Published July 08. 2022 10:01AM
By BERNADETTE SUKLEY
Special to The Press
About 70 students from Team Roar in the seventh grade at Northwestern Lehigh Middle School released trout into the Ontelaunee Creek, Lynn Township, on May 26.
The small fry trout were cared for by these students since February.
The trout release is part of the Pennsylvania Trout in the Classroom program in partnership with the Pennsylvania Council of Trout Unlimited and the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission.
The Trout in the Classroom program provides trout eggs for the students as they learn about what native trout need to survive in local creeks, stream and rivers.
Trout were kept in a large freshwater cold tank in the science classroom.
Within a few months, when the trout were ready to be released into the natural stream, students and staff, along with Trout in the Classroom representatives and Nestle sponsor, David Dennis, spent the day immersed in instructional activities while exploring the habitat where trout can thrive and spawn.
Angle Granato displays the organisms that live on rocks in Ontelaunee Creek. PRESS PHOTOS BY BERNADETTE SUKLEY
Hannah Newcomer, Regan O'Donnell and Ashley Yacynych finished successfully releasing their trout.
LEFT: Hayden Slaski and Patrick Romig proudly show their strainer which collected the organisms found in Ontelaunee Creek.
PRESS PHOTOS BY BERNADETTE SUKLEY Melissa Smith, seventh grade science teacher for Team Roar, works with Nestle sponsor, David Dennis, to quantify the different types of insect larvae found in the Ontelaunee Creek. A healthy stream gives trout the best chance as thriving locally.
