Brook Trout Conservation on Earth Day

Charlie’s school had an Earth Day event today and I set up a table on conserving brook trout, New York’s state fish, and the only trout native to the eastern US.

I put together some stuff for all age groups:

Coloring pages for the younger students

A pamphlet on the trout life cycle for middle school students

A pamphlet with information about brook trout and conservation tips for junior high students and adults

Books to look at

Info on the bugs trout like to eat in streams

Maps of known brook trout populations in the local area and the eastern seaboard

A diagram on stream temperature management

An Algonquin legend about how the brook trout got their spots as a gift from the Great Spirit

Stickers for everyone!

The stickers were a big hit.

I ordered them from AssetArtist on Etsy.

The younger students loved the coloring pages, too. Here’s one someone colored:

Amanda helped me make the poster board. I sent a bunch of materials and copy her way and she laid it all out beautifully. Thank you for your help, love!

We had a really fun afternoon at Charlie’s school. It was interesting to see what the students gravitated toward. Some liked the trout, some liked the bugs, some wanted to talk about fishing, some wanted to know about why I like brook trout so much.

Do you want to do a brook trout conservation table? I put together some resources to get you started:

Brook Trout Conservation Tabling Resources – Chuck’s Notes

notes.cagrimmett.com