If you want youngsters to view salmon in a natural habitat, take them to a stream that has a lot of salmon acting naturally. Hatcheries are a great place to view salmon, but they are basically factories.

The Kennedy Creek area between Olympia and Shelton is a great place to view salmon in a natural setting. The chums plug the creek this time of year and you can see everything that salmon do naturally.

I'm a hatchery lover, but to see salmon up close in the wild would be special for youngsters, or anyone.