Salmon & Trout Enhancement Program

Sherman County Homeschoolers and school district 4th graders participated in the Salmon & Trout Enhancement Program (STEP) this October. STEP is run every year through the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife to teach students about salmon and trout life cycles and conservation. We very much appreciated being able to keep the Homeschool fish tank at the County Courthouse! Both groups of students released their fish into the Burnet pond in Moro. Thank you to Oregon Community Foundation and Roundhouse Foundation for funding this project. Thank you to Sherman County Prevention for helping out with all of the homeschool activities.

Small fish swimming in an aquarium with pebbles at the bottom.
A person crouches by a grassy pond edge, holding a small object towards the water.
A person collecting water from a pond or stream with a white container, surrounded by grass.
Four children are drawing or writing on the floor with clipboards, near a small fish tank and table.
A child pours water into a fish tank with pebbles, assisted by an adult indoors. Other children watch nearby.
Kids observe an aquarium on a table, one pouring liquid from a cup.
A child with a "Minecraft" shirt smiles, holding a clipboard with a drawing on it, indoors.
Two people on a dock; one kneels to fill a red cup from the water, while the other stands holding a cup.
A person lying on a dock, using a red cup to scoop water from a lake with a nearby orange bucket.
A smiling child holds a drawing with fish and arrows in a classroom setting.
A smiling child holds a drawing of a fish life cycle labeled with terms like "spawning trout," "adults," "alevins," and "eggs."
A group of people, including kids, gather by a pond, using cups to scoop water, with one person holding a camera.
Small fish swimming in an aquarium with pebbles at the bottom.
A person crouches by a grassy pond edge, holding a small object towards the water.
A person collecting water from a pond or stream with a white container, surrounded by grass.
Four children are drawing or writing on the floor with clipboards, near a small fish tank and table.
A child pours water into a fish tank with pebbles, assisted by an adult indoors. Other children watch nearby.
Kids observe an aquarium on a table, one pouring liquid from a cup.
A child with a "Minecraft" shirt smiles, holding a clipboard with a drawing on it, indoors.
Two people on a dock; one kneels to fill a red cup from the water, while the other stands holding a cup.
A person lying on a dock, using a red cup to scoop water from a lake with a nearby orange bucket.
A smiling child holds a drawing with fish and arrows in a classroom setting.
A smiling child holds a drawing of a fish life cycle labeled with terms like "spawning trout," "adults," "alevins," and "eggs."
A group of people, including kids, gather by a pond, using cups to scoop water, with one person holding a camera.
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