We recently kicked off the 2023-2024 Eastern Finger Lakes Trout in the Classroom program with field trips to collect brown trout eggs at the NY Dept. of Environmental Conservation (DEC) state hatchery in Bath NY. Students from South Seneca Elementary visited the hatchery on Friday, Nov. 3 and students from Beverly J. Martin Elementary in Ithaca visited on Monday, Nov. 6.
Chuck, one of our super-knowledgeable hatchery guides starts off the hatchery tour....
Bill and Astrid help students get ready to collect trout eggs in the hatch-house!
It was a busy day for our brown trout, as many actually hatched on the way to their new classroom environments. Just imagine popping out of your egg, moving to a new home, and having your first class, all in just a couple hours! 
Of course, not all the fish at the hatchery are quite so small. Students got to feed these hungry yearlings that will soon be releases to local streams.
Stay tuned to learn what happens next!
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Drainage tiles and removal of shaded buffers are destroying habitat for trout. Drain tiles drastically reduce base flow. Reduced base flow means less oxygen and warmer temperatures.
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