Play Outside Alliance of Washington), a state funded non-profit organization, will have outdoor activities such as snowshoeing, pellet targets, and rod-building for students to learn about. Stop in and give it a try!

Rolling Rivers

Students and parents alike learn-through-playing in a giant sandbox! This hands-on interactive watershed modeling activity is a unique learning experience, in which participants learn the fundamental elements of a healthy and properly functioning watershed and then use that knowledge to create ideal Salmon habitat. Presented by Barn Beach Reserve and Cascadia Conservation District.

Salmon Maze

In this 40 by 40 foot barrier-free maze, students will experience the many challenges of aquatic life and migration when they discover themselves as salmon, hatching and struggling to survive. They meet predators along the way as they go through the salmon’s amazing life cycle. An activity sheet is given to each student to complete.

Salmon Tagging Trailer

How do we keep track of salmon? How do we know who’s who? Experience the latest in automated fish tagging technology and learn how hatchery salmon are tagged before they are released into Icicle Creek. Visit this Columbia River Fisheries Program Office one-of-a-kind piece of equipment.

The Story of Sam N

Kids enter a colorful, magical tent to hear the story of Sam N on his journey from the river to the ocean and back again. Learn how water, power and fish are all interrelated, and how saving energy can help save these fish.