FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE06-22
May
1, 2006
Contact:
Ian Michaels
(718) 595-6600
PRESS
ADVISORY
Queens
High School Students to Release Trout They Have Raised In Their
Classrooms into Alley Pond Creek
“Trout
in the Classroom” raised from eggs at John Bowne High School
in Flushing to get a fond farewell in Queens park
Date/Time: |
May 2nd, 9:30 AM |
Location: |
Alley Pond Park, Queens |
Directions: |
When eastbound on the LIE, exit at Douglaston Pkwy.
At traffic light go left on Douglaston. Immediately turn
left onto LIE Service Road westbound. After entering LIE
Service Road westbound, the first turn off to the right – before
the entrance to the Cross Island Pkwy – is a small
park road where the trout release will take place. Turn
off before the Cross Island Pkwy. |
Students from John Bowne H.S. in Queens will release
brook trout that they have raised in their classrooms as part of
the “Trout in the Classroom” educational program by
Trout Unlimited and the New York City Department of Environmental
Protection.
Teachers who participate in this program receive
trout eggs in the fall. Their students raise and care for
the trout all school year and then in the spring travel to streams
to release the small trout fingerlings. In an age where urban
children are losing contact with the natural environment, “Trout
in the Classroom” brings the natural world directly into
classrooms.
Beyond an academic understanding, students grow to
love and care for their trout. As the program progresses,
students learn to see connections between trout, water resources,
the environment and themselves. During the release of the
trout, students assess the stream health by measuring various factors,
such as temperature, turbidity, pH and the macroinvertebrate populations.