Lyman Moore Students Release Brook Trout into Capisic Brook

After raising their brook trout from eyed-eggs to fry in their classrooms, Lyman Moore 7th grade students took their knowledge and their trout to Capisic Pond Park to release their trout into Capisic Brook. The students rotated through four stations: one station to test Capisic Brook water quality by checking the water temperature, pH, turbidity, conductivity, dissolved oxygen, nitrate, and phosphorus levels; a second station to check the aquatic macroinvertebrates living in Capisic Brook that may become food for the trout and also indicate the general health of the stream; a third station to examine the habitat of Capisic Brook and look for signs of human impacts such as development and pollution; and the fourth station to release their trout into Capisic Brook.

This amazing unit is funded by the City of Portland through the Greener Neighborhoods Cleaner Streams program and taught by the Cumberland County Soil & Water Conservation District.

Thank you to all of the staff from the Portland Water District and GZA who volunteered their time to help with the trout releases.

Thank you to the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife for providing the brook trout eggs to our classrooms!

This amazing unit is funded by the City of Portland through the Greener Neighborhoods Cleaner Streams program.

Thank you to all of the staff from the Portland Water District and GZA who volunteered their time to help with the trout releases.

Thank you to the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife for providing the brook trout eggs to our classrooms!