The Nisqually River Education Project works with local schools year round, with activities like water quality monitoring, habitat restoration and nature investigation. The smelliest, slimiest activity by far happens during the month of January: salmon carcass tossing! While this activity is fun, it offers more benefits to the environment than […]
Daily Archives: January 17, 2016
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January means getting a little stinky and slimy with some of our beloved salmon carcasses. Already harvested for eggs and milt, they are held frozen in large ice cubes at Nisqually Indian Tribe’s Clear Creek Hatchery from fall to January. These cubes of fish are then dropped from a forklift […]
January means getting a little stinky and slimy with some of our beloved salmon carcasses. Already harvested for eggs and milt, they are held frozen in large ice cubes at Nisqually Indian Tribe’s Clear Creek Hatchery from fall to January. These cubes of fish are then dropped from a forklift […]