Trout In the Classroom

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​Trout Unlimited's Trout in the Classroom (TIC) is fostering a new generation of conservation advocate by providing a gateway stewardship experience for students to connect to their local watershed. 

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ECTU volunteers work closely with area teachers, typically 5th through 8th grade, to provide classroom sized trout hatcheries. These mini-hatcheries are used by the classroom to learn about the trout life cycle and the importance of healthy watersheds by raising trout from eggs to fingerling (baby) trout. The TIC curriculum guides teachers and students through STEM, Language Arts and Outdoor Field Trip lesson plans.  

 

ECTU pays for the equipment including aquariums, water chillers, water filter systems, water testing kits, and other ancillary items.  The trout eggs are donated by our friends at the Red River Fish Hatchery and New Mexico Department of Game and Fish. ECTU volunteers delivers the eggs to each class and provides the tools needed for the classes to raise their eggs into fingerling trout.  Usually in early May, the TIC classes take a field trip to release their trout into an approved area trout stream or pond.

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