Coffee Table: Salmon Science - Dec. 18, 2019 LIVE from Homer Middle School

KBBI | By Kathleen Gustafson

Published December 19, 2019 at 1:22 PM AKST

Recorded live in the library at Homer Middle School, science teacher Jen Booz, a raft of 8th grade salmon scientists and Syverine Bentz from the Kachemak Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve talk about clean water, erosion, microplastics and hatchery fry and their effects on local salmon.

Salmon eggs incubating in a tank by the reception desk at Homer Middle School

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Science Coffee TableHomer Middle SchoolKachemak Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve Salmon habitat

Kathleen Gustafson

Kathleen Gustafson came to Homer in 1999 and has been involved with KBBI since 2002. She is the producer and host of the weekly public affairs call-in show, Coffee Table and produces special projects for the station. Kathleen is also the Director of Youth Theater at Pier One Theatre in Homer and a commercial fisher.

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