Students release salmon fry into Padden Creek

Wade King Elementary School fourth graders gathered eagerly along the shaded bank of Padden Creek Thursday morning, March 30, preparing to bid farewell to nearly 300 chum salmon fry.  The students, who have been raising the fish since January, are participants of the Salmon in the Classroom program — a collaboration between the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW), Bellingham Public Schools, Bellingham Public Schools Foundation, Bellingham Technical College fisheries and a