Out to Sea with Sally

Growing Up For Good

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Out to Sea with Sally
Text copyright ©2008 by Stephanie Rach
Illustrated by Cesar Henriquez
Illustrations ©2008 IAGmedia, Inc.
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Isbn 978-0-9818286-2-6
Printed in USA, 2008
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Hi, I’m Chipper. Are you ready to go?

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I’m going into the great outdoors to visit my
friends Paisley and Sally. Sally is a salmon.
Let’s go!

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 Hi Paisley. We’re meeting my friend Sally.
Sally lives in fresh water but she’s about to
take an adventure beyond the great
outdoors and to the oceans far and wide.
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How ya doin’ Chipper?!

That’s right,
salmon are Anadramous
and that means my life’s
journey takes me from
fresh water streams to
the salty ocean beyond
the trees. Come along, I’ll show you.
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 Salmon are born in fresh water
and are called “Fry.” We stay in the
streams and eat lots of insects so
we can grow and gain strength.

A salmon ready to
journey to the ocean
is called a “smolt.”
A salmon’s color
changes at this
time to a blue-ish
green color for
better camouflage
in the ocean.

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 Salmon swim
up fish ladders,
man-made areas
that help us
climb to the
waterways that
lead to
the ocean.

We have one more

stop before the ocean,
the estuary. An
estuary is where the
river meets the sea.
We go through a
process called
“smoltification.”
Now we’re ready to go!

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Salmon swim hundreds and thousands of
miles to get to the ocean. We’ll live in the
ocean until we mature, up to seven
years or more for some salmon.

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 We’ll eat squid and crustaceans like
crab, krill, shrimp and other
fish which will help us grow and thrive.
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Wow, there is so much to explore beneath
the surface of the great outdoors.
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Once we’re mature enough to find a mate,
we make our way home. Let’s go!

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 Salmon have a keen sense of smell to
help guide us back to our birthplace. Some
scientists say it’s the earth’s magnetic
fields that act like a compass and
direct salmon home as well.
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Come along, we have to swim up stream now.
Salmon have to take many rests along
the way to conserve energy. Sometimes
we wait for the water to rise which
helps us get home.

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 When I return
home, I will lay
my eggs in a
nest called a
“Redd.” The
eggs are orange
and the size
of a pea.

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Once spawning takes place, the eggs will
hatch in three to four months.

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 Thank you for taking
a journey to explore
my life as a salmon.
Fish have gills so we
need water to help us
breathe. I wish I could
explore beyond the
streams and sea
with you.

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 Sally, you live an amazing life. You get to
travel, meet lots of friends and you give so
much to the environment.
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That’s right! There are over 20,000 species
of fish and we’ve been evolving for millions of
years. that’s why it is important for every-
one to take care of the environment
and waterways. Salmon depend on clean
waters and deep streams and rivers to
continue producing.
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 I agree! If you pick up your trash, recycle, and
keep storm drains clear in your community, you
will help keep waterways healthy for fish and
other wildlife. Let’s work together so everyone
can enjoy the great outdoors.
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Know Before You Go Into
the Great Outdoors.
Quick facts about salmon:
Anadramous:
Fish that are born in fresh water but live
their life in the sea. Like salmon!
Redd:
A nest where the female salmon
digs to lay her eggs.
Alevin:
The beginning stage or “larval” stage
of a salmon. They are about one inch in
length and live in a yolk sac which gives
them all their food to grow.
Smolt:
The young life-stage of a salmon. This is
when the salmon go off to the sea to live.
Osmoregulation:
This is the time when a salmon’s gills
and kidneys physically change so it can
travel from fresh water to salt water and
back again. There are many types of salm-
on. Here are a few familiar ones to know.

There are many types of salmon.

Here are a few familiar ones to know.

Coho Pink

Chum Amago Chinook

Steelhead Sockeye

Help salmon thrive by doing your part to

keep your neighborhood clean.
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Time to color and journal!

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 Exploration Journal
Your explorations begin the minute you walk out your door.
Where did you go? What did you see? Who went with you? Take a picture or draw a picture and have fun!
 Mom and Dad,
grandparents and friends visit
www.intothegreatoutdoors.com
for more info and to find great resources

www.spawnusa.org

www.wildsalmoncenter.org

www.wildsalmon.org

www.childrenandnature.org

www.neefuse.org

www.gloabl green.org

www.worldwildlife.org

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For All Ages
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