- Hebron Station School fifth-grader Kyarra Fortier releases a brook trout fry into Townsend Brook in Auburn on Monday. Fortier was with her science, technology, engineering and math class, which had raised the fish since the one-eyed egg stage. Her class was the first to release trout into the area as part of a learning experience. To see a video of the release, visit sunjournal.com/troutrelease051214.
- A brook trout fry swims free after being released into Townsend Brook in Auburn by a fifth-grade science, technology, engineering and math student at Hebron Station School on Monday. Lydia Eusden’s class had raised the fish since the one-eyed egg stage in their classroom. To see a video of the release, visit sunjournal.com/troutrelease051214.
- Hebron Station School students, from left, Noah Pratt, Trevor Swanbeck, Brandon Harris and Keegan Watson inspect a tray of water from Townsend Brook in Auburn for potential food for brook trout Monday. The students were the first class to release brook trout fry into the stream as part of an education program in which they raised the fish from the one-eye egg stage. “When you put that little fry in the river, there is this ah-ha moment,” said Lynne Richard, education and outreach manager at Lake Auburn Watershed Protection Commission. To see a video of the release, visit sunjournal.com/troutrelease051214.
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