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Michigan Students Raise Salmon - Bassmaster-ND - 01-26-2004
[font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][#000000][size 2]LANSING, MI—Fifth and 6th graders at Michigan's St. James elementary school are raising salmon in their classrooms for release into a local river this April.[/size][/#000000][/font]
[font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][#000000][size 2]The experiment is part of an educational program called "Salmon in the Classroom," established in 1991 in Washington. The program is designed to increase children's awareness of environmental issues and encourage respect for natural resources.[/size][/#000000][/font]
[font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][#000000][size 2]School officials say the students will release the salmon in Michigan's White or Muskegon river[/size][/#000000][/font]
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