It's April and our education team is kicking off the 2024-25 release season with our Trout in the Classroom (TIC) schools! From now through the end of May, we will be joining hundreds of students around the state at these exciting events. Here are answers to some of the frequently...
The thousands of tiny, neon orange eggs students welcomed in December have now gone through two additional life cycle stages: alevin and swim up fry. As alevin, the trout are not yet eating regular food or swimming. Instead, they flop around on their sides in the egg basket, piling up...
Winter brings a flurry of action on the Trout in the Classroom front. Students across the state now have baby trout, called fry, swimming around in their tanks. Our education staff and volunteers have been busy traveling to all four corners of the state programming with our schools. Thanks to...
The Minnesota Senate passed a bill including a requirement that state agencies identify the statutes and rules that should be changed to prevent fish kills in southeast Minnesota. This provision was rolled into the large Environment Omnibus bill HF2310. However, the House version of the bill does not contain this requirement. We need your...
