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By Lisa Stiffler November 13, 2007
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"The fish returning to Pipers Creek aren't native. The salmon there vanished in the late 1920s after the area was logged for homes and farming. Many of the returning fish were raised by children at St. Anne, Seattle Public Schools and elsewhere.
"The chum are released to the creek in the spring and return as 3- to 5-year olds. Mixed in are stray coho salmon that might have hatched elsewhere but wander into Pipers Creek.
"The returning salmon give city residents a chance to see full-grown fish close up and in the wild. They let scientists learn more about the effects of urbanization on fish and insects. The hope is that what's learned here can help shape development in more pristine areas -- areas critical to wild salmon survival. "
