Different kind of report - Today's Trout in Classroom Results

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Different kind of report - Today's Trout in Classroom Results

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Our TIC program in Texas has grown to 20 classrooms. Since January, these classrooms have been raising rainbow trout from eggs in refrigerated aquariums.
Today all the schools from Houston and Katy, along with Brandeis HS in SA brought their trout fry to the river. I know there were some jealous GRTU board members in a board meeting who didn't get to play.
Probably should have taken a photo at the BBQ stand where we met up, but first photo is the convoy arriving at the river.
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Checking the babies after their 4-hour journey into the unknown.
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You brought fish, that's just what we needed.
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Hauling coolers of fish to the river
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can't believe the results these classrooms achieved
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it's worth a portrait
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If I was a fish, I'd want to live here
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getting river legs, moving the coolers to the current
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adding river water to the coolers to acclimate the babies
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future conservationists
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our gracious host John D., and Jimbo, who keeps us straight with TPWD
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one way to do this is net the fish, turn around and release them - the go-pro's gotta help
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or dip the cooler and let them swim out
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Every school here today was an aquatic science class, mostly the teachers and their families
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but we also had about 10 high school students who came out to help
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we have to report to TPWD the numbers and size of fish we put in the river, in accordance with our permit
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some of the teachers came with their count
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other coolers, we counted as we put them in the river
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somewhere I should have taken a photo of Matt B, my partner, who handles the program in Houston and Katy, and kudos to Houston Fly Fishers for their contributions.
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but I guess we sometimes get too excited about this part of it
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Today, we put over 1300 2-3" trout fingerlings in the river. Odds are 2 dozen or more of these fish will reach full growth.
But raising fish isn't the goal of this program - the goal is raising conservationists.
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God bless you for the good work you do. Great program for the fish & the people involved.


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thanks guys, it's fun - have two elementary school field trips to release their trout through next month - still 8 schools to go...
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Awesome job!
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