DICK SALUTES...

Students line the bank of Saugeen River to release their baby salmon.

Well, here's another one for the "Dick Salutes" series with emphasis on kids.

G. C. Huston Public School students in Southampton learned a valuable wildlife lesson on Friday (May 17/19) when they released their ‘baby’ salmon into the Saugeen River

Here you go Fishy!!!

Each winter, the school is one of 50 throughout Bruce and Huron Counties that has the opportunity to raise salmon as part of the Lake Huron Fishing Club’s (LHFC) school outreach program sponsored by Bruce Power. LHFC volunteers maintain aquariums in each school where students can watch ‘their’ fish grow until the release in the Spring.

G. C. Huston students release their young fish each May into the Saugeen River which empties into Lake Huron. The students led by teachers and volunteer parents trek from the school in Southampton across the Zgaa-biig-ni-gan (We are Connected) bridge that spans the river and down to a boat launch area. There, each of the more than 100 Kindergarten and Grade 1 students have the experience of releasing a small salmon.

It's a big deal for the kids...and it's a big deal for Mother Nature too!