Idaho Salmon & Steelhead Days Marks 10 Years

Idaho Salmon and Steelhead Days, a special event for Idaho fifth-graders, will take place again this year at Fish and Game Headquarters in Boise, Wednesday through Friday, September 6 - 8. The three-day event celebrates the uniqueness of salmon and steelhead. Nearly 2,500 5th graders, parents, and teachers will attend the event to learn about salmon through hands-on activities. The event is dedicated to the students, with one evening set aside for a salmon barbecue that is open to the general public. Students participate in hands-on activities while learning about these unique fish, their habitat and the past and present relationship between humans and salmon. The Idaho Salmon & Steelhead Days Salmon BBQ runs from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, September 6, at the Idaho Department of Fish and Game, 600 South Walnut St., Boise. The barbecue raises money to pay for next year's daytime activities. Activities during the barbecue include live music by the Bitterbrush Blues Band, gyotaku fish printing and Kids In the Creek. The Nature Center stream walk will be open for viewing live Chinook and kokanee salmon. Tickets for the barbecue are $10 for adults and $3 for children. Tickets are limited and sold first-come, first-served. The three day event is noncommercial, nonprofit and not politically oriented. A partnership of agencies, organizations, businesses and corporations finance, plan and execute the annual event.