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Federal Way event teaches fourth-graders about salmon, stormwater
Summary
City of Federal Way officials and Public Works staff highlighted a long-running salmon-release program that brings fourth-grade students from the city’s schools to the Storming the Sound with Salmon event to learn about salmon and watershed issues; staff said the program has run since 2012.
Federal Way Mayor Jim Ferrell and Kevin Du of the city’s Public Works department spoke at the Storming the Sound with Salmon event in Federal Way, highlighting a hands-on salmon-release program that brings fourth-graders from the city’s schools to the waterfront.
The program is a partnership between the City of Federal Way and the local school district that uses student releases to teach about salmon, stormwater and watershed health. Kevin Du said the effort has been running since 2012.
“We're here at Storming the Sound with Salmon,” Mayor Jim Ferrell said, describing the event as “one of the great events that we have in our community.” Ferrell said the event “represents really an opportunity for all of the fourth graders from all of the schools in Federal Way to come down here, a great partnership with the school district and the city of Federal Way.”
Kevin Du, speaking for the city’s Public Works department, said the program gives students direct experience with salmon and local water systems. According to Du, students “can learn about salmon,” and the activities emphasize keeping local waters clean and healthy as part of broader watershed education. Du also said the city has participated in the program since 2012.
No formal city action, funding details or future schedule were announced in the remarks. The comments at the event described an ongoing educational partnership between city staff and the school district that the speakers characterized as established and recurring.
The event underscores civic and school collaboration on environmental education; the city and school district remain the named partners in the remarks provided at the event.
