Hi;
You all probably have heard about Trout in the Classroom (TIC). If not, please visit www.troutintheclassroom.org for general info. It's a program in which elementary through high school students learn about cold water conservation by incubating trout eggs, hatching and raising the alevin to fingerling size and stocking them in local streams.
Around 70 Maryland schools (Virginia has over 200) take part in TIC. Montgomery County has 20 schools in the program.
We're now scheduling release programs for Montgomery County schools in May and June. There's a special need for volunteers who can spare the time to demonstrate fly-tying, mentor students in the basics of fly-casting or help collect and identify macroinvertibrates and other critters that are indicators of stream health as well as potential trout food. All the releases are from 10 AM to 1 PM, mainly in Little Seneca Creek.on Clopper Road at The Lodge near Boyds. The Lodge is around a 10-minute drive from Exit 10 off I-270 near Gaithersburg.
Because of the rain, several TIC releases have been rescheduled from this week. The urgent problem is that some folks who kindly volunteered to help have other commitments for the new release dates.
We could really use almost immediate help on Monday, May 5, when 90 students will release their fingerlings into Little Seneca Creek. That event needs one volunteer to demonstrate fly-tying and one or two to mentor elementary fly-casting for groups of students from Wood Middle and the Barnesville School who will rotate through a series of activity stations. A fly-tying table and chair and fly rods and reels will be available on site.You all probably have heard about Trout in the Classroom (TIC). If not, please visit www.troutintheclassroom.org for general info. It's a program in which elementary through high school students learn about cold water conservation by incubating trout eggs, hatching and raising the alevin to fingerling size and stocking them in local streams.
Around 70 Maryland schools (Virginia has over 200) take part in TIC. Montgomery County has 20 schools in the program.
We're now scheduling release programs for Montgomery County schools in May and June. There's a special need for volunteers who can spare the time to demonstrate fly-tying, mentor students in the basics of fly-casting or help collect and identify macroinvertibrates and other critters that are indicators of stream health as well as potential trout food. All the releases are from 10 AM to 1 PM, mainly in Little Seneca Creek.on Clopper Road at The Lodge near Boyds. The Lodge is around a 10-minute drive from Exit 10 off I-270 near Gaithersburg.
Because of the rain, several TIC releases have been rescheduled from this week. The urgent problem is that some folks who kindly volunteered to help have other commitments for the new release dates.
If you can spare the time to help, you'll find it a rewarding experience, particularly since the future of our fishable waters will all too soon be in the hands of these youngsters.
Tight lines and hope to hear from you.
Jim Greene, founder and co-coordinator
Maryland Trout in the classroom
jgreene@waterwisp.com/(301) 652-3848
http://www.tpfr.org
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