SALMON FESTIVAL TO TAKE PLACE ON SUNDAY

For any environmentalists or fish lovers out there – specifically, of salmon – check out this event: the Salmon Festival, set for 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 3, in the plaza area near the lodge at Multnomah Falls.

This festival is sponsored by the MHCC geography and fisheries departments, as well as the U.S Forest Service.

Chris Gorsek, Mt. Hood geography instructor, and USFS ranger Matthew Ramich will help run the event, something Gorsek has done for over 10 years now.

For children who attend, there will be opportunities to play games, make salmon shirts, and listen to storytelling from Ed Edmo, a Native American storyteller and longtime northwesterner.

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Gorsek said Edmo “grew up in this area and remembers when Celilo Falls still existed” (before waters backed up by The Dalles Dam submerged the famed salmon grounds).

The games area will be operated by the Friends of Multnomah Falls group, said Gorsek.

There will be many booths, including those for the Forest Service and the Oregon Department of Fisheries. In addition, there will be displays and access to fish viewing in the creek below Multnomah Falls.

Fisheries students at MHCC also will bring hatchery fish to the festival for others to see up close.

The event is free and provides opportunities to learn and discuss more about salmon and the environment in general.

“My geography students help kids make painted salmon shirts and operate the information booth,” said Gorsek. “We have all sorts of relevant pamphlets and fliers for people to take with them.”

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