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Waiting to hatch
Learning to survive
Leaving home
riding to the sea
enteringthe estuary
Living in the ocean
sWimming upstream
cLimbing fish
Ladders
return tospaWninggrounds
reneWing the cycLe
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1 Waiting to hatch It’s early spring, and 5,000 tiny, red salmon eggs lie hidden in a stone nest in a creek high in Northwest mountains.
2 Learning to survive Leaving the gravel of their nest, young salmon catch insects for food and learn to hide from predators.
3 Leaving home The next spring, the now finger-long salmon move into swift current. Rushing snowmelt carries them downstream.
4 riding to the sea The young salmon keep eating and growing as they glide down the Columbia River.
5 entering the estuary As the days get longer, the salmon slide past cities into wide, shallow water. It tastes salty! The Columbia River meets the Pacific Ocean.
6 Living in the ocean The salmon live in the ocean for one to five years and may swim as far as Alaska or even Japan.
7 sWimming upstream At life’s end, sleek, mature salmon return to the river and head upstream. Salmon have been im-portant to tribal cultures and religions for thousands of years.
8 cLimbing fish Ladders At each dam, the fast-flowing water of fish ladders attracts adult fish to climb them.
9 returning to spaWning grounds At last, the salmon reach the stream where they were born. They dig nests and lay and fertilize their eggs.
10 reneWing the cycLe Their lives complete, the salmon die. Their bodies nourish their eggs and the life of the stream. The cycle begins again.
T h e a m a z i n g j o u r n e y o f
Columbia River Salmon
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