Our Trout Egg Project for WOMS

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Photo Credit: Christian Floyd
The details have been worked out once again and we are excited to announce the continuation of our Trout in the Classroom project. This year, the middle school students will get the benefit of observing the process.

Thanks to the Guadalupe River Trout Unlimited folks, we will be receiving 200 rainbow trout eggs for hatching in our middle school science lab! We will be able to watch those eggs go through the stages all the way to fingerlings large enough to release back into the river. We have webcams hooked up and ready to go on our new aquarium (pictured above). The links are in the menu at the top of the blog.

This project is based around the Trout in the Classroom program in place mostly in northern states. While we have a few year round natural trout fisheries not too far away from east TX, we do not have any in the immediate area. Studying this ecosystem is impossible without great, hands on projects like these.

Trout in the Classroom (TIC) is an environmental education program in which students in grades k-12 . . .

  • raise trout from eggs to fry.
  • monitor tank water quality.
  • engage in stream habitat study.
  • learn to appreciate water resources.
  • begin to foster a conservation ethic.
  • grow to understand ecosystems.
  • release into the Guadalupe River

Be on the lookout for for more details as we get an arrival date for the eggs. They are being readied for shipping, so we hope it will be soon. We hope you will join in and share your expertise with this project. We also hope you will ask us questions in the comment sections to challenge us in our learning.

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