Making Great Progress

Our trout are healthy, and water quality is good. Look at how big they are! New student water quality groups are being trained by last semester's students.

Cool Assignment!

Take a look at these two videos (on Atlantic Salmon and Eastern Brook Trout) from the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.
http://www.fws.gov/northeast/multimedia/video/salmon.html
http://www.fws.gov/northeast/multimedia/video/brooktrout.html
If you're interested in making a video on Rainbow Trout, let Mrs. M. know. We're looking for a video team.

Release into tank

We released the trout into the tank. They are doing well...only 5 lost so far (so 151 left). Water quality is stable.

1 Down, 155 to Go!

The eggs have started to hatch. Our first trout hatched at approx. 1:20 today. Students were thrilled (especially Devin, who said, "Hey, that trout has the same birthday as me...Happy Birthday Devin) to see the tiny eyes that had emerged from the egg. Students decided not to take pictures today, thinking the camera flash might harm the hatching alevin. (The picture on the bottom is a great image of a brand new trout from last year. You can even see the empty "egg" floating above the alevin!) Can't wait to count them tomorrow!

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.