Trout in the Classroom Update
Our first TIC (Trout In the Classroom) program is up and running in the Delahunty Middle School of the Hermitage School District. Rick Stephens, 6th & 7th grade science teacher, is in charge of the project. Brook Trout eggs were received Wednesday, November 3rd, and have since hatched. Rick and his students will be responsible for raising them until sometime in late April or early May, when they will be released into Cool Spring Creek.
Trout in the Classroom is a conservation-oriented environmental education program for elementary, middle, and high school students. Through the school year, students raise Brook Trout from eggs provided by the Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission to fingerling size, then release them into an approved cold-water stream or lake. This act of raising, monitoring, and caring for young trout fosters a conservation ethic within participating students and promotes an understanding of their shared water resources.
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Neshannock Chapter is proud of the accomplishments of the North Deer Creek TU Group spearheaded by Eric Armburger. First of three planned phases was completed in September 2008, followed by completion of phase 2 in August 2009. 