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Re: NFC: Adopt-a-Tank



Pleas send in all the photos you can !! We'd love to put em on the
website. BTW I would like to have some AAT folks start running the AAT
program. Tony has resigned ot concentrate on school work. So i would be
happy to work with someoneas they develop



Robert Rice 
NFC President  www.nativefish.org 
check out our email list at nfc-owner at actwin_com
Visit out Adopt A Tank , Exotics Removal, and Breeders Club Programs at
the website

On Tue, 3 Apr 2001 11:06:43 -0700 "btpmsi" <btpmsi at yahoo_com> writes:
> 
> All,
> 
> I have some photos of me with the kids as I am testing the water 
> before
> introduction of the fish into my son's schoolroom Adopt-a-tank.  I 
> have no
> easy way to scan these, so who should I send them to ? Would this be 
> worth
> an article for the Flier? The reason I ask is because with the 
> placement of
> this tank in their classroom, the principal has begun to use it as
> "recruiting" tool for prospective parents at the school's open 
> house. She is
> showing it off as an example of the kind of education their kids 
> (this is
> pre-school) are getting access to. Also, my son's teachers have 
> decided to
> structure the balance of the years teaching plan around the tank and 
> the
> fish. The theme is "What animals live in our rivers?" and the first 
> part of
> this plan is to go on a field trip out to the Bonneville Dam Fish 
> ladder and
> viewing platform up in the Columbia gorge. The state Fish and Game 
> Dept. is
> predicting the largest run of Columbia Spring Chinook Salmon since 
> 1938
> (when they first started keeping records) this year. As of this 
> weekend, the
> fish ladder observation area is reporting 700 fish per day going 
> past the
> observation windows. We will be there right near the peak of the run 
> of
> something like 2,000 fpd, so the kids should get a real eyeful!
> 
> LMK, how you want me to proceed with this.
> 
> Brian Perkins
> West Linn, OR
> 
> 
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Robert Rice 
NFC President  www.nativefish.org 
check out our email list at nfc-owner at actwin_com
Visit out Adopt A Tank , Exotics Removal, and Breeders Club Programs at
the website