OIRASE TOWN, Japan -- Council Member Masaharu Baba, Oirase Town Tourist Association president, delivers opening remarks during the 14th Annual Baby Salmon Release at Salmon Park March 20. An estimated 400 Japanese and American volunteers attended the event. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse)

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OIRASE TOWN, Japan -- Members of the 35th Civil Engineer Squadron natural resources management office and Oirase Town office unload and distribute baby salmon to volunteers during the 14th Annual Baby Salmon Release at Salmon Park March 20. These salmon are released annually to help replenish the population that makes up a key part of the Japanese ecosystem. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse)

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OIRASE TOWN, Japan -- Dozens of baby salmon are poured into a bucket of water to be released into the Oirase River March 20. Approximately 400,000 baby salmon were released by a collaboration between the 35th Civil Engineer Squadron natural resources management office and the Oriase Town office. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse)

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OIRASE TOWN, Japan -- Local Japanese children and other volunteers carry baby salmon to Oirase River to be released. Of the 400,000 salmon released, the 35th Civil Engineer Squadron natural resources management office estimates that three percent will return to the river to reproduce. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse)

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OIRASE TOWN, Japan -- Lindsey Simpson and her parents Lt. Col. Anthony Simpson, 35th Operations Support Squadron assistant director of operations, and Blythe Simpson, release baby salmon into Oirase River March 20. The annual release of baby salmon into the river gives Misawa families a chance to teach ecological conservation to their children. (Courtesy photo/David Crumley)

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35 CES raises environmental awareness, renews fish population

Published March 23, 2010