LYMAN — LHS science teacher Chares Lallatin received a grant to grow trout eggs and release them in water with Trout Unlimited and the Wyoming Game and Fish Department for his science classes.
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LYMAN — LHS science teacher Chares Lallatin received a grant to grow trout eggs and release them in water with Trout Unlimited and the Wyoming Game and Fish Department for his science classes.
"Your school has been selected to participate in the program and to receive all supplies needed for the program."
This announcement was made following the information received by the high school. This program is a partnership between the Wyoming Game and Fish, Wyoming Department of Education and Governor Mark Gordon on a collaborative initiative to expand conservation education opportunities for Wyoming's youth under Game and Fish’s Inspire a Kid campaign.
Beginning in January, schools can participate in Trout in the Classroom, National Archery in the Schools Program and Hunter Education. All three programs align with Wyoming education standards. Trout in the Classroom will be offering students a unique look in what it takes to raise fish and stock them in the wilds of Wyoming.
“We’re going to have the opportunity to sponsor and facilitate kids being able to take eggs from our fish hatcheries, bring them into their classroom, and hatch them and watch them grow through a semester or part of a school year, and then figure out what to do with those fish after they’ve grown those fish…” Game & Fish Director Brian Nesvik said recently.
The program will be piloted in about 20 Wyoming schools—it’s already been done on a limited scale, where students will raise fish in the classroom and release them into approved local waterways. Teachers will use a customized, interdisciplinary curriculum that will fit students’ grade levels. Students will learn about the life cycle and aquatic habitat of trout. This program is made possible by a partnership with Trout Unlimited.
Nesvik said programs like this play a vital role in fostering conservation ethics in our youngest citizens, and says if we want to inspire the next generation of conservationists, we must start by teaching them about Wyoming's wildlife and wild places at a young age. For more details about Trout in the classroom or the other two programs being offered, Archery in the schools and Hunter Education, visit the Wyoming Game and Fish website.
