Educational Programs by Tom Lang

2025 CART Salmon Team

Four people standing in a shallow creek, wearing waders. One person is holding a blue bucket, looking into the water. Trees and plants are visible in the background. The ground is covered with leaves. A group of six people standing outdoors near a creek, smiling at the camera. They are surrounded by trees and wearing casual clothing. The sky is cloudy. Two people in a room with various equipment. One person is placing something into an aquarium filled with rocks. The other person, with a backpack and a bag, is holding a blue bucket. Shelves and a whiteboard are visible in the background.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Fresno and Clovis high school Salmon Team students we mentor at CART (center for Advanced Research and Technology) spent a day on the San Joaquin River releasing the baby Chinook salmon they hatched out and grew in their classroom aquarium.

Through this program, students learn what it takes to provide the right conditions for salmon to live out their complete life cycles and make the long journey to the Pacific Ocean.

We’re looking forward to also joining our students when they visit California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s SCARF (Salmon Conservation and Research Facility) later this spring. This gives our students a chance to see what its like to work as a biologist at a working hatchery.

Thank you for your support of our current educational programs!

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Person in a brown jacket holds a small aquarium with rocks and a turtle inside. They stand in an office or classroom with a whiteboard behind them, near a desk and a blue bucket. A group of people in a lab room gathers around a man demonstrating something in a tank filled with rocks. There are colorful containers and lab equipment on the table. Walls have charts and a whiteboard. Two people interact with an aquarium filled with rocks and water. One is holding a phone, and the other is using a net to clean the tank. A blue lid is on the ground nearby. A whiteboard is visible in the background.Person holding a blue plastic bucket, partially submerged in murky water, near the shore. The person's sleeves are rolled up, and the bucket is tilted, allowing water to flow inside.