Students raise and release trout to learn about city's watershed

Elementary school students release trout in Mason-Dixon Historical Park

CORE, W.Va. (WBOY) — Schools from across north central West Virginia visited Mason-Dixon Historical Park on Friday to release some trout as part of Trout in the Classroom. Back in September, elementary school classes throughout Monongalia and Marion counties were given 100 eggs to raise throughout the school year. Friday was the big day as the fish were released into Dunkard Creek. Along with the release, the students did a number of activities …

Bitterroot Trout Unlimited touts conservation education programs

Programs started or regularly supported by Bitterroot Trout Unlimited include Bitterroot Buggers, Trout in the Classroom and Bugs in the Classroom.

Discovery Middle School students in Alexandria learn lessons from trout

ALEXANDRIA — Trout isn't something that you'd normally expect in a classroom. But the "Trout in the Classroom" program at Discovery Middle School provided an engaging, hands-on learning experience for students this year. "From the day the trout eggs arrived to the moment we released our fingerlings into the local stream, students developed a deeper appreciation for aquatic ecosystems, environmental stewardship, and the science of life cycles," s…

Fishy education at Ute Pass Elementary

An education meets environment lesson plan at Ute Pass Elementary culminated outdoors at the edge of Fountain Creek.The two 6th grade classes from the school in Cascade Colorado, spent the school year raising rainbow trout.We started, like the second week of school, said 6th Grader Claire McMartin.Classmate Scarlett Augspurger said, [They] go from eggs to fry and to where they are now.Now the school year is ending and the whole school has a fiel…

Casting Wyoming kiddos out of the classroom

WASHAKIE RESERVOIR—Eliah Duren’s fingers pinched a clear plastic cup.  Rainbow trout fry writhed inside.  The classmate critiques started coming. Too many fish. Too little water. They’d been confined for too long. Duren’s fellow seventh graders urged him to complete the release. A reservoir awaited a few dozen yards away.  “That’s a Travis Scott concert right there,” Eli Washakie said of the crowded cup. Rainbow trout that were raised inside a W…

Elementary students join annual trout release

(MANITOU SPRINGS, Colo.) — On Thursday, May 15, students from Ute Pass Elementary, along with the City of Manitou Springs and other partners, took part in the annual trout release at Fields Park. The release is part of the Trout in the Classroom program, where students raise their fish from egg to release. Along with the release, the students host various stations on biology, water conservation, and stewardship. Manitou Parks and Recreation, Col…