May 11th Fly Fishing at Limestone
There’s still time to sign up for next week’s fly fishing event at Limestone! Contact Bob Hoffman (nanbob57@comcast.net) for more information.
Barnard Environmental Magnet
MCC Community Science Lecture May 2nd
Rachel Mintell, our Salmon-in-Schools instructor at Manchester Community College, and her students will be giving a talk on Atlantic Salmon on Monday, May 2nd at 4:30pm in room LRC A142. The event is free and open to the public. Science_AtlanticSalmon_Poster
It’s salmon stocking season!
From now until mid-May, you’ll find our schools releasing fry in the Salmon River, Farmington River and Salmon Brook. All Salmon-in-Schools teachers – help us collect data! Please fill out the form below (one per tank) when your salmon season is done. Thanks! Atlantic Salmon Data Sheet 2016
Thank you liaisions!
Congratulations and thanks to all of our liaisons for the delivery service you have recently concluded. By my count, we delivered 86 jugs of 200 eggs each to 61 schools all over the state in only 4 days. Never have so few delivered so much to so many! Nobody got sick; nobody had to take…
Salmon-in-Schools Updates
30+ teachers, CRSA Liaisons (and a Director or two) attended the October 6th Salmon-in-Schools Orientation, held at Eversource Headquarters in Berlin, CT. Leonard J. Tyl students presented their work from the 2015 Salmon-in-Schools season along with the annual Atlantic salmon updates from from DEEP staff. CRSA Directors Bell, Carroll and Kendall moderated the forum for…
Saltwater Fishing Day August 16th
DEEP’s No Child Left Inside program is sponsoring a saltwater fishing day at Fort Trumbull State Park 90 Walback Street in New London. And it’s FREE! Join the CT Aquatic Resource Educators (CARE) for a day of saltwater fishing on the beautiful pier at Fort Trumbull State Park in New London, Saturday, August 16, 10…
Kensington Hatchery visit
It was a fine day for a visit at the Kensington Hatchery. I wish I had taken some pictures, but I was too busy taking in the view. CRSA was well represented at the tour – Roger Plourde, Hal Gorman, Dick Bell, Jim Carroll, Jim Glista and I plus several Salmon-in-Schools teachers who thankfully check…