Egg Count

Individually Mrs.Maruskin, Jessica, and Summer counted the trout eggs in the container. We found a total of 156 eggs. We hope most eggs hatch/grow successfully until the release date. By: Summer and Jessica

The Eggs Have Arrived!

The eggs arrived (thanks to our wonderful PVFF volunteers) at 3:00. After the tempering process, they were transferred to the hatching basket in the tank at 4:30. Morgan and Danielle stopped by after school to see if the eggs had arrived, and were the first of this year's 6th graders to see them!

Trout Release 2010

The first student produced movie is finished! Click on the animoto movie to see footage of releasing our trout into Carroll Cree and mature trout we observed on our tour of the Albert Powell Fish Hatchery.

Fish Hatchery Tour

Here's a video showing rainbow trout at the Powell Fish Hatchery. This is the facility that gave us a tour when we released our trout!

Water Snake!

Students observed a water snake that had caught a fish. Mr. Dinkel sent us a picture. Dr. Fine's colleague identified the snake. Here's some of what he wrote:

"Great picture! It’s a Northern Water Snake (Common Water Snake). The scientific name is Nerodia sipedon. It appears to be a young adult since the pattern is still distinct. As they get older, they get more and more medium to dark brown until you can barely see the pattern. Like Garter Snakes, they are ovoviviparous (eggs retained internally, bear live young). I remember catching a large Northern Water Snake one spring day when I was in high school. I brought it home and fed it frogs and fish. It remained nasty and had to be handled with gloves. One summer day, I was stunned to see 48 baby snakes wriggling around in the cage. I released them back into the wild."

Success! Trout Release 2010

Our release day this year was WONDERFUL!!! We met our PVFF volunteers at Carroll Creek on Thursday morning, May 6. We released the trout and watched them swim in groups in a crystal clear stream! Afterward, we captured stream macroinvertebrates and then visited the Powell Fish Hatchery. Ms. Rivers, the state fisheries biologist, gave us a tour of the facility. Students captured it all on flip video and are working on the movie...to be released soon! One of the many highlights...a water snake! See the next post for images.

Phil Greenlee visits MoMS

On April 16, the president of the Federation of Fly Fishers (Phil Greenlee) and our PVFF volunteers (Mr. Brognard and Mr. Dinkel) visited MoMS. Haven, Asa, Hayley, Gwen, Emily, Tasha and Mrs. Scott shared how much TIC means to us! Go to the "Links to Other Great Things" on the right and click to see the one minute video!