A New Angle in Education

At Encampment K-12 School, an empty fish tank sits in the main lobby. Soon, however, it will be home to more than 200 trout eggs.

Encampment will be one of more than 60 schools taking part in the “Trout in the Classroom,” a program administered by Wyoming Trout Unlimited with the help of the Wyoming Game and Fish Department (WGFD).

“Schools are getting around 250 eggs because there is quite a bit of die-off,” said Ian McCreary, Wyoming Trout Unlimited State Coordinator. “They’ll raise them from egg stage, they’ll see them form into alevin and then into fingerlings.”

On Friday morning, third gr...