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Students Participate in Trout Release

Laurel Ridge Elementary School students participate in Trout in the Classroom Program

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Laurel Ridge Elementary School in Decatur and the Upper Chattahoochee Chapter of Trout Unlimited recently held a Trout in the Classroom Trout Release into the Chattahoochee River. Trout in the Classroom is an environmental education program in which students:

· Raise trout from eggs to fingerling size fish.

· Monitor tank water quality.

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· Engage in stream habitat study.

· Learn to appreciate water resources.

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· Begin to foster a conservation ethic.

· Grow to understand ecosystems.

This program not only teaches students the value of environmental conservation, but also highlights benefits to our local cold-water streams from healthy aquatic life.

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