Posts about ongoing and past TFF sponsored Trout in the Classroom programs.
Matt Blyth is the current TFF member to lead these activities.
Apologies for the lack of updates lately - the club trout tanks are still moving along. We managed to survive snow-mageddon without any loses, as we had the very good luck to have power throughout the whole week at both schools! However spring break looks like it managed to cut our numbers down a bit … Continue reading Trout in the Classroom Update
The TFF sponsored Trout in the Classroom project has started in the Houston area with the arrival of our trout eggs from GRTU. In a normally year we have approximately 14-15 tanks running in various high school science classrooms all over the Houston area. However thanks to covid-19, many schools currently have bans on live … Continue reading 2021 Trout in the Classroom project begins!
Due to the ongoing school closures thanks to COVID-19, we made the decision to release all the trout from the Trout in the Classroom project early this year. Many of the schools are on complete lockdown, with teachers not allowed in to check or feed on the fish, others were being completely disinfected internally. With … Continue reading Trout In the Classroom Update
Folks Our TFF trout in the classroom tanks continue to do well, and all the fish survived spring break with no issues. However COVID-19 has meant that we are looking at multiple weeks of school closures now, and many of the teachers have limited to no access to their classrooms during this time. In addition … Continue reading Trout in the Classroom Update
A quick post to say that the TFF trout in the classroom project is off to a great start - all our eggs have now hatched and the fry are free swimming and feeding well! Matt Blyth
The TFF sponsored Trout in the Classroom project kicked off last week with the delivery of more than 2000 rainbow trout eggs to 15 tanks in high schools around the Houston area. This year we have expanded to two new schools, but also lost a few tanks due to staffing changes at our existing schools. … Continue reading 2020 Trout in the Classroom Project
As you can see our trout fry are growing fast! We have confirmed the release date as May 11th on the Guad in Sattler. If any club members would like to join us please let me know! Matt 832 444 4206
Lots of happy and healthy brown trout fry in the club tanks! We are just over a month from release and all is going well. Do any club members want to help with the release on the Guad this year? If so please contact me for details. Matt - 832 444 4206.
Sorry it has taken a while for an update on the club trout tanks - unfortunately we had a rough time this year with hatching the eggs and lost a lot compared with previous years. This years eggs are brown trout, as opposed to rainbows in all previous years, and came from a new hatchery … Continue reading Trout in the Classroom Update
The 2019 TFF sponsored trout in the classroom project kicked off last week with the arrival of a fresh set of eggs from TU for our schools. Thanks to the continued contribution from TFF we are now up to 14 tanks running in Houston high school science classrooms from Klein Collins to Deer Park. The … Continue reading 2019 Trout In The Classroom Project
