17-05-2025
Elementary school students release trout in Mason-Dixon Historical Park
CORE, (WBOY) — Schools from across north central West Virginia visited Mason-Dixon Historical Park on Friday to release some trout as part of Trout in the Classroom.
Back in September, elementary school classes throughout Monongalia and Marion counties were given 100 eggs to raise throughout the school year. Friday was the big day as the fish were released into Dunkard Creek. Along with the release, the students did a number of activities with organizations like the Avian Conservation Group and the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection.
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Director of Trout Classroom Jennifer Ripley Stuekle told 12 News that the classes receive a 55-gallon aquarium along with the fish eggs, and that they become responsible for taking care of the fish, feeding them and maintaining the equipment. Trout in the Classroom officials told 12 News that they released 250 trout Friday.
Stuekle added that Trout in the Classroom is interdisciplinary as there's outdoor activity with spending time in Mason-Dixon Historical Park, chemistry with learning about water quality, biology and even art with a screen printing project for the day.
'It's all encompassing and it's just really an amazing project for the students to understand a really important resource in West Virginia,' Stuekle said.
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