St. Paul Elementary School

St. Paul Elementary will be raising Brook trout for the 2010-2011 school year.

 

 

The School year started off with Mrs. Gross' 5th Grade class raising Brown trout.   Because of the rough winter and summer of the previous year the brook trout eggs where not available when the program kicked off.

 

 

The survival rate of the brown trout eggs did not result in good numbers at the beginning.  That coupled with a tragic event that resulted in the death of all the brown trout did not give the students a good feeling. However the Marion Hatchery was good enough to provide the school with a replacement of Brook trout.

 

They raised the Brook trout until the release date and have a good survival rate with about 150 trout to release into Little Stony Creek on April 22.

 

 

 

The Brook Trout were released and successfully returned to the wild.  The Little Stony Creek Chapter of TU provided activities that included Nature Hike, Fly Tying, Fly Casting and lunch.  The event was also showcased on WCYB TV-5's evening news broadcast.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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