Trout in the Classroom Egg Delivery

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Aaron Dailey and Arnold Atkins prepare the tank at the Tesuque Pueblo Library to receive rainbow trout eggs.

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The small orange triploid rainbow trout eggs are equilibrated to match the tank temperature prior to being placed in an egg nursery basket.

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Dave Wheelock with Stella Gonzales, TIC teacher at Gonzales Elementary, introducing their rainbow eggs into the school fish tank

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Mike Jozwiakowski, TIC Coordinator for Truchas, answers questions from elementary students at Journey Montessori after their rainbow egg delivery.

On Friday January 12, a dozen volunteers helped to distribute triploid rainbow trout eggs to 11 different Santa Fe schools participating in our Trout in the Classroom program co-sponsored with New Mexico Game and Fish (Lisboa Springs Hatchery). This year we added two new schools, and had the opportunity to speak with several of the classes about trout in New Mexico and conservation practices. 

Thanks to the following members of Truchas - Trout Unlimited, we will connect with the community and teach the next generation about sustainable trout populations: Denise Stalzer, Patrick Delaney, Richard Jones, Rich Schrader, Victor Nelson, Jeffrey Jones, Aaron Dailey, Arnold Atkins, Dave Wheelock, David Howard, Kent Reid, Gary Moran, Bill Zenger and Sansom Williams. 

The next phase will be raising the trout in the classrooms until May, when we help out with field trips to release the fish and study their habitats. If you would like to help out in May, please contact Mike Jozwiakowski, TIC Coordinator, Truchas at mikejozwiakowski@gmail.com.