When they were 14，Kayla Carpenter and Erika Chase saw 64，000 salmon die.The fish died in the Klamath River in California.Kayla and Erika k（1）

new

new

the river well.Since they were in Grade Four，they had grown up fishing there.
   Kayla and Erika d（2）

escribed

escribed

the way their community felt about the death of the salmon like this：Young and old cried in s（3）

adness

adness

.We fear that with a few more years like this，our generation will see wild salmon become endangered in our rivers.
   For more than 40 years，upstream dams （水壩） have slowed water flow in the Klamath River.Dams make it p（4）

ossible

ossible

to divide the river water.Much of the water goes to strawberry and cotton fields in the desert.Only a small amount is left for fish.It's not nearly e（5）

nough

nough

.
   In 2003，a year after the salmon died，Kayla and Erika s（6）

tarted

tarted

the Salmon Run Relay.They wanted to educate and unite their communities，encourage local political involvement （參與），and ask people to exercise and have h（7）

ealthy

ealthy

eating habits.
   Volunteer runners carried a wooden fish 41 miles.The wooden fish symbolized salmon that swim in the river.The salmon came up the river to lay eggs.When the eggs grew up，the young f（8）

ish

ish

swim to the ocean.The runners started at the mouth of the Klamath River and followed the route of the wild salmon. "The runners took part in the activity to get the world's a（9）

ttention

ttention

，" Erika said.It worked.The Salmon Run Relay is now a yearly event.
   In 2005，Kayla and Erika r（10）

eceived

eceived

the Earth Island Institute's Brower Youth Award.This is the highest environmental award for young people in the United States.