Students, Conservation Groups Celebrate Earth Week

OFAH FILE: 842
April 17, 2012

Students, Conservation Groups Celebrate Earth Week
Salmon restoration and community stream clean up set for Cobourg Brook

The sixth annual Earth Week/Pitch In Canada event organized by the Bring Back the Salmon and the Community Stream Steward Program is set for Friday, April 20, 2012. Once again, the effort will involve students from Cobourg District Collegiate Institute East, Cobourg District Collegiate Institute West, Fleming College students, as well as Ganaraska Region Conservation Authority, the Town of Cobourg and the Cobourg Trap & Skeet Club.

The primary focus of the day is improving the stream environment along the Cobourg Brook, but the real excitement of the event is always stocking yearling Atlantic Salmon into the Brook.

Approximately 80 local students will get the chance to participate in the release of 100 Atlantic salmon yearlings after spending the early part of the day collecting litter along the stream bank and engaging in hands-on conservation activities.

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Background:

Bring Back the Salmon is part a major restoration effort on four target tributaries of Lake Ontario in an effort to bring back what was once a thriving species. The fish the high school students will be stocking have been raised by Fleming College students in the hatchery at the Frost Campus in Lindsay.

The CSSP is a multi-partner, nonprofit conservation organization that works in collaboration with landowners, volunteers and community groups to restore protect and enhance streams throughout the region.

With over 100,000 members, subscribers and supporters, and 675 member clubs, the OFAH is the province’s largest nonprofit, fish and wildlife conservation-based organization, and the VOICE of anglers and hunters. For more information, visit www.ofah.org, www.bringbackthesalmon.ca and www.ofah.org/streamsteward. Follow the OFAH, BBTS and CSSP on Facebook and Twitter.

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