1:12 PM: Visitors are already flocking to Fauntleroy Creek for the chance to release salmon fry. The community event presented by the Fauntleroy Watershed Council is on until 3 pm – just walk into Fauntleroy Park at the SW Barton entrance, a few blocks west of 35th on the south side of the street.

ADDED 2:18 PM: WSB’s Hayden Yu Andersen has sent more photos and says volunteers reported 35 people had shown up just in the first few minutes of the event.

The FWC will send a wrap-up report once salmon-release season is officially over, but volunteer Pete told Hayden that this year they’ve worked with 22 schools in the salmon raise-and-release program, up from the yearly average of 15.

3:13 PM UPDATE: Today’s final totals: 118 people showed up, 117 fry were released.