Trout in the Classroom
Wilton High School
1999 to Present
In 1999, the Mianus Chapter helped build and run a trout hatchery in Wilton High School. With the help of dedicated teachers and interested students, the program has grown to include advanced curriculum and branch out to other areas, such as water quality monitoring, insect studies and flounder population studies in Long Island Sound. Each year, students at the school raise approximately 100 trout from eyed eggs to juveniles of 3 to 5 inches in length. As school is nearing an end in June, the students release the trout into the nearby Norwalk River.
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Eastern Middle School
Mianus River Insect Study
Spring 2006 and 2007
Each
year science students ate Eastern Middle School in Greenwich are lead
on a field trip to the Mianus River by teachers and Mianus Chapter
volunteers to bring the lessons they have studied in the classroom to
life. The students are split into groups to study and record the
insect population and diversity in the river, as well as to take water
quality, temperature and flow measurements. Each group is assigned a
Mianus TU "expert" to help them determine the type of insect they are
looking at and teach the proper collection methods. At the end of
the project, the students compile their studies into a report which
provides an excellent overview of the overall health of the Mianus
River.
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Norwalk River Trout Stocking
Wilton High School Students
March, 2008
Students participating in the Wilton High School trout hatchery program are also invited each year to join the state DEP as it stocks the Norwalk River prior to opening day. For the students who have been raising trout all year, seeing the adult-sized specimens, and helping release them into the river is an added treat.
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