Trout in the Classroom

  • Students Go Fishing
    Martinsburg Journal
    By Megan Fisher
    June 8, 2011

    Wildwood Middle School students in Carolyn Thomas' seventh-grade science class experienced a unique lesson Tuesday. Science students and the Environmental Club of Wildwood Middle have participated in numerous projects, including restoration projects...
  • Students Release Trout into Holston River Middle Fork
    Southwest Virginia Today
    By Stephanie Porter-Nichols
    June 7, 2011

    As Trout Unlimited’s Mountain Empire Chapter President Dr. Eric Sacknoff looked on, Paul York helped Marion Intermediate School students release small trout they raised in the classroom into the Holston River Middle Fork near Holston Hills Country...
  • EES’ Trout in the Classroom Project Reaches Its End
    The Valley Banner
    By Ted Hayes
    June 2, 2011

    Last Friday was a great day for Elkton Elementary School fourth graders in Ben Markel's Trout Club. For the previous four months, 30 fourth graders had been raising trout minnows in a 55-gallon aquarium, cleaning the water, testing its temperature...
  • City Trout Land in Rural Waters
    Lewisboro Ledger
    By Emma Wisdom
    June 2, 2011

    If you’ve caught a trout at the Cross River Reservoir, there’s a good chance it was born and raised in a New York City classroom.  It all started around 10 years ago when Trout Unlimited, a national non-profit organization devoted to conserving...
  • Releasing Trout: Poage’s Project Eventually Could Be a Boost for Anglers
    The Independent
    June 2, 2011

    The streams of northeastern Kentucky are not known for their bountiful trout fishing, but some fifth-graders at Ashland’s Poage Elementary School are doing their part to change that. On Friday, the next-to-the-last day of school for the year in...
  • Passaic High School Students Raise Trout and Awareness of Cold Water Conservation
    Star Ledger
    By Andre Malok
    May 25, 2011

    Students from Passaic High School spent seven months raising brook trout in their classrooms. The fish, now measuring around three inches, were ready for release into the Musconetcong River at Stevens State Park in Hackettstown. The science-based...