Salmon & Our Watershed — Web Search

Open “What’s in our backyard → Our Watershed” (or search “watershed”). Read the whole page — the top story, the river cards, and the fish cards — then answer each question.

1. 1.Montesano sits between two rivers. What are their names?

   🔎 The opening paragraph at the top.

2. 2.Which salmon is the biggest of the Pacific salmon, and what is its nickname?

   🔎 The “Who swims here” fish cards.

3. 3.After the rivers join the Chehalis, where does the water go next?

   🔎 The top paragraph / the river cards.

4. 4.What happens to fresh water and salt water at Grays Harbor?

   🔎 The Grays Harbor river card.

5. 5.Which trout goes to sea and comes back, and can spawn more than once?

   🔎 The fish cards.

6. 6.What is the name of the hatchery on the Satsop that raises young salmon?

   🔎 The “A hatchery in our backyard” box.

7. 7.Name two things young salmon need in a stream to survive.

   🔎 The “Why it matters” section.

Challenge · Grades 7–12

1. 8.The page says our basin’s salmon are “still wild.” Why is that unusual compared with the rest of the West Coast?

   🔎 “What makes our rivers special” → Still-wild runs.

2. 9.The page says you won’t find sockeye here. Explain why, using the page’s reasoning.

   🔎 “What makes our rivers special” → Not just salmon.

3. 10.The Satsop and Wynoochee are both tributaries of the Chehalis, but their sources differ. Contrast where each river’s water comes from.

   🔎 The Satsop and Wynoochee river cards.