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June 19, 2006

Newport students to release baby salmon

NEWPORT -- More than 100 Thompson Middle School students will travel to the Pawcatuck River in Hopkinton this morning to release baby salmon they have raised in their classrooms.

The students participated in the state Department of Environmental Management's Salmon in the Classroom program, a federally-funded effort now used in every New England state.

The DEM loaned the middle school equipment to construct an incubator system to raise 400-500 salmon eggs, which were donated by the US Fish and Wildlife's North Attleboro hatchery. Thompson was one of 24 schools from throughout Rhode Island that participated in the program this year.

Posted by Steve Peoples  at 7:25 AM | Permalink

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