Brooks Sanford is a science teacher at St. Regis and his aquatic class is raising trout as part of their studies in fish ecology, biodiversity, and fishery management.
November 28, 2018
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November 28, 2018 12:47 p.m.
Spawning the imagination Students get lively view of science from fish biologist
Grade-school students gathered around bubbling tanks in the St. Regis science classroom as Brooks Sanford dumped about 250 of squirmy orange alevin into the water from a net container. Alevin are newly spawned trout still carrying their yolk sac. Some students squeal with delight as they drop down into the pea gravel below.